Vocabulary Test About COOKING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 65

We bake bread in an oven. We fry, grill or roast other foods, like eggs or meat.

A layer is a flat, thin amount of something that covers a surface: a layer of chocolate. Not cover, because cover is not used with of chocolate in this way.

We say break eggs when we open them to cook. The proverb means you cannot get something good without some loss or effort.

To squash something soft, like tomatoes, means to press it so hard that it loses its shape. Not squeezed, because we squeeze something on purpose with our hands, e.g. squeeze a lemon.

Ruin means to spoil something completely, so it cannot be used: The power failure ruined the cake. Not damaged, because that means only partly harmed, which does not fit completely.

To beat eggs means to mix them quickly with a fork or whisk. The other verbs mean hitting things.

A recipe tells you how to cook a dish. Not receipt, which is the paper you get after you pay in a shop.

Obtain means to get: to obtain the best results is a common fixed phrase in instructions. Not expect, because the instruction tells you how to get the results, not what to hope for.

You boil potatoes in hot water, and the sentence talks about putting the water on. You bake food in an oven, not in water.

Hand down means to pass something from an older person to a younger one: The recipe was handed down from father to son. Not made up, which means invented.

Drop by drop means adding a liquid one drop at a time. It is the right phrase for a small liquid like an essence.

How do you like your eggs done? asks how you want them cooked, e.g. boiled or fried. Done here means cooked.

Shapes are forms like stars, hearts or circles: She cut the pastry into pretty shapes. Not sizes, because we don't usually call sizes pretty.

Shake means to move something quickly up and down or from side to side. Not stir, which is moving a liquid round with a spoon.

When fresh milk stands for a while, cream (the fatty part) rises and forms a layer on top. Not skin, which forms on milk that has been heated.

To defrost frozen food means to let the ice in it melt before cooking. Not melted, because we melt things like butter or chocolate, not frozen meals.

To stir means to move a spoon round in a liquid: stir your tea.

Constant means staying the same and not changing: a constant temperature. Not continual or continuous, which describe something that keeps happening or never stops. They do not describe a level that stays the same.

Melt means to become soft or liquid because of heat. Your pocket is warm, so chocolate melts there.

When your eyes water, tears come out of them, for example when you cut onions. Not dripping or leaking, which we use for taps, pipes or containers.