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 5 Time to Eat
Reading
Your teacher has asked your class to write a diary entry about cooking at home. Read Susan Lau’s
diary entry below.

24 October

I woke up this morning and found a note from Mum. She asked my brother
and me to go shopping for dinner. She wanted us to buy some vegetables
because she wanted to make a stir-fry, but she didn’t tell us which
5 vegetables to buy. My brother and I had to decide.

‘Don’t buy too much’, my brother kept telling me, ‘or

Mum will be angry with us.’ In the end, we bought some
spinach, tomatoes, carrots, garlic and coriander. When
we got back home, Mum thought we bought a bit too
10 much, but said it was fine because the vegetables
looked fresh and crunchy.

There was plenty to do in the kitchen and Mum asked me to help out. It was
my first time preparing food! First, I needed to steam some rice and then
chop up all the vegetables, but I didn’t do a very good job. Mum said the
15 pieces were too big and I had to do them all again! Next, I had to peel an
onion and finally slice a cabbage. Mum wanted to include lots of vegetables
with our meal because Uncle Jack was coming for dinner and he is a
vegetarian. She said it would be healthy for everyone.

I enjoyed the dinner very much because the stir-fried vegetables were
20 delicious and we had a wonderful time with Uncle
Jack. But the most important thing is that I helped to
prepare the ingredients today. Next time I will learn
how to stir-fry, bake, roast … cooking is fun!

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 Comprehension
A Your teacher has given you the following worksheet on Susan’s diary entry. Answer the questions
below.

1. What did Susan’s mother want Susan and her brother to do?

2. Decide if the following statements about Susan’s diary are true (T) or false (F).
Tick () the appropriate boxes.
T F
i. Susan’s mum was not at home when Susan woke up.
ii. Susan’s brother knew exactly what to buy for dinner.
iii. Susan’s mum was happy because the vegetables Susan
bought were good.
iv. Susan knows a lot about cooking.

3. Susan helped her mum to prepare the food. Put the following events in the correct
order by writing the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in each box.

4. Who does not eat meat?

5. Susan liked the dinner a lot. Why did she like it? (Blacken the correct answer.)
i. She prepared the food ingredients for dinner.
ii. She shared a good time with Uncle Jack.
iii. She cooked the stir-fried vegetables.

A. i and ii
B. ii and iii
A B C
C. i and iii

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 Unit 5

B What did Susan and her brother buy for dinner? Put a tick () in the box next to the ingredients
they bought and write the name of the ingredient in the space provided.

1 3

2 4

5 7

6 8

C It was the first time Susan helped her mum to cook for the family. Have you ever cooked for your
family? Do you like cooking? Why or why not? Share your experience with your classmates.

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 Vocabulary
Ingredients

A Below is an extract from John Mak’s cookbook, but some words are missing. Complete the cooking
tips using the words in the box.

Bolognese sauce

Cooking Chinese sausage

tips
coriander

garlic

glutinous rice

• Make sure the produce you buy is fresh. For example, salami

when you buy (1) , check if the

leaves are green and healthy.

• Stir-fry the meat first when you make (2) . It is an

important step to make it taste great on spaghetti.

• If you want to make chewy and sticky rice, (3)

is a good choice.

• If you want to add a strong flavour to your dish, you

can use some (4) but not

too much, or it may be too strong.

• (5)
and Italian

(6)
are two similar kinds

of sausage from different parts of the world. The

Italian sausage tastes more salty.

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 Unit 5

Describing food

B Diana and Marvin are talking about food. Complete their conversation using the words in the box.

bitter crunchy fattening healthy salty tasty

Marvin, do you like chocolate and cakes?

No, not really. I like (1) food
such as crisps and peanuts.

Oh really. I prefer sweet foods!

I think sweet foods will make you fat if

you eat a lot of them.

Yes, they may be (2) ,

but salty food isn’t (3) Yes, you’re right. It is better to eat
either if you eat a lot of it. something good for our health. How about
a (4) apple?

No, I don’t like fruit.

How about vegetables?

I don’t like those either. I don’t think

they’re (5) . They’re
Diana, you really should eat fruit and
(6)
, not sweet.
vegetables to have a balanced and healthy
diet!

Diana Marvin
5

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 Methods of cooking

C Mrs Kwan is preparing a huge meal to celebrate her son’s wedding. Look at the pictures below and
write a brief description of all the things she has to do using the words in the box.

1 the cake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

bake

boil
the beef with vegetables in a big pot
2 deep-fry
for a long time.
grill

3 the fish for 10 minutes. roast

steam

4 the cabbage for 2-3 minutes. stew

stir-fry
Add some garlic to the bak choi and
5
them together.

6 the fish balls until they are golden-brown in colour.

7 the chicken over a high heat until it is brown.

8 the duck on a high heat in an oven for 45 minutes.

Antonyms

D Tom is writing a blog entry about his lunch. He is very unhappy about the food. Use suitable
antonyms of the words in brackets to complete his blog entry.

My lunch today was (wonderful) (1) . The soup I had to start was
(thick) (2) and (tasty) (3) . When the main course arrived,
the meat was (juicy) (4) and (soft) (5) . I was very
(happy) (6) about that. Finally, I ordered dessert. I chose a
(fattening) (7) fruit salad, but it was covered in cream! What’s more, the
service at the restaurant was (fast) (8) . I definitely won’t go back again.

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 Unit 5

Grammar
Countable and uncountable nouns

A Susan is helping her mother to make some more dishes for the family. Fill in the correct form of the
nouns in brackets to complete the conversation.

Susan: Mum, I think we need to buy some (1) (fruit) and (2)

(vegetable) for dinner tomorrow.

Mum: Yes, you’re right, Susan. Let’s buy some (3) (strawberry) and
(4)
(pear) for the dessert. We also need some (5) (spinach)

for the soup.

Susan: How about the main course, Mum? What do we need?

Mum: We need to buy some (6) (pork) and (7) (prawn) for the

main dish.

Susan: OK. I think we should also buy more (8) (tomato) to make the sauce for

the dish.

Mum: That’s a good idea.

Talking about amounts

B Diana and Marvin are talking about the drinks they need for the class barbecue. Complete their
conversation using ‘how many’, ‘how much’, ‘some’ and ‘any’.

Diana: (1)
bottles of water did you buy, Marvin?

Marvin: Actually, I didn’t buy (2) . Do we need to buy (3) ?

Diana: Yes, of course! Not everyone likes fizzy drinks!

Marvin: Oh, I didn’t think of that. What about other drinks? (4) fruit juice

should we buy?

Diana: Maybe three cartons. We have (5) left from last time, so we don’t

need to buy a lot.

Marvin: There aren’t (6) cartons of lemon

tea left. I think we should buy (7) of

those as well.

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 C Diana and Marvin have prepared too much food for their class barbecue and have asked students to
take home some of the items. Look at the pictures below and write down what each student took home
from the party in the space provided. Use the correct quantities and the quantity words in the box.

bar of box of carton of packet of

bowl of bunch of loaf of slice of

1 Mandy 2 Michelle

a. sweets a. bread
b. chocolate b. cake

3 Tim 4 Gary

a. crisps a. bananas

b. grilled b. orange
chicken wings juice

D Look at the food the students took from the party in Section C above. Can you tell what kind of food
each student likes to eat? Match the name of the student on the left with the kind of food on the
right.
Students Kind of food

Mandy • • Bakery products

Michelle • • Fried food

Tim • • Fruit

Gary • • Sweets
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 Unit 5

Imperatives

E Tina is writing a recipe for a grilled-pork with barbecue sauce burger. Look at the pictures and steps
below. Help her complete the recipe using the words provided and the verbs in the box. The first
step has been done for you.

add
1. and / barbecue sauce / honey / a saucepan / in boil

Add barbecue sauce and honey in a saucepan.
cut

grill
2. the mixture / 2 mins / for
place

pour

serve
3. 8 mins / for / the pork
toast

4. Turn and baste the pork with sauce, and cook for 8 mins.
Turn and baste it again, and cook for another 4 mins.

5. the pork / slices / into

6. two halves of a bun/ for / 1 min / the grill rack / on

7. one half of / on / the pork slices / the grilled bun

8. a tablespoon of / sauce / the pork / over

9. with / the bun / another half of / on top

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 Grammar consolidation

F Connie has posted a message on a social networking website to tell her friends what happened in
her cookery lesson today at school. Read her message below and complete it by filling in the blanks
with the correct form of the words in the box and ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘how many’ and ‘how much’.

blueberry carton cup give

ingredient remember sugar

Connie Wong
1 hour ago

I had a difficult cookery lesson today. I forgot to bring some important (1)

I needed for the lesson. I brought in some (2) — the main ingredient for the

fruit tart and two small packets of (3) to add a sweet flavour to the tart. But

I forgot the flour and milk so I didn’t have (4) for the dough. Luckily, Janice

kindly gave me (5) flour and Martin shared a small (6) of

milk with me.

‘(7) to bring everything on the list’, Ms Chow, our cookery teacher, said last

week. I felt a bit silly for forgetting. ‘(8) milk and (9) kinds

of fruit did you bring for the lesson?’ Ms Chow asked me. I didn’t know what to say to her.

At least I know now that I need a (10) of milk, a packet of flour and different

kinds of fruit for next time I try to make a tart!

When I got home, I gave my dad a slice of the tart. He finished it and said, ‘(11)

me another piece!’ At least my dad likes my baking!

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