A1
Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Food
6 تمارين
1. Exercise 1
Audio
- A. Listen and answer the questions.
- 1)Does Milly want to cook?
- 2)Who doesn’t want to do anything at the weekend – Tom or Milly?
- 3)Where do they buy food at the weekend – at the supermarket or farmers’ market?
- 4)Who says they can pay – Tom or Milly?
- B. Listen again. Tick (✓) the food on the shopping list that Tom and Milly need.
- Meat:
- chicken
- steak
- fish
- Vegetables:
- carrots
- an onion
- potatoes
- tomatoes
- mushrooms
2. Exercise 2
Audio
- A. Listen and complete the conversation.
- SARAH Hello, I’d like 1) lemon and 2) onion, please.
- STALLHOLDER Just one?
- SARAH Yes, and I’d like 3) potatoes too.
- STALLHOLDER Is this bag OK?
- SARAH Yes, fi ne. Have you got 4) tomatoes?
- STALLHOLDER How about these?
- SARAH They’re a bit big.
- STALLHOLDER I’m sorry but I haven’t got 5) small tomatoes.
- SARAH OK, the big ones are fi ne. Also I’d like 6) cheese.
- STALLHOLDER I’m sorry, I don’t sell cheese. Try that guy over there.
3. Exercise 3
Audio
- A. Listen to Olivia and Harry talk about Heston Blumenthal recipes. Tick (✓) which two recipes they choose.
- Ultimate mashed potato
- Three times cooked chips
- Cheese-on-toast ice cream
- Coffee and chocolate sauce
- B. Listen again. Underline the correct food words in the instructions for Olivia and Harry.
- 1)Olivia needs potatoes / chips and cream / butter
- 2)She needs to boil / roast the ingredients.
- 3)Harry needs honey / sugar, coffee beans / black coffee, and milk chocolate / dark chocolate
- 4)He needs to grill / boil the ingredients.
4. Exercise 4
Audio
- A. Listen and complete the sentences.
- 1)That’s of butter.
- 2)How chocolate? Only – 60 grams.
- 3)How grams of butter?
- B. Listen and complete the conversation. Then put the conversation in order.
- B A 1) – about five or six pieces.
- A Really? That’s 2) a lot.
- B About four or five.
- A And what about drinks? How 3) cups of coffee do you have a day?
- 1) A How 4) fruit do you eat a day?
5. Exercise 5
Audio
- A. Listen to Part 1. Why is the restaurant empty? Choose an answer.
- 1)The restaurant isn’t open.
- 2)People think the waiter isn’t very nice.
- 3)It’s very early.
- B. Listen to Part 1 again. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
- 1)They have a reservation for four people.
- 2)They want a table by the door.
- 3)Annie finds it difficult to choose a table.
1 What do they choose for their main course?
2 Who can’t decide what they want to have?
6. Exercise 6
Audio
- A. Four people talk about cooking. Listen and underline the correct answers.
- B. Listen again. Answer the questions.
- 1)Who always wants to eat more?
- 2)Who can only make one thing?
- 3)Who doesn’t understand how you can make a really good dish from only a few things?
- 4)Who enjoys their own food?

| Name | Talks about | ||
| Jake | himself / his wife | a good / bad cook | picture a / b / c / d |
| Rosie | herself / her husband | a good / bad cook | picture a / b / c / d |
| Johanna | herself / her father | a good / bad cook | picture a / b / c / d |
| Toby | himself / his mother | a good / bad cook | picture a / b / c / d |
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