Vocabulary exercises - Key

EXERCISES pp.17 - 18

Roast beef – sausages – roast chicken – stuffed turkey – hot-dog – mutton chop – Italian escalope

a leg of lamb – steak – ham – fried chicken – salami – lamb chop – duck breast – chicken leg

Turkey turkey

Stuffed turkey

Hen chicken

Roast chicken

Fried chicken

Chicken leg

Cow beef

Roast beef

steak

Sheep mutton

Mutton chop

Pig pork

Sausages

Hot-dog

Ham

salami

Duck duck

Duck breast

Calf calf

Italian escalope

Lamb lamb

A leg of lamb

Lamb chop

d) Anagrams – Fish. What is it? Put the letters below in the right order to find out!

MOLSAN

RWANP STYREO SUSSELM BOLRETS

→ SALMON

prawn oyster mussels lobster

BRAC

ROTUT ANTU OFDAOES ARNEDSI

crab trout tuna seafood sardine

e) The Odd One Out Game – Food & drinks. Look at the pictures and write down what it represents. Which do you think is the odd one out ( = celui qui n'a rien en commun avec le reste) in the

sets of 4 words? Cross out the wrong word and give orally the reason why the chosen word is the odd one

out.

EXERCISE p.24

Name the following items of clothing using the words given in the box.

A jumper A dress A skirt A pair of

trousers

A pair of

tights

socks shoes A jacket A shirt A belt

EXERCISE p.25

A. Match some of the words from the previous exercise with their definition.

Suit a set of clothes made from the same cloth, usually a jacket with

trousers or a skirt

Underwear clothing that you wear next to your skin under your other clothes

Pyjamas comfortable trousers and a shirt that you wear in bed

Slippers soft comfortable shoes that you wear in your house

Tie a long narrow piece of cloth that a man wears around his neck under

the collar of a shirt. It is tied with a knot

Hat a piece of clothing that you wear on your head

Dressing gown a piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear in your house

Bra a piece of underwear that supports a woman’s breasts

Tuxedo (US) a man’s black or white jacket worn on formal occasions (=dinner

jacket – BE)

Trainers (BE) strong, comfortable shoes which are designed for doing sports in, but

which many people wear as informal clothing (=sneakers – US)

B. Put the letters in the correct order to find the names of the jewels.

engrrais

earrings

grin

ring

ecalkcen

necklace

lebretac

bracelet

chawt

watch

EXERCISE pp.26

Carol and Ben are out shopping on Oxford Street. Ben spots a pair of trainers that he likes

but they are the wrong colour. 3 – 7 – 2 – 8 – 5 – 1 – 6 – 4

It’s possible to check the answers on BBC learning English (CA) http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit4/read1.sht

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...... B Excuse me.

...... A Hi, can I help you?

...... B Yes, please. I like these trainers, but have you got them in blue?

...... A Wait a second, I’ll just check. What size?

...... B Well in Canada I take a 9, so I think that’s a 40 here.

...... A Here they are. How do they feel?

...... B They feel fine. I think I’ll take them.

...... A OK, do you want to come to the cash desk?

Carol is trying on a pair of jeans in a clothes shop. She has just returned from the changing

rooms to show them to Ben. She wants to know if he likes them. 8 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 7

...... B How did you get on?

...... C They feel tight, have they got the next size up on the shelf?

...... B Let’s see. No, that’s the largest size they have.

...... C So what do you think? Do they suit me?

...... B Well they are nice jeans, but I’m not sure if they’re really you.

...... C Why? What’s wrong with them?

...... B They make you look fat.

...... C OK, I’ll leave them then.

EXERCISE p.27

A few important verbs – fill in.

To wear – to get dressed – to match – to put on – to take off – to fit –

to suit

1) These shoes suit me (= they are the right size) but they don’t fit me (= they don’t look attractive on me).

2) What were you wearing yesterday at the party?

3) Every morning I wake up, I have a shower, I get dressed, I have breakfast and I leave for school.

4) The blue of her dress matches the blue of her eyes. (= goes together well with)

5) Come on! Hurry up! Put on your coat and come with me, we’re going to miss the bus!

6) It’s too hot in here! I think I’ll take off my jumper.

C. Shops. If you wanted to buy or do the following..., you would go to the...

1 some aspirin 3 baker’s

2 a book 9 Post Office

3 a loaf of bread 10 butcher’s

4 some fish (Uncount) 2 bookshop

5 some envelopes 4 fishmonger’s

6 a bunch of flowers 5 stationer’s

7 some vegetables 7 greengrocer’s

8 a newspaper 11 jeweller’s

9 some stamps 12 library

10 some sausages 8 newsagent’s

11 a ring 6 florist’s

12 to borrow a book 13 hairdresser’s

13 to have your hair cut 1 chemist’s