VBC1 Lesson5

Lesson 5 – Food & Drink
If you want food, you can say “I’m hungry” – and if you want something to
drink, you can say “I’m thirsty.” I hope you’re hungry and thirsty, because
today’s lesson is all about food and drink!
Food
Are you familiar with the food pyramid? It shows how much of each type of
food you should eat. Let’s use the diagram to learn vocabulary for different
types of foods.
The food group at the bottom of the pyramid includes bread, cereal, rice, and
pasta. Which type do you eat most frequently? Complete the sentence: “I eat a
lot of ____________________.”
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On the next level up, we have fruits and vegetables. Here are some different
types of fruit. Can you match each word with the correct picture?
The outer covering of a fruit can be called the peel (in the case of a banana),
the skin (in the case of an apple) or the rind (in the case of a melon). A skin is
soft and thin, and we can eat it. A rind is thick and hard, and we usually don’t
eat it.
Many fruits also have seeds or a pit inside. We usually call them seeds if they
are small and many, and a pit if there is one and it is large. Watermelons have
seeds. Peaches have pits.
Here are some examples of vegetables. Try to match each word with the
correct picture.
On the next level up, we have meat and seafood as well as beans, nuts, and
eggs. Do you know the English words for the three different parts of an egg?
 The shell is the hard outside part
 The white is the clear part, which turns white when you cook it
 The yolk is the yellow part in the center
Here are some different types of meat, with the animals they come from:
 Beef comes from cows
 Pork, bacon, and ham come from pigs
 Chicken comes from chickens
 Seafood includes fish and shellfish
A person who doesn’t eat meat is called a vegetarian – and a person who
doesn’t eat ANY animal products (including milk, cheese, and eggs) is called a
vegan.
Finally, at the top of the food pyramid are some foods which should not be
eaten frequently, because they are not very healthy. These include fats & oils
(like butter and fried food, which is cooked in oil) as well as sweets (like
chocolate, candy, cakes, and cookies).
Drinks
Here are five types of cold drinks:
 soda
 juice
 lemonade
 iced tea
 milk
 sparkling water 
Say it now: “My favorite cold drink is __________.”
The three major types of hot drinks are:
 coffee
 tea
 hot chocolate
Say it now: “My favorite hot drink is __________.”
Finally, we have drinks with alcohol:
 beer
 wine
 liquor
 cocktails (mixed drinks) 
Say it now: “My favorite alcoholic drink is __________.”
Other Expressions Used with Food & Drink

When you eat something, you first take a bite of it – you remove a piece using
your teeth. Then you chew the food – crush it into small pieces inside your
mouth, using your teeth – and finally swallow it – when it goes down your
throat and into your stomach.
If someone is eating very fast, we say they are wolfing down or gobbling up
their food. When someone is eating very slowly – or not eating very much –
we say they are picking at their food.
Two more verbs used for eating are munch on and

snack on – this describes eating small portions of
food casually; for example, you snack on popcorn
while watching a movie.
If someone is drinking very fast, we say they are

gulping down or guzzling their drink. The opposite
of this – drinking slowly – is to sip. You’d gulp down
a glass of lemonade on a hot day, but you should sip a glass of wine!
What do you say after you’ve eaten enough, and you’re satisfied? The phrase
we use for that in English is “I’m full.” If you’ve eaten a LOT of food (maybe
too much!) then you can say “I’m stuffed” or “I can’t eat another bite!”
You’ve finished Lesson 5! Now continue to the exercises to practice the

vocabulary you’ve learned.
Pronunciation Practice
I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, bread, cereal, rice, pasta, fruit, pear, grapes, cherries,
pineapple, watermelon, peel, skin, rind, seeds, pit, vegetables, corn, carrot,
pepper, mushroom, onion, garlic, beans, nuts, egg, shell, white, yolk, beef,
pork, ham, bacon, chicken, seafood, vegetarian, vegan, butter, fried food,
sweets, soda, juice, lemonade, iced tea, milk, sparkling water, coffee, tea, hot
chocolate, beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, bite, chew, swallow, wolf down, gobble
up, pick at, munch on, snack on, gulp down, guzzle, sip, I'm full, I'm stuffed, I
can't eat another bite
Matching Quiz
Match each word to the correct picture:
bacon beer carrots onions soda

beans butter grapes pineapples tea
beef candy juice rice wine
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
Vocabulary Practice
Answer these questions – either speaking out loud to yourself, or writing your
answers and sending them to me at help@espressoenglish.net. Whenever
possible, use the vocabulary words from this lesson.
1. Describe your typical breakfast.
2. Describe your typical lunch.
3. Describe your typical dinner.
4. What are your favorite foods?
5. Are there any foods you don't like?
6. What foods do you like to snack on during the day?
7. Are you a vegetarian or vegan? Why or why not?
8. What's one food you eat too much of?
9. When was the last time you felt "stuffed"?
10. What do you drink during a typical week?
Matching Quiz Answers

1. rice 6. beans 11. juice
2. grapes 7. carrots 12. wine
3. candy 8. beef 13. beer
4. onions 9. bacon 14. soda
5. pineapples 10. butter 15. tea
Image sources:
 kspoddar, Alisdair McDiarmid from Glasgow, United Kingdom, David

Monniaux, Archon6812 at en.wikipedia, 4028mdk09, Dragonflyir, Steve
Evans, David Monniaux, Anthony Appleyard, chris_73,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Capsicum1.jpg, Kazvorpal, Ren West,
Steve Karg, aka Skarg at en.wikipedia, © Nevit Dilmen, Adam Zivner,
Grm wnr, Jessica Merz from Novato, USA, Simon Cousins from High
Wycombe, England, Miya

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Lesson 5 – Food & Drink

 The shell is the hard outside part

 The yolk is the yellow part in the center

 Beef comes from cows

 Pork, bacon, and ham come from pigs

 Chicken comes from chickens

 Seafood includes fish and shellfish

Say it now: “My favorite cold drink is __________.”

The three major types of hot drinks are:

Say it now: “My favorite hot drink is __________.”

Finally, we have drinks with alcohol:

 cocktails (mixed drinks) 

Say it now: “My favorite alcoholic drink is __________.”

Other Expressions Used with Food & Drink

Two more verbs used for eating are munch on and

If someone is drinking very fast, we say they are

You’ve finished Lesson 5! Now continue to the exercises to practice the

bacon beer carrots onions soda

10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

1. Describe your typical breakfast.

3. Describe your typical dinner.

4. What are your favorite foods?

5. Are there any foods you don't like?

6. What foods do you like to snack on during the day?

7. Are you a vegetarian or vegan? Why or why not?

8. What's one food you eat too much of?

9. When was the last time you felt "stuffed"?

Matching Quiz Answers

2. grapes 7. carrots 12. wine

3. candy 8. beef 13. beer

4. onions 9. bacon 14. soda

5. pineapples 10. butter 15. tea

 kspoddar, Alisdair McDiarmid from Glasgow, United Kingdom, David

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