This slideshow clearly illustrates useful vocabulary for teaching ESL students how to talk about food. It contains many adjectives that cover taste and texture. At the end, there is a short test for the students. See http://davidteaching.blogspot.com for more lesson materials.

1. Some useful food adjectives
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2. *Bitter - Having a
strong, often
unpleasant taste
e.g. coffee,
dark chocolate.

3. *Sweet - Usually an enjoyable taste of sugar.

4. *Dry - Not wet.

5. *Moist - A little wet.

6. *Bland - Boring, not
interesting.

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8. Savoury - Not
sweet e.g.
bread.

9. *Sour - Having a sharp taste e.g
yogurt, lemon.

10. *Greasy -
Containing or
covered with
fat or oil.

11. *
*Rich - Rich food has a lot of butter, cream, or
eggs in it.
*Salty - Tastes of salt.
*Tasty - Good flavour and is nice to eat.
*Sugary - Tastes of sugar.
*Scrumptious - delicious.
*Piping hot -Very hot.
*Crunchy - Firm and making a loud noise when
it is eaten.
*Fresh – Newly prepared or grown food
*Stale – Food which is been sitting out too long

13. *
*1. My cousin used to eat lemons for breakfast. I
don't know how, they're so ___.
sweet
sour
*2. I don't like ___ food. I always use a lot of
sauces or gravy.
dry
moist
*3. Authentic curries are usually very ___.
bland
spicy

14. *4. I love chocolate cake, but that one was so
___ I could barely finish it!
rich
savoury
*5. Yuck! This soup is way too ___!
salty
tasty
*6. I love pizza, but sometimes it’s a bit too
___.
greasy
sugary

15. *7. Yuck! I think this milk is ___.
sour
scrumptious
*8. I love ___ food, like chocolate, cookies and
cakes.
savoury
sweet
*9. Not only was the service bad, when the food
arrived it was ___.
piping hot
lukewarm
*10. I like really ___ salads, that have carrots and
peppers in them.
crunchy
dry

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