Inside OutFast Food

WORKSHEET A

When most people hear the words ‘fast food’ they probably think of cheap, hot food

sold in a place where they don’t have to wait more than a couple of minutes between

(1) ____________ and taking their first bite, and where they can either ‘take away’ or

‘eat in’. They probably also (2) ____________ food they can eat with their fingers,

without any (3) ____________.

In Britain, as in many other countries, hamburgers are among the most popular kinds

of fast food, and the biggest chain of burger restaurants is McDonald’s. The first

McDonald’s (4) ____________ in Britain in 1974, and now you can find them in

many British cities. The restaurants in Britain recently added salads, fruit and

sandwiches to their traditional (5) ____________ of burgers, fries and soft drinks.

Kebabs, which usually consist of pieces of hot chicken or lamb in pitta bread with

salad and chilli sauce, are also very popular. They are a part of Middle Eastern (6)

____________, and provide a good example of how ‘foreign’ (7) ____________ has

become very popular in Britain in the last 40 years or so.

Perhaps the best example of traditional ‘British’ fast food is fish and chips, which

means deep-fried white fish with chips that are much (8)____________ than the

American-style fries you find in most burger restaurants. The country has more than

11,000 fish and chip shops, and the British (9) ____________ eats fish and chips

more than 250 million times a year, which means almost five times a year for (10)

____________ man, woman and child.

Many foreigners could find some things a bit strange in a fish and chip shop, for

example the fact that many customers put a lot of salt and vinegar on their fish and

chips, or the ‘mushy peas’ some people eat as an accompaniment. You could (11)

____________ mushy peas as a hot, thick, light green, pea-flavoured paste, which

perhaps doesn’t sound very nice. In fact, they are one those kinds of food that

generate strong opinions – most people either love them or (12) ____________ them.

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Inside OutFast Food

WORKSHEET B

AFill the twelve gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the box below. There are four words that you will not need to use.

cutlery saying built cookerall population every arrived

fatter imagine food orderingcuisine hate menu describe

BDecide whether or not the following statements have been written in correct English. Then bet a minimum of 10 points up to a maximum of 50 on your choice.

Yes/No Points bet

Points lost

Points won

1 My girlfriend and I have very different opinions about mushy peas – she hates them, but I love them.

2 Some people put tomato source on their fish and chips.

3 McDonald’s is the biggest chain of hamburger restaurants in world.

4 Kebabs usually consist of hot chickens or lamb in pitta bread.

5 Fish and chips is a traditional meal in Britain.6 I don’t like eating fish and chips without

cutlery.7 There are more than 11,000 fish and chip

shops in Britain.8 British chips are more fat than American-

style fries.9 I think it’s strange that so much British

people put vinegar on their fish and chips.10 I had a really nice lamb kebab last night.11 Mushy peas are so strange – can’t British

people think of a nicer accompaniment to fish and chips?

12 I’d like fish and chips on take away, please. Total points lost and won

Final total (subtract total points lost from total points won)

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