Units 5 6 Food in the U.K.

Before you watch

1 What is in a Cornish pasty?

meat / potatoes / cheese
2 Which forms of transportation do people use
in Padstow?
bike / ferry / subway
3 Which nationality words do you hear?
Spanish / Italian / Caribbean
4 What can you see in Bangla Town?
mosque / discos / shops
5 What do people do at the Mela?
dance / play games / sing
6 What are the main ingredients of Bengali food?
alcohol / spices / vegetables

Answer the questions.

1 What kind of food do you think is popular in
the U.K.?
2 What kind of food is popular in your country?
3 Do you eat any special food at festivals?

Comprehension check
1

Watch the video clip. Choose the

correct answers.
1 What is Padstow?
a a town near the sea
b an area of London
c a city in northern England
2 What is the U.K.s favorite food?
a curry
b fish and chips
c Cornish pasty
3 What is the Baishakhi Mela?
a a mosque
b a street in London
c a festival

Watch again. Check () the foods

you hear.
1 fruit
2 fish
3 rice
4 spices
5 chicken
6 potatoes

7 burgers
8 pork
9 lentils
10 bread
11 salt
12 vegetables

Watch again. Write true or false.

1 Its sunny in Padstow.
2 Most people in the U.K.
eat fish and chips every day.
3 Brick Lane is a street in
West London.
4 You can buy Bangladeshi and
Indian food in Bangla Town.
5 Children dont go to the Mela.
6 Many Bengali people are Muslim.

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Watch again. Underline the incorrect

answer.

Watch again. Complete the summary.

Padstow is a great place to enjoy traditional
British food. 1F
and chips is a
traditional British dish. It is a delicious meal, but
it isnt very 2h
. You can eat food
from many countries in the U.K., for example,
food from Italy, Thailand, the Caribbean, and
3
P
. Brick Lane in London has
4
some great c
restaurants. Shops
in the Brick Lane area sell 5f
and
clothing from India and Bangladesh. Every year,
people celebrate the Bengali 6N
7
Y
in Bangla Town. People eat
delicious food there. They usually eat
8
r
with their meals.

6 Complete the sentences with the correct

numbers.
1 In the U.K., there are over
curry
restaurants.
2 Over
people in Bangla Town
come from Bangladesh.
3 People from the Bengali community own over
% of British curry restaurants.

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Language check

Extension

Countable and uncountable nouns

Its a great place to enjoy some traditional

British food.
some / any / a lot of / much / many
Theres some fish, and a lot of fries, but there
arent any green vegetables.
Many shops sell clothing.
There isnt much meat.

7 Complete the chart with the correct forms of

words from the video.

frymeatporkpotatomealfood
restaurantvegetablericesalt
countable
singular

plural

uncountable
singular only

a fry

fries

food
Look at the photos and answer the questions.
Photo A

8 Choose the correct answers.

Traditional British roast dinners
Many / Much British families eat a traditional
roast dinner on Sundays.

In a British roast dinner, there is usually 2some /

any meat, but there isnt 3some / any cheese.
There isnt 4any / some rice or pasta, but there
are 5a lot of / much potatoes. There are usually
6
much / a lot of vegetables, like peas and
carrots, and Yorkshire puddings.

What can you see in the photo? Where is

this place?
Where do you usually go for your summer
vacations?
How do you travel there?
What kind of food do you usually eat on vacation?
Photo B
What is happening in the photo? Where is
this place?
What do people usually eat at this festival?
What is your favorite festival? When is it?
What do people usually do at this festival?

Yorkshire puddings are easy to make. You use

flour, 7some / much eggs, and 8many / some
milk. You dont need 9many / much salt or
pepper.
Are there 10any / some traditional Sunday dishes
in your country?

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