A taste of summer – some summer salads – exercise
Test your English language reading skills with this exercise
Here are some recipes to help you make the most of the salad season!
You may need to wait until you have eaten before you read these recipes through quite quickly! Can you then supply the answers to the following questions which only refer to the first 6 recipes, in order, stopping at the title ‘Spicy broad bean dip‘? Only one or two of the words would only be used in cooking!
1 Broad bean and feta salad
1 Is this salad suitable for a vegetarian?
2 What is the word which means unwanted parts have been removed?
3 What adverb means the opposite of finely?
4 What is the word which makes it clear that something is not essential?
5 What verb tells you to allow liquid to run out of something?
6 What is the word which means food has had a liquid or seasoning added or been prepared ready for eating?
2 Salad of beetroot, roasted red onions and rocket
7 How is the sense of ‘almost’ or ‘virtually’ expressed?
8 What noun means a solid piece of something with a thick end which tapers to a thin end?
9 What is the word meaning ‘cut up’, probably with scissors?
10 What verb means that you have to warm something in advance or ready for the next stage?
3 Aubergine purée with pomegranate and almonds
11 What is the word used of solid food broken by hand (i.e. not cut with a knife)?
12 What verb means to move something from one place or container to another?
13 What adjective can you find that means the opposite of ‘deep’?
4 Cauliflower, mangetouts, chilli and caper berry salad
14 What is the noun that means a flowering stem, or small flower?
15 How is the idea of ‘piled high‘ conveyed?
16 What conveys the meaning of ‘removed and thrown away’?
17 What verb instructs you to beat some food?
5 Roasted pepper, spelt and pistachio salad
18 Is the roasted pepper, spelt and pistachio salad suitable for a vegetarian?
19 What adjective (or adverb) means in the long direction of an oblong object?
20 What verb means ‘cook gently’ at a temperate slightly below boiling?
6 Orange, feta and herb salad
21 Is this recipe suitable for someone with a nut allergy?
22 What noun conveys the meaning of a cube?
23 What adverb means diagonally?
24 What noun means a thin thread or part of something?
– From Gorgeous Greens by Annie Bell, Kyle Cathie
For a slightly different, but very clear video version of the Broad Bean and Feta salad – WATCH OUT for the advertisement that comes on before the video begins – click here!
