Q.1
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. When many people think of English food, the first thing that comes into their mind is probably ...
  • ... burger and chips.
  • ... curry and chips.
  • ... fish and chips.
  • ... porridge and chips.
Q.2
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. There are many ways of eating eggs at breakfast. If you break two eggs, mix them up with a little salt and pepper (and maybe some milk or butter), stir them and turn them out onto a plate, these are ... ... eggs.
  • ... boiled ...
  • ... fried ...
  • ... scrambled ...
  • ... poached ...
Q.3
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. The British probably enjoy ice-cream as much as anyone else. But on one of those (fairly rare!) scorching hot days in Britain, instead of having a 'dairy ice-cream' ~ one based on milk/cream ~ you might prefer one that comes on a small stick and is made (more or less) with just frozen fruit juice. It should be refreshing and is probably a bright colour such as orange or red. We call this a ...
  • ... brolly.
  • ... trolley.
  • ... lolly.
  • ... wally.
Q.4
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. Most people can get used to a big British weekend dinner with roast beef and horseradish sauce, but some people find it strange that we eat lamb with ... ... .
  • ... mustard.
  • ... mint sauce or jelly.
  • ... grass.
  • ... sauce tartare.
Q.5
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. The classic, light cold bar-meal at midday in a pub would probably be a ... ... .
  • ... farmer's bite.
  • ... shepherd's pie.
  • ... ploughman's lunch.
  • ... fisherman's friend.
Q.6
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. Another form of 'working lunch' would be made with minced meat and vegetables, wrapped into a piece of pastry with a twisted shape along the top where the join was closed. This is then baked in an oven. It is named from part of the far south-west of England, where men working in the mines wanted a good meal that could be eaten with the bare hands and without wasting anything, nor leaving any rubbish. What is it called?
  • A Devon cream tea
  • A Cornish pasty
  • A Northumbrian butty
  • A Birmingham bap
Q.7
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. Still in the West Country, a drink that you might like to try is called 'scrumpy'. This is a regional variety of ...
  • ... cider (made mainly with apples).
  • ... beer.
  • ... lemonade.
  • ... malted milk.
Q.8
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. A simple but welcome meal, perhaps for children after a cold day outside, is widely known in Britain as ...
  • ... 'bangers and mash'.
  • ... 'spuds and sausages'.
  • ... 'kippers and porridge'.
  • ... 'bacon and beans'.
Q.9
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. In many British institutions ~ pubs and hotels, canteens, schools, hospitals and prisons ~ the hot sweet dish at the end of lunch might well be a fruit pie, tart or crumble, but it will almost certainly be served with ...
  • ... mustard.
  • ... custard.
  • ... sugar.
  • ... mayonnaise.
Q.10
Pick the best word or words to complete the sentence in good English. Instead of a 'continental breakfast' at a hotel, where the only warm items might be a bread-roll and a pot of tea or coffee, why not try the Full English Breakfast? It varies a little from place to place, but for most people it would start with a glass of fruit juice and/or a bowl of cereal. The main part of the meal would then contain ...
  • ... bacon and fried eggs, toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea or coffee.
  • ... bacon and fried eggs, tomato and a sausage, toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea or coffee.
  • ... bacon and fried eggs, tomato and a sausage, baked beans and fried bread; toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea or coffee.
  • ... bacon and fried eggs, tomato and a sausage, baked beans and fried bread, grilled mushrooms and a slice of black-pudding; toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea or coffee.
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