Understanding Restaurant Menus

by Vocafy Проверено

Английский (США) A2 Вопросы: 15 Food & drink

Explore menu descriptions, meal courses, and simple food choices for your next restaurant visit.

1. 1. Выберите правильный ответ.

   Which menu section would usually include this dish?

   Chocolate cake — served with ice cream.

   • Main dishes
   • Desserts
   • Drinks

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   • Desserts

   Desserts are sweet foods that people often eat at the end of a meal.

2. 2. Выберите правильный ответ.

   Which breakfast dish is mainly made from eggs?

   • Fruit salad
   • Toast with jam
   • Cheese omelet

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   • Cheese omelet

   An omelet is made from eggs and can have cheese or vegetables inside.

3. 3. Выберите правильный ответ.

   Which dish comes before the main dish in this meal?

   Appetizer: vegetable soup.
   Main dish: roast chicken with potatoes.
   Dessert: fruit salad.

   • Vegetable soup
   • Roast chicken with potatoes
   • Fruit salad

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   • Vegetable soup

   An appetizer is a small dish that comes before the main dish. Some menus also call it a “starter.”

4. 4. Выберите правильный ответ.

   You want a warm drink on a cold morning. Which menu item fits?

   • Iced tea
   • Hot chocolate
   • Cold apple juice

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   • Hot chocolate

   “Iced” means a drink is served cold, usually with ice.

5. 5. Выберите правильный ответ.

   You do not eat meat or fish. Which dish fits?

   • Chicken salad — chicken, lettuce, and tomatoes
   • Tuna pasta — pasta with tuna fish
   • Vegetable rice — rice with carrots and peas

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   • Vegetable rice — rice with carrots and peas

   Vegetarian dishes do not contain meat or fish.

6. 6. Выберите правильный ответ.

   What comes with the salad?

   Garden salad — lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumber. Served with bread.

   • Bread
   • Rice
   • Fries

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   • Bread

   “Served with” tells you what comes with a dish.

7. 7. Выберите правильный ответ.

   What goes on top of the ice cream?

   Vanilla ice cream — topped with warm chocolate sauce.

   • Fresh strawberries
   • Chopped nuts
   • Warm chocolate sauce

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   • Warm chocolate sauce

   “Topped with” describes food or sauce added to the top of a dish.

8. 8. Выберите правильный ответ.

   You want a curry that is not very spicy. Which description fits?

   • Chicken curry — hot
   • Vegetable curry — mild
   • Beef curry — extra hot

   Here, “hot” describes how spicy the food is, not its temperature.

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   • Vegetable curry — mild

   “Mild” means the dish does not have a strong, spicy taste.

9. 9. Выберите правильный ответ.

   You want fish cooked in an oven. Which dish fits?

   • Baked fish with lemon
   • Fried fish with fries
   • Steamed fish with rice

   The first word tells you how the fish is cooked.

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   • Baked fish with lemon

   Baked food is cooked in an oven. Fried food is cooked in hot oil.

10. 10. Выберите правильный ответ.

    You and a friend get this dish. How many bowls arrive?

    Pasta for two — one large bowl to share.

    • Two small bowls
    • Two large bowls
    • One large bowl

    The dish is for two people, but they share it.

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    • One large bowl

    “For two” tells you how many people the dish serves, not how many bowls you get.

11. 11. Выберите правильный ответ.

    How is the sauce served?

    Chicken with rice — sauce served on the side.

    • Separate from the chicken and rice
    • Mixed into the rice
    • Poured over the chicken

    The sauce is not already added to the food.

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    • Separate from the chicken and rice

    Sauce “on the side” lets you add as much or as little as you want.

12. 12. Выберите правильный ответ.

    You want a soup with no milk or cream. Which soup fits?

    Tomato soup — made with tomatoes, cream, and herbs.
    Vegetable soup — made only with carrots, peas, water, and herbs.
    Potato soup — made with potatoes, milk, and onions.

    • Tomato soup
    • Vegetable soup
    • Potato soup

    Check the ingredients in each description.

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    • Vegetable soup

    Cream is made from milk, so both milk and cream matter for this choice.

13. 13. Выберите правильный ответ.

    You order the lunch special and a glass of juice. What does the $14 cover?

    Lunch special — $14. Includes a main dish and dessert. Drinks cost extra.

    • The main dish and juice
    • The dessert and juice
    • The main dish and dessert

    Notice the difference between “includes” and “cost extra.”

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    • The main dish and dessert

    “Cost extra” means you pay more than the meal price for that item.

14. 14. Выберите правильный ответ.

    You want rice instead of fries. Which full meal matches the menu?

    Grilled chicken with fries or rice. Every meal includes a green salad.

    • Grilled chicken, rice, and a green salad
    • Grilled chicken, fries, and rice
    • Grilled chicken, rice, and vegetable soup

    You get one of the two side dishes, plus the salad.

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    • Grilled chicken, rice, and a green salad

    “Fries or rice” gives you a choice. The green salad comes with either choice.

15. 15. Выберите правильный ответ.

    You arrive at 4 p.m. Which food is available then?

    Lunch special — noon to 3 p.m.
    Sandwiches — available all day.
    Dinner special — from 6 p.m.

    • The lunch special
    • Sandwiches
    • The dinner special

    At 4 p.m., lunch has ended and dinner has not started.

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    • Sandwiches

    “Available all day” means sandwiches are not limited to lunch or dinner hours.