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Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Food

6 упражнений

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?
Unit 04 Food
NameTalks about
Jakehimself / his wifea good / bad cookpicture a / b / c / d
Rosieherself / her husbanda good / bad cookpicture a / b / c / d
Johannaherself / her fathera good / bad cookpicture a / b / c / d
Tobyhimself / his mothera good / bad cookpicture a / b / c / d

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