Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

Choose an expression from the box to fit these situations.
Well done! 
Oh dear! 
What a pity!
Hurry up! 
It’s up to you. 
Look out!
9.1
9.2
9.3
else.
Correct the eight mistakes in the dialogue. 
VERA
:
We need to celebrate. I got a new job!
LUKE
: Well made!
done
How about go out for a meal this evening?
VERA
: 
Great! Let go to that Italian restaurant. Or do you prefer the Chinese one? 
LUKE
: 
I don’t mind it. I like the Italian one but it’s very expensive.
VERA
: 
Oh, it isn’t matter.
LUKE
: 
OK. Why don’t we going to the Italian restaurant and then we could go to the cinema 
afterwards? Your new job needs a special celebration. 
VERA
: 
I’m agree. And I’d love to see that film with George Clooney. Would you?
LUKE
: Absolute!
9.4
1
2
3
4
5
6
Oh dear!
I didn’t get 
that job.
Do you want to go to
the party or not?

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Food and drink
10
Everyday food
Would you like some 
bread
? 
I love sushi because I love 
rice
.
Pasta
is good for you, but don’t eat too much!
I always put 
salt
on my 
chips
,
 
but not 
pepper
.
My sister never eats 
meat
or 
fish
. She’s 
vegetarian
.
Do you take 
sugar
in 
tea
or 
coff ee
? 
A
Fast food
I eat
 hamburgers
,
 hot dogs 
and
 pizzas 
when I don’t 
have much time.
Fish and chips 
is popular in Britain, Australia and
New Zealand.
B
Fruit 
/
frut
/
 and vegetables 
/vedȢtəbəlz/
Vegetables
are good for you. 
Fruit
is also good for you. (singular, uncountable) 
Vegetables
C
Fruit 
carrots beans potatoes tomatoes peas onions 
/njənz/
garlic mushrooms
tea 
coff ee 
milk 
fruit juice 
beer 
wine 
Drinks
D
orange
/ɒrndȢ/
apple
banana
pear 
/peə/
grapes
strawberries 
/strɔbrz/
pineapple 
/panpl/
mineral 
water
Tip
Go to a supermarket. How many diff erent kinds of food or drink have English names on them? 
Try to learn some of them.
Common
 
mistakes
I love 
fruit
[
NOT I love fruits
].
Common
 
mistakes
Can I have 
some bread
? [
NOT Can I have a bread?
]

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Exercises
27
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Complete the sentences. Use words from the opposite page. 
1 
is popular in Japan.
2 
and 
are very popular in Italy. 
3 Chips are made from 
.
4 Many British people eat 
.
5 Hamburgers are made from 
.
6 A 
is a sausage inside a piece of bread.
Put these words into two lists: fruit and vegetables.
beans pineapple grapes onions apple carrot garlic pear mushrooms
fruit
vegetables
beans
Write the names of these fruit and vegetables.
10.1
10.2
10.3
Rice
Here are the names of some drinks with the letters mixed up. What are they?
1 eta
4 fecofe 
2 rebe 
5 rituf eciju 
3 klim 
6 nilemar retaw 
Choose a, b or c. 
1 Vegetarians do not eat a) vegetables b) meat c) fast food.
2 Garlic is a kind of a) fruit b) fast food c) vegetable.
3 You put a) salt b) beer c) sugar in coff ee.
4 Which is correct a) pinapple b) pineapple c) pieapple?
5 The first sound in 
o
nion is the same as the sound in a) f
u
n b) 
o
range c) m
a
n.
6 A pear is a) a drink b) a vegetable c) a fruit.
What are your four favourite foods? And your three favourite drinks? Are they good for you? 
Use a dictionary to help you.
10.4
10.5
10.6
1 
5 
3 
2 
6 
4 
banana
tea

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
In the kitchen
11
What’s in the kitchen?
A
Things we use in the kitchen
B
Things we use for eating and drinking
C
Expressions
A: 
Where can I find 
a mug / a cloth / some kitchen roll? B: They are in the cupboard.
A: 
 Can I help with the
washing
-
up / cooking? B: Yes, please! You can 
dry
the plates. / 
You can 
cook
some rice.
A: