Food and eating out

Test your knowledge with this vocabulary quiz.

1. Look at this formal notice printed at the bottom of a menu. Replace the formal words and expressions in bold with less formal words. (1 point each. Total: 6 points)
   "Patrons are requested to refrain from smoking in the dining area. If they wish to smoke, they should retire to the bar."
   (a) are (b) (c) to smoke in the (d) . If they (e) to smoke, they should (f) to the bar.
2. This extract from an article on healthy eating contains 2 factual mistakes. Can you identify them (2 points) and correct them (2 points)? (Total: 4 points)
   Wholesome food should always be rich in vitamins and minerals, have a minimum amount of sugar and salt, be free from preservatives and other artificial ingredients, and be high in cholesterol. The best way of preparing meat and vegetables is to fry them, as this helps them to retain all their goodness.
   Answer

   Food should not be high in cholesterol (1 point)
   It should be low in cholesterol (1 point).
   The best way of preparing meat and vegetables is not by frying it (1 point).
   Steaming, boiling, and grilling (1 point for any of these words) are considered to be much healthier.

3. Find words or expressions in the above extract that are closest in meaning to:
   (a) the part or parts of a food that are healthy for you
   (b) the different things that are needed to make a meal
   (c) containing a lot of something (2 possible answers)
   (d) very small
   (e) keep
   (f) healthy
   (g) cooking
   (h) lacking / not having
   (i) not real / not genuine
   (j) method
   (1 point each. Total: 10 points)
4. Rearrange the letters in bold to make words (1 point each. Total: 3 points):
   A person who doesn't eat meat is called a / an tagaenevri . A person who doesn't eat any products from or produced by animals (including milk, eggs, cheese, honey, etc.) is called a / an ganev . A person who doesn't drink alcohol is called a / an realtottee .
5. Complete these sentences with an appropriate preposition or particle (1 point for each preposition / particle or combination. Total: 8 points):
   (a) I can't eat nuts because I'm allergic them.
   (b) He's not keen Asian food in general, but he is very fond Japanese food, especially sushi.
   (c) My doctor has advised me to cut my salt intake, and cut meat from my diet altogether.
   (d) I wish I could give eating candy, but I like it too much!
   (e) This meat smells really bad. I think it's gone .
   (f) What's lunch? And what are we going to drink it?
6. This extract from an article on food contains five wrong words. Can you find them and correct them? (1 point each. Total: 5 points)
   More consumers these days are interested in where their food comes from. As a result, there is now much more demand for things like free ranger eggs, and organism fruit, vegetables and meat. People are also more concerned about artificial additions and colorings in their food, and of course everyone is worried about the potential dangers of genetically modification (GM) food. As a result, fat food outlets are beginning to lose customers.
          
7. Rearrange the letters in bold to make words and expressions (1 point each. Total: 14 points)
   I really would not meordcenm the new restaurant on Alamy Street. Last week I made a sioenervrat for dinner, but when we arrived at the restaurant, our table wasn't ready. When we eventually sat down, the everisc was slow and the nagwiti staff were rude. When the food eventually arrived, the rotniops were tiny (all right if you are on a tide , but not so good if you're feeling hungry). My chicken was rudecodnoke (in fact it was still red on the inside!), and my partner's steak, which she wanted earr , was so lewl-neod that it was almost trunb ! When the kcech arrived at the end of the meal, we discovered that we had been hogvdeacrer by almost $20. We refused to pay the evsirec ragceh , and naturally we didn't leave a pit .

The maximum possible score in this quiz is 50 points. Add up your total score. If you scored over 40, well done! If you scored less than 30, look at the answers again, make a note of them, and try to review them on a regular basis so that they become a part of your 'active' vocabulary.