Food and cooking

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A IM S : Language related to: food, cooking methods, numbers, weights, prepositions • Identifying
stages in a process • Keeping to word counts • Completing notes, tables and flow charts
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• Matching information

Part 1: Vocabulary
Types of food

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meat dairy products vegetables

1 Complete the table by putting the following foods into the correct column.

potatoes bananas cabbage turkey lamb pineapple

cheese butter carrots beef cherries yoghurt

meat dairy products vegetables fruit

potatoes

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Some nouns can be countable and uncountable. They often become uncountable when
they are prepared for eating, e.g.

There are ten chickens in the field. / W ould you like som e chicken ?
I bought tw o cauliflowers yesterday. / M y son doesn't like cauliflower.

2 Say whether the following foods are C (countable) or U (uncountable) or C/U (both countable
and uncountable).

1 carrot . f i/ K . . . 6 onion
2 rice ............ 7 bread
3 lamb ............ 8 egg
4 bean ............ 9 pea
5 butter ........... 10 coffee

L4 Get Ready for IELTS: Listening

 Unit 2

Cooking m ethods

Write the correct letter (A-E) next to each method of cooking.

i roast A in hot oil

ii steam B in hot w ater
iii fry C directly over the flam e
iv grill D in the oven
V boil E over boiling w ater

W eights and measures

4 Choose from the following list of weights and measures to complete the list of ingredients
for making pancakes.

weights (solids) measures (liquids)

gram (g) m illilitre (ml)
JLuS-
kilogram (kg) litre (I)

3 0 0 ................. o f s u .g flr
o f m ill?.

.lQ,£gj0S..

Exam tip
In som e tasks in the IELTS exam, the inform ation that you read in the question w ill be
expressed in different w ords in the audio. So you w ill need to listen out for synonym s
and paraphrasing. You w ill be able to practise this skill throughout this book.

5 Complete these equivalents.

14 = a quarter 14 = a half (1 ).............. = three quarters i/3 = a third

2/3 = (2 )................................................. i/8 = one eighth s/8 = (3 )..................................................
(4 ).............. = seven eighths

^ ))) 6 You will hear a list of ingredients. Circle the correct quantity. Then write a different way to
11 express the same quantity.

1 apples 1 kilo / 1/2 kilo

2 sugar 250 g / 2 1 5 g
3 flour 330 g / 130 g
4 butter 120 g / 200 g
5 milk 1
/5 I/ 5 I

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 Part 2: Skills development

Exam information I Section two

In Section Two of the Listening test you will hear one person talking about a topic of general
interest. You may have to complete notes, a table or a flow chart describing a process.

^ ))) 1 You will hear a chef giving her students a list of ingredients for a regional dish. Match the
12 ingredients with the quantities. You will not use all the quantities. Before you begin, read
through the answer options and think of different ways to express the same quantities.

1 chicken 2 rice 3 onions 4 tom atoes 5 green peppers 6 cooking oil

a 450 g b 4 kilos c % kilo d 500 g e 2 kilos f 15 ml g 50 ml h 14 kilo

2 You are going to hear an explanation of how to cook pancakes, or crepes.Tick the boxes
below for the kind of information you expect to hear.

tim e of day spelling date weights

ingredients instructions colours address

Exam tip
W hen you have to com plete notes about the stages in a process, for example to
com plete a flo w chart, it w ill help you to listen carefully for w ords that indicate the order
of the different parts of the procedure, such as first, then, after that and at the end.

^ ))) 3 Listen to the recording and put the photos in the correct order.
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 Unit 2

Exam tip
W hen you are asked to do a com pletion task, you may be told to use w ords from the
recording. If this is the case, you may have to o m it unim portant words, like a or the to
keep to the w ord count.

4))) 4 Now you will hear someone describing how to cook a traditional
14 dessert. Before you listen, read and think about which words
might go in the gaps.
Then listen and complete the flow chart. Write NO MORE THAN
FOUR WORDS for each answer.

^))) 5 You will hear a student representative welcoming new students to the university and
15 explaining a little about traditional English meals. First read the notes below.

Then listen and complete them. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for
each answer.

verw vovu la r d is h : F is h and c.hL"ps: -fried Lia, ( l ) ..............................................

- M t P ) ........................................... Popular est>. (3 ) ...............................................

A n o th e r tra d itio n a l meal: s u n d a u 1\

a.m V
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1^ ) ..................................................... m eat.. w ith (5 ) .........................................................

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 Part 3: Exam practice

Section 2

4 ))) Questions 1 -4
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You will hear a talk on nutrition. Complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for
each answer.

To-plr,: f-teflltky e.atlviOj ..............

• dp.-fisiAA,tlniA,

• rf.asoi/vs why pf.oplfi doiA/t ' ......................

• Idp.az -fr>r (D )..........................

H-e.ait.hjj e.ati\A^ ls: ......

• balavLC.f’.d diet

__ ( 3 ) ............................................................. ..... .......... ...

_Nntf.: balanced dle.t LmcI. u n a ls .................. ............ ............ ................ .
v_______________________ _______ __________________________________ J

Exam tip
In some tasks you will be asked to choose several correct answers from a list. Always read
the options before you listen to the recording. After listening, you will be able to eliminate
the incorrect ones. Make sure you choose the required number of answer options.

^ ))) Questions 5 -7
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Listen to the next part of the talk. Choose THREE letters a-h. Give three reasons why the
speaker thinks so many people have an unhealthy diet.

a It is cheaper to buy packet food,

b People do not know how to eat healthily,
c It is cheaper to buy fast food,
d They prefer fast food,
e They do not like packet food,
f It is quicker to buy fast food,
g They have to plan their meals,
h Schools teach children about a balanced diet.

5 6 ............ 7 ............

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^ ))) Questions 8 - 1 0
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Listen to the last part of the recording and complete the table. Write NO MORE THAN ONE
WORD for each answer.

Group responsible:
(8) .............................. (9).............................. ( 10) ..............................
L im it a d v e rtis in g fo r u n h e a lth y S to p s e llin g u n h e a lth y sn a cks M a k e s u re c h ild re n e a t a
fo o d a n d d rin k s b a la n c e d d ie t

E d u c a te th e p u b lic a b o u t a P ro v id e c h ild re n w it h fre s h a n d

h e a lth y d ie t h e a lth y o p tio n s

Progress check

How many boxes can you tick? You should work towards being able to tick them all.

Did you ...

practise listening to different accents?
read through all the questions before you listened to the recording
and think about w ords you expected to hear?
think about w ords to describe different stages in a process (first,
second, then, n e x t ...) w hen you have to com plete a flo w chart?
make sure you used the correct num ber of w ords in your answers?

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