Communal table
Life Extra Activities
Vocabulary practice
Keywords
community (n) all the people who live in a particular area
corn (n) a tall plant with yellow seeds that people eat as a vegetable
event (n) something like a party or ceremony that is organised to happen at a particular
time
ingredient (n) one of the different types of food you need to make a dish
local (adj) from near to the area where people live
ready-made (adj) already made and ready to eat
typical (adj) usual and normal for a particular place or person
version (n) something that is slightly different from another similar thing
volunteer (n) someone who does a job because they want to and without being paid
1 Complete the sentences with words from the Keywords.
1 Pizza and pasta are ________________ Italian dishes.
2 I have a recipe for chocolate cake with only four_________________.
3 My friend hates cooking so she buys ________________ meals.
4 Farmers grow ________________ to feed both people and animals.
5 When I’m in a new place I like to try the________________ restaurants.
6 My brother is a________________ for an animal rescue organisation.
7 This summer there are lots of cultural________________ here, such as concerts and
festivals.
8 Chips and fries are two ________________ of fried potatoes.
2 Match adjectives and nouns from A with nouns from B. You can use some words twice.
Can you make the nine combinations that are in the article?
A B
important chocolate
community event
family farmer
hot meal
important people
local traditions
long walk
traditional
Grammar practice
3 Read the sentences based on the article. Complete them with the correct form of the
verbs in the box. Then check your answers in the article.
make need allow make consume offer use give
1 Many litres of hot chocolate ________________ and ________________.
2 Tamales ________________ from corn.
3 The food ________________ to 20,000 people.
4 Different people ________________ the job of majordomo.
5 Wood ________________ to make cooking fires.
6 Different things ________________ as ingredients for the meal.
7 No ready-made foods _______________.
