Bread

Common expressions

• make bread

• cut / slice bread

• spread bread with (butter)

Adjective + bread

• fresh bread

• brown / white bread

• rye / wholemeal bread

• sliced bread

Noun + of + bread

• a loaf of bread

• a slice of bread

• a (large) chunk of bread

• the smell of freshly baked bread

Exercise

Verb and adjective collocations

1. Could you spread some butter on the bread, please? - c

2. My grandmother has always made her own bread. - f

3. Bread goes stale quickly if you don't cover it. -b

4. The baker sells white, brown, wholemeal and rye bread. - e

5. I always buy sliced bread because I usually make a mess if I cut it myself. - d

6. Fresh bread is delivered daily to our local store. - a

Noun + of + bread

1. There was a delicious smell of freshly baked bread coming from the kitchen.

2. Put a couple of slices of bread in the toaster. would you?

3. They serve hot bowls of soup with huge chunks of bread in the school canteen. It's better for you than burgers and chips.

4. My mother took a large loaf of wholemeal bread from the bread bin and sliced it thickly.