Extra Tasks (Extension) Unit 2

Vocabulary
1 Complete the table with these words. baked  bitter  fried  grilled  salty  sour  spicy  sweet

1 2 3 4

kebabs chillies processed food cakes

corn curry crisps bread

5 6 7 8

ice cream churros coffee lemons

milk chocolate samosas grapefruit yoghurt

2 Choose the correct option (a–c) to complete the sentences.

1 They’re so slow in this restaurant and I’m hungry! I can’t wait for them to my food.
a serve b deliver c eat out
2 I often breakfast in bed for my mum on Mother’s Day.
a barbecue b deliver c prepare
3 When I onions, I put a spoon in my mouth. It stops my eyes watering.
a look out for b eat out c cut up
4 I don’t like to my food in a lot of oil because it’s not healthy.
a bake b fry c boil
5 I usually eat once a month at a local Chinese restaurant. It’s my favourite food!
a out b up c over

3 Complete the crossword.

1 2 Across
B
1 
I bought a ____________ of bananas.
3 4 
I ate a whole ____________ of nuts today.
S 6 
I would love a ____________ of cake.
Down
1 
I bought my mum a ____________ of perfume.
4
P 2 
I dropped my ____________ of tea on the floor!
3 
My dad always puts a biscuit on the ____________
when he makes tea.
5 4 
Last night, I ate a ____________ of cheese before bed
and I had strange dreams.
6
S 5 
Be careful when you open that ____________ . It’s
sharp!

4 Complete the text with these words. bowl  bottle  forks  mugs  plates  glasses  knives  spoons

 e moved into our first apartment last week. We needed some 1 ____________ for our coffee. I found some in a
W
second-hand shop. In the same shop, I got some 2 ____________ for us to eat from and a beautiful green glass
3
____________ for my pet fish! Today, my mum gave us six drinking 4 ____________ , which was kind of her! Now I can stop
drinking juice out of the 5 ____________ ! My flatmate already has some things of her own. She brought some sharp
6
____________ to cut up food with, and some soup 7 ____________ . We still don’t have any 8 ____________ , though!

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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs.

1 At six o’clock, I (eat) my breakfast while my family were sleeping in bed.

2 We (look) at the menu when the waiter came to our table.
3 The chef (prepare) our food in the kitchen while we were listening to the singer.
4 While he was watching TV in the living room, his pizza (burn) in the oven.
5 They (sell) fresh seafood at the market today, so I bought some prawns.
6 ‘What (you / buy) when I saw you at the supermarket yesterday?’ ‘I was getting
some spices to make a curry.’
7 The people at the wedding (not eat) the food because they were dancing.
8 I saw Marco at a fast-food restaurant. He (not have) a burger; he was eating a
salad! Who does that?

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.

1 I was making dinner when I (cut) my hand.

2 My sister dropped our pizza when she
3 While the food
4 We were barbecuing chicken and the sun
5 The food looked delicious and it
6 When we were travelling in Asia, we
7 When I
8 We smelled smoke because the cake
(take) it out of the oven.
(cook), I had a cup of coffee.
(shine). Everyone was having fun.
(taste) amazing.
(try) a lot of delicious new foods.
(get) home, my family were eating dinner without me.
(burn)!

3 Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs. Use used to and would.

When I was a child, I 1 (not like) many different kinds of food.

I 2
(ask) for bread and butter and milk at every meal.
I3 (cry) when my parents made me eat vegetables. The other children
at school 4
(eat) my lunches every day. As you can imagine,
I5 (be) very thin. I wasn’t very healthy. When I was a teenager, I started
eating more kinds of foods. I 6 (try) one new food every week. On Fridays,
I7 (go) to the supermarket and choose my new food for the week.
Now I’m 24, and I eat almost everything, but I’m shorter than my brothers. I think it is because
I8 (not eat) enough vegetables.

4 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 This tastes very bitter. I didn’t get used to / am not used to drinking coffee.
2 I got used to / am used to drinking green tea when I lived in Japan for a year.
3 I am not used to / wasn’t used to cooking my own meals when I arrived at university.
4 I got used to / am used to eating vegan food because I stopped eating meat ten years ago.
5 Chopsticks are very difficult to eat with. I can’t get used to / wasn’t used to picking up rice with them.
6 This curry is too hot for me. I am not used to / don’t get used to eating spicy food.
7 I’ve been travelling around India for three months now. I am being used to / am getting used to trying new foods.
8 I am used to / am getting used to eating a lot of vegetables, but this hotel doesn’t have them on the menu.

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