Fruit and Vegetables
Shop for fruit and vegetables, talk about colors and tastes, and get food ready to eat.
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1. Escolhe a resposta correta.
What fruit does the customer want?
Customer: "I'd like a long yellow fruit, please."
- An apple.
- A banana.
- Some grapes.
You pull off its skin before you eat it.
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- A banana.
A banana has a thick skin. You eat the soft fruit inside.
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2. Preenche o espaço em branco.
I'm making orange juice. I need some ___.
- apples
- potatoes
- oranges
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I'm making orange juice. I need some oranges.
You can cut oranges in half and squeeze them to get the juice.
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3. Escolhe a resposta correta.
What does the customer want?
Customer: "I'd like those long orange vegetables, please."
- Carrots.
- Onions.
- Peas.
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- Carrots.
Most carrots in stores are orange. Some carrots are purple or yellow.
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4. Preenche o espaço em branco.
The customer wants the apples the seller describes.
Seller: "These apples are green."
Customer: "Two ___ apples, please."- red
- green
- yellow
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Seller: "These apples are green."
Customer: "Two green apples, please."Apples are not always red. Some are green or yellow.
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5. Escolhe a resposta correta.
What are they?
They are small round green vegetables. People often eat them with carrots or rice.
- Carrots.
- Onions.
- Peas.
They look like little green balls.
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- Peas.
Peas grow inside a green pod. A pod holds several peas.
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6. Preenche o espaço em branco.
You taste a lemon.
This lemon is not sweet. It tastes ___.
- sour
- salty
- spicy
Think about the taste of lemon juice.
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This lemon is not sweet. It tastes sour.
A little lemon juice adds a sour taste to water or salad.
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7. Escolhe a resposta correta.
What does the customer need?
Customer: "I need a vegetable with big green leaves for my salad."
- Potatoes.
- Lettuce.
- Onions.
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- Lettuce.
People often eat lettuce leaves in salads or sandwiches.
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8. Preenche o espaço em branco.
At the store, you want the small red fruit with seeds on the outside.
A box of ___, please.
- cherries
- grapes
- strawberries
This fruit also has a small green top.
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A box of strawberries, please.
People usually take the green leaves off strawberries before eating them.
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9. Preenche o espaço em branco.
Your pear is now soft and sweet. What word means it is ready to eat?
This pear is ___.
- ripe
- unripe
- rotten
The fruit is ready, not too young or too old.
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This pear is ripe.
A hard pear can get soft after a few days at home.
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10. Escolhe a resposta correta.
What does the customer want?
Customer: "That watermelon is too big for my bag. Do you have a small one?"
- A big watermelon.
- A small watermelon.
- Two big watermelons.
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- A small watermelon.
"A small one" means a small watermelon here. We use "one" to avoid saying the name again.
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11. Preenche o espaço em branco.
The potatoes from your garden have dirt on them.
Before I cook the potatoes, I use water to ___ the dirt off.
- cut
- peel
- wash
Water helps make the potatoes clean.
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Before I cook the potatoes, I use water to wash the dirt off.
Wash potatoes even if you take the skin off later.
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12. Escolhe a resposta correta.
You want a vegetable that is not cooked. What do you choose?
- Raw cucumber slices.
- Boiled potatoes.
- Cooked peas.
"Boiled" means cooked in hot water.
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- Raw cucumber slices.
"Raw" means not cooked. You can eat a cucumber with its skin on after washing it.