Vocabulary - menu

study ex 1 ex 2
 
1. Meals of the day
breakfast à the meal you have in the morning
brunch à late breakfast, early lunch
lunch à the meal you have at noon
supper à the meal you have in the evening
snack à you quickly eat a little food
 
2. Courses on the menu
aperitif à alcoholic drink people drink before a meal
starter à a small amount of food you eat before the meal
soup à cooked liquid food
salad à a mix of raw vegetables
main course à the most important part of the meal
dessert à sweet food after the meal
beverages à drinks
 
3. An example menu

Aperitif
Martini
Port

Beverages
Sparkling water
Mineral water
Coke
Diet coke

Soups
Tomato soup
Chicken soup

Salads
Green salad
Tomato salad


£ 2.90
£ 2.60


£ 1.50
£ 1.50
£ 1.70
£ 1.70


£ 3.50
£ 3.00


£ 5.50
£ 6.00
Starters
Pâté with toast
Prawn cocktail

Main courses
Duck with orange sauce
Roast beef with croquettes
Plaice in lemon sauce

Desserts
Chocolate cake
Ice cream
Fruit cocktail

Snacks
Crisps
Sandwich

£ 6.80
£ 7.50


£ 13.40
£ 15.30
£ 17.60


£ 3.10
£ 3.00
£ 4.00


£ 1.50
£ 2.00