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Fruit, vegetables and fresh food Exercises

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Fruit, vegetables and fresh food · A1. apple = a round fruit with red or green skin; banana = a long fruit with yellow skin; orange = a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside

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apple

a round fruit with red or green skin
In a sentence

I put an apple in my lunch bag.

I put an apple in my lunch bag.

Useful combinations
an appleapple juice

Word forms & family

apples

Similar meanings & paraphrases

No common direct equivalent for this sense.

These match this sense. Word families can change meaning; near meanings are not always interchangeable.

Here “apple” means a round fruit with red or green skin. Practise the combinations “an apple” and “apple juice”.

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apple · banana · orange

apple = a round fruit with red or green skin; banana = a long fruit with yellow skin; orange = a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside

I put an apple in my lunch bag.

egg · fish · potato

egg = a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside; fish = an animal that lives in water and can be eaten; potato = a vegetable used to make chips or French fries

I boil an egg for breakfast.

tomato · carrot

tomato = a soft round red fruit used in salads; carrot = a long orange vegetable

She cuts a tomato for the salad.

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Which word means “a round fruit with red or green skin”?

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Step 1 · Warm-up

Warm-up

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Step 2 · Build the skill

apple · banana · orange

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apple = a round fruit with red or green skin; banana = a long fruit with yellow skin; orange = a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside

I put an apple in my lunch bag.
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Step 3 · Build the skill

egg · fish · potato

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egg = a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside; fish = an animal that lives in water and can be eaten; potato = a vegetable used to make chips or French fries

I boil an egg for breakfast.
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Step 4 · Build the skill

tomato · carrot

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tomato = a soft round red fruit used in salads; carrot = a long orange vegetable

She cuts a tomato for the salad.
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Step 5 · Meaning & use review

Meaning & use review

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Fruit, vegetables and fresh food

A1
apple

apple

a round fruit with red or green skin

banana

banana

a long fruit with yellow skin

orange

orange

a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside

egg

egg

a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside

fish

fish

an animal that lives in water and can be eaten

potato

potato

a vegetable used to make chips or French fries

tomato

tomato

a soft round red fruit used in salads

carrot

carrot

a long orange vegetable

Questions & answers

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D01 · Warm-up

Which word means “a round fruit with red or green skin”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. egg
  2. apple
  3. banana
  4. orange
Answer & explanation
apple

“apple” means a round fruit with red or green skin. The clue is “a round fruit with red or green skin”.

R01 · Meaning & use review

Which round fruit has red or green skin? An ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. banana
  2. orange
  3. egg
  4. apple
Answer & explanation
apple

“apple” means a round fruit with red or green skin. The clue is “Which round fruit has red or green skin? An ___.”.

D02 · Warm-up

Which word means “a long fruit with yellow skin”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. orange
  2. banana
  3. fish
  4. egg
Answer & explanation
banana

“banana” means a long fruit with yellow skin. The clue is “a long fruit with yellow skin”.

R02 · Meaning & use review

Which fruit is long and has yellow skin? A ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. fish
  2. orange
  3. banana
  4. egg
Answer & explanation
banana

“banana” means a long fruit with yellow skin. The clue is “Which fruit is long and has yellow skin? A ___.”.

P01 · Build the skill

Which word means “a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. fish
  2. egg
  3. orange
  4. potato
Answer & explanation
orange

“orange” means a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside. The clue is “a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside”.

R03 · Meaning & use review

I peel a round fruit and eat the juicy parts inside. An ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. orange
  2. fish
  3. potato
  4. egg
Answer & explanation
orange

“orange” means a round fruit with a thick skin and juicy parts inside. The clue is “I peel a round fruit and eat the juicy parts inside. An ___.”.

P02 · Build the skill

Which word means “a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. fish
  2. tomato
  3. potato
  4. egg
Answer & explanation
egg

“egg” means a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside. The clue is “a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside”.

R04 · Meaning & use review

Which food has a shell, with a white part and a yellow part inside? An ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. tomato
  2. potato
  3. egg
  4. fish
Answer & explanation
egg

“egg” means a food with a shell and a yellow and white part inside. The clue is “Which food has a shell, with a white part and a yellow part inside? An ___.”.

P03 · Build the skill

Which word means “an animal that lives in water and can be eaten”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. carrot
  2. tomato
  3. fish
  4. potato
Answer & explanation
fish

“fish” means an animal that lives in water and can be eaten. The clue is “an animal that lives in water and can be eaten”.

R05 · Meaning & use review

Which animal lives in water and is often cooked for dinner? A ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. tomato
  2. fish
  3. carrot
  4. potato
Answer & explanation
fish

“fish” means an animal that lives in water and can be eaten. The clue is “Which animal lives in water and is often cooked for dinner? A ___.”.

P04 · Build the skill

Which word means “a vegetable used to make chips or French fries”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. carrot
  2. potato
  3. tomato
  4. apple
Answer & explanation
potato

“potato” means a vegetable used to make chips or French fries. The clue is “a vegetable used to make chips or French fries”.

R06 · Meaning & use review

Which vegetable do we use to make chips or French fries? A ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. tomato
  2. apple
  3. potato
  4. carrot
Answer & explanation
potato

“potato” means a vegetable used to make chips or French fries. The clue is “Which vegetable do we use to make chips or French fries? A ___.”.

P05 · Build the skill

Which word means “a soft round red fruit used in salads”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. apple
  2. tomato
  3. carrot
  4. banana
Answer & explanation
tomato

“tomato” means a soft round red fruit used in salads. The clue is “a soft round red fruit used in salads”.

X01 · Meaning & use review

Which soft red fruit is commonly used to make ketchup? A ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. banana
  2. apple
  3. tomato
  4. carrot
Answer & explanation
tomato

“tomato” means a soft round red fruit used in salads. The clue is “Which soft red fruit is commonly used to make ketchup? A ___.”.

P06 · Build the skill

Which word means “a long orange vegetable”?

Choose the best answer.

  1. banana
  2. apple
  3. carrot
  4. orange
Answer & explanation
carrot

“carrot” means a long orange vegetable. The clue is “a long orange vegetable”.

X02 · Meaning & use review

Which root vegetable is usually long, pointed and orange? A ___.

Choose the best answer.

  1. orange
  2. banana
  3. carrot
  4. apple
Answer & explanation
carrot

“carrot” means a long orange vegetable. The clue is “Which root vegetable is usually long, pointed and orange? A ___.”.

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