Likes and dislikes/ Nationality words/ Positive and negative words about food
Make a statement about a kind of food below. If you can’t think of a true opinion, just use your imagination. Your partner will ask you for reasons and then share their own knowledge and opinions, before guessing if what you said is true or imagination.
When you finish the activity, label expressions which are clearly positive or negative with + and –.
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Kinds of food to discuss
- African
- Argentinian
- Australian
- Belorussian
- Brazilian
- British
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Danish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Indian
- Indonesian
- Iranian
- Israeli
- Italian
- Jamaican
- Japanese
- Korean
- Lebanese
- Malaysian
- Mexican
- Mongolian
- Moroccan
- Nepali
- Norwegian
- Peruvian
- Philippine/ Filipino
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Scandinavian
- Spanish
- Sri Lankan
- Swedish
- Taiwanese
- Thai
- Tunisian
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
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Positive and negative statements about food
| What I (most/ least/ don’t) like about… is…
The thing that I (most/ least/ don’t) like about… is… The thing that I love/ hate about… is… … is my (all-time) favourite… I (absolutely) adore/ love/ hate/ detest/ loathe… I didn’t get a good impression of… The only thing I (dis)like about… is… I can’t stand… … doesn’t do anything for me. I don’t mind… (but…) I will never get used to… I’m (not/ not really/ really) into… I’m (not/ really/ not really) keen on… I’m a (big/ huge) fan of… I’ve come to like/ love/ hate… I’ve gone off… I’ve got used to… You can’t beat… |
… this country’s food…
… a typical breakfast… … most desserts in this country…
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| because | too…
over… under… pleasantly… aftertaste aroma(tic) bitter bland chilli (pepper) coriander disgusting/ revolting exotic filling garlic greasy/ oily (un)healthy heavy herbs overpowering pungent rich slimy/ sliminess smell sour spice(s)/ spicy stinky sweet |
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Nationality word presentation
Without looking above, try to remember the nationality adjectives of the place names below.
- Africa
- Argentina
- Australia
- Belorussia
- Brazil
- Britain/ the UK
- Cambodia
- China
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Korea
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Norway
- Peru
- The Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Vietnam
Check your answers with the first page. Then test each other on country and nationality words.
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