Test 12
biscuit
pasta
rice
potatoes
chips
chocolate
sugar
salt
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Identifying the key word
[potatoes] - grow, boil, peel, slice
[bread] - make, slice, fresh, brown
[salt] - add, cut down on, pass, pinch of
[biscuit] - plain, chocolate, packet
[cake] - bake, cut, birthday, recipe
[chocolate] - melt, dark, milk, bar
[rice] - grow, boiled, fried, grain of
[sandwich] - have, make, order, ham, cheese
[sugar] - contain, sprinkle, cube, sachet
[pasta] - boil, cook, drain, eat
[chips] - greasy, bag, portion
The correct collocation
Could you
cover/ spread some butter on the toast, please!Let's
do/ make some sandwiches for lunch.Honestly! I baked /
cookedthe cake myself.Mike, could you peel /
skinthe potatoes and slice them for chips?I don't like milk chocolate. I'd rather have dark /
strongchocolate.
Key word quiz
I ordered a cup of coffee and a ham sandwich.
love fish and chips.
No dessert for me, thanks. I'lI just have some biscuits and cheese.
I try to eat wholemeal bread. I think it's much better for your health.
I much prefer plain boiled rice to tried rice.
I failed to blow out all the candles on my birthday cake. I must be getting old!
Sprinkle a little salt over the potatoes before you serve them.
Drain the pasta then serve it with a little olive oil.
Noun phrases
I bought a large unsliced loaf of bread from the supermarket.
You must give me the recipe for your orange and chocolate cake.
Would you like another slice of cake?
What a greedy thing! He ate the whole packet of biscuits himself.
I had a large helping / bowl / plate of pasta for lunch today.
There were some grains of rice at the bottom of the kitchen cupboard.
They serve huge portions of chips at Divernos.
I was so hungry I ate a whole bar of milk chocolate.
Can you bring me a couple of sachets of brown sugar from the counter? I forgot.
I only put a pinch of salt on my food. Too much salt is bad for you.