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Italian Food Vocabulary
Meat And Poultry
Write the Italian word.
ham ___________________ fillet ____________________
meat ___________________ turkey __________________
beef ____________________ salami __________________
veal ____________________ chicken _________________
duck ____________________ sausage _________________
pork ____________________ beef steak _______________
lamb ___________________ cold cuts ________________
tripe ____________________ meatballs _______________
quail ____________________ pork chop _______________
liver ____________________ veal shank _______________
cutlet ___________________
rabbit ___________________
la carne meat
il manzo beef
la bistecca beef steak
il pollo chicken
i salumi cold cuts
la costoletta cutlet
l’agnello lamb
il vitello veal
il coniglio rabbit
l’anatra duck
il filetto fillet
il fegato liver
le polpette meatballs
il prosciutto ham
il maiale pork
la braciola pork chop
la quaglia quail
il salame salami
la salsiccia sausage
la trippa tripe
il tacchino turkey
l’osso buco veal shank
You can
practice the
vocabulary
presented in
this handout
online. See
page 6 for
details.

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Letter Grids
Find the word hidden in each letter grid. Draw a line from square to square to link
the letters of the word. Write the word on the line provided. The answers are on
page 5.
Example: chicken
__il pollo__
lamb liver
_________________________ __________________________
veal cutlet
________________________ __________________________
A Pasqua in molte regioni è tradizione mangiare il cosciotto di agnello.
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Numberless Crossword Puzzle
Put the Italian words into the puzzle based on the number of letters in each word.
One letter has been provided for you. The answers are on page 5.
La costoletta di maiale con patate al forno è uno dei miei piatti preferiti.
C
7 letters 8 letters 10 letters 12 letters
la carne il maiale il tacchino il prosciutto
il manzo le polpette

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Missing Letters
Fill in the missing vowels.
la trippa
Matching
1. _____ la trippa a. veal shank
2. _____ l’osso buco b. pork chop
3. _____ la braciola c. duck
4. _____ l’anatra d. fillet
5. _____ la bistecca e. tripe
6. _____ il filetto f. beefsteak
Abbiamo mangiato l’anatra pechinese al ristorante cinese.

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The Answers
lamb liver veal
___l’agnello___ __il fegato__ ___il vitello__
cutlet
___la costoletta__
Fill in the missing vowels.
Matching
1. __E__ la trippa a. veal shank
2. __A__ l’osso buco b. pork chop
3. __B__ la braciola c. duck
4. __C__ l’anatra d. fillet
5. __F__ la bistecca e. tripe
6. __D__ il filetto f. beefsteak
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E
Q E T U E T
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Online Practice
If you would like to practice this vocabulary at an online flashcard site, you can do
so at Quizlet and Study Stack.
To practice at Quizlet, go to http://quizlet.com and enter the words Italian
Vocabulary-Meat And Poultry into the seach box. Quizlet offers several practice
activities and 2 games: Scatter and Space Race. Here is a direct link:
http://quizlet.com/4852749/italian-food-vocabulary-meat-and-poultry-flash-cards/
To practice at Study Stack, go to http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-590093.
Study Stack offers many practice activities as well as 3 games: Hangman, Bug Match,
and Hungry Bug.