A214 words · Elementary

Kinds of Food vocabulary — A2

Food vocabulary for fruit, vegetables and meat, naming a strawberry, mango and cucumber alongside beef, pork and lamb that fill out a shopping list or a salad.

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onion
/ˈʌnjən/
A round vegetable with many layers and a strong smell that can make you cry.
Example: Chopping the onion made my eyes water.
salad
/ˈsæləd/
A cold dish of raw vegetables mixed together, often with oil poured over.
Example: I ordered a green salad with my grilled fish.
strawberry
/ˈstrɔˌbɛri/
A small soft red fruit with tiny seeds on the outside.
Example: She put a fresh strawberry on top of the cake.
lemon
/ˈlɛmən/
A yellow fruit with very sour juice, often added to drinks in slices.
Example: Add a slice of lemon to your glass of water.
pepper
/ˈpɛpər/
A hollow red, green or yellow vegetable, often sliced into salads.
Example: She stuffed a red pepper with rice and cheese.
cucumber
/ˈkjukəmbər/
A long green vegetable with pale watery flesh, eaten raw in salads.
Example: He sliced a cucumber for the summer salad.
grape
/ɡreɪp/
A small round green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a vine.
Example: Every grape in the bunch was sweet and juicy.
pear
/pɛr/
A sweet green or yellow fruit, narrow at the top and round below.
Example: The pear was so ripe that juice ran down my hand.
peach
/pitʃ/
a soft, round fruit, orange and pink in colour, with a large stone inside.
Example: She bit into a ripe peach.
mango
/ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
a sweet, juicy tropical fruit, orange in colour, with a large flat stone.
Example: He blended a mango into his smoothie.
beef
/bif/
The meat that comes from a cow.
Example: This stew is made with slow-cooked beef.
pork
/pɔrk/
Meat that comes from a pig.
Example: We ordered roast pork with apple sauce for dinner.
sausage
/ˈsɔsədʒ/
A long thin tube of skin filled with chopped meat, cooked before you eat it.
Example: He cooked a sausage and some eggs for breakfast.
lamb
/læm/
Meat from a young sheep, often roasted for Sunday dinner.
Example: We had roast lamb with mint sauce on Sunday.