English Listening Exercises for A1 – Food

2 chips   3 cola   4 salmon   5 pasta   6 water

7 chocolate cake   8 ice-cream

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Waiter   Good afternoon.

Ed   Hello. What do you want, Penny?

Penny   Could I have chicken, please? Chicken with chips.

Waiter   Anything else?

Penny   Yes, please. A cola, please.

Waiter   And you?

Ed   Salmon, please. No chips. Can I have salmon with pasta?

Penny   Salmon? No chips? Are you OK?

Ed   Yes. I’m in the school swimming team. I must eat healthy food.

Penny   Oh, I see.

Waiter   And a drink?

Ed   Yes. Water, please.

…

Ed   That was great. Do you want a dessert?

Penny   Yes, please. Can I have chocolate cake?

Ed   Chocolate cake? OK. I want ice-cream. A small ice-cream! Where’s the waiter?

ham ✗, butter ✗, milk ✓, coffee ✓, yoghurt ✗, sugar ✗

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Mother   William, could you go to the shop for me before it closes? We need some food for breakfast tomorrow.

William   OK. What do you want?

Mother   Well, we’ve got some orange juice … but we haven’t got any bread. Can you get some bread?

William   OK.

Mother   And we haven’t got any ham. Your dad likes ham for breakfast.

William   Have we got any butter?

Mother   Oh, no. We haven’t. We haven’t got any butter.

William   So, bread, ham and butter. Anything else?

Mother   Let’s see. We’ve got some milk, we’ve got some coffee. Do you want yoghurt?

William   Yes. I love yoghurt. Have we got any?

Mother   No, we haven’t got any yoghurt. You can get some yoghurt.

William   Have you got any money?

Mother   Yes. Here you are. See you soon.

William   Bye.

Mother   Oh, William. Wait a minute. We haven’t got any sugar.

2 beans   3 four   4 tomatoes   5 cream   6 bunch

7 grapes   8 lettuce

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Rebecca   Have you got any beans?

Assistant   Yes, how many do you need?

Rebecca   Three hundred grams, please.

Assistant   Three hundred grams. Here you are.

Rebecca   I also need some tomatoes.

Assistant   How many tomatoes do you want?

Rebecca   Four, please. Four big ones. And some cream, too.

Assistant   Sorry, I haven’t got any cream. I’ve only got fruit and vegetables.

Rebecca   Oh. Can I have some grapes, please?

Assistant   How many do you want?

Rebecca   Just a small bunch, please.

Assistant   Is this OK?

Rebecca   Yes, that’s fine.

Assistant   Anything else?

Rebecca   No, thank you. Oh, wait a minute. A nice lettuce, please.

2 c   3 d   4 b   5 e   6 a

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Today, we’re making a vegetable stir fry. It’s very easy. First, wash all the vegetables. Then, when they are clean, you peel them. Peel the carrots and the onions. Then, cut the onions, the carrots and the cabbage into slices. Don’t cut your finger!

Then, pour some oil in this frying pan and fry the vegetables. Fry them for about five minutes. Next, boil the rice in a big saucepan. We need one cup of rice for two people. When the rice is ready, add it to the vegetables and mix them together. Then put the food into bowls and you can eat it with a fork. It’s great and very easy! Try it!

a 7   b 3   c 8   d 2   f 4   g 5   h 6

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1

Nina   Hi, Angela. What are you doing?

Angela   I’m making lunch. A fried egg. First, I put the oil in the frying pan like this.

2

Adam   Hi, Ed. Is that your ice-cream?

Ed   Yes, it is. I love ice-cream.

3

Nick   Hello, Melissa. Do you want some lemonade?

Melissa   No, thank you. I’ve got a cup of coffee. Do you want some coffee?

4

Ella   Hi, Johnny, what’s wrong?

Johnny   I want to make a sandwich but I’ve only got one slice of bread!

5

Rita   Hello, Barbara. Have you got a drink?

Barbara   Yes, I’ve got some orange juice. Do you want some?

6

Harry   Hi, Peter. Is that tin of tuna for you?

Peter   No, I don’t like tuna. It’s for my cat.

7

Irene   Hello, Mary. Do you want a sandwich?

Mary   No, thank you. I’ve got a bar of chocolate. It’s delicious.

8

Sue   Is that your breakfast, Jack?

Jack   Yes, I always have a pot of yoghurt for breakfast.