🇬🇧 English Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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CEFR A2 Cooking Recipes

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➡ Across 15 Words

4. Cut bread into thin flat pieces, past tense of slice
6. Put the hot dinner on plates for the family, past tense of serve
7. Conjunction: Stir the soup ___ it is boiling
13. A round vegetable with a strong smell that makes you cry when you chop it
14. Tried a little of the sauce to check the flavor, past tense of taste
15. The hot box in the kitchen where you bake cakes and bread
17. To find the exact amount of an ingredient, like flour or milk
18. Put flour and sugar together in a bowl, past tense of mix
20. Cut onions into small pieces with a knife, past tense of chop
22. The meal you eat in the middle of the day
23. The room in a house where you cook food
24. Became liquid when heated, like butter in a pan, past tense of melt
26. Put salt into the recipe, past tense of add
27. The main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening
28. A round food from a chicken that you can boil or fry

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. Moved liquid from a bottle into a cup, past tense of pour
2. Cooked pasta in hot bubbling water, past tense of boil
3. A soft yellow food made from cream, used on bread or in cakes
5. A yellow food made from milk, often put on pizza
6. A tool you use to stir soup or eat cereal
8. Making food ready to eat by using heat, continuous form of cook
9. A red fruit used in salads and sauces
10. Moved the soup around in the pot with a spoon, past tense of stir
11. A set of instructions that tells you how to cook a dish
12. A small white vegetable with a strong taste, often used in cooking
16. Removed the skin from potatoes, past tense of peel
19. A white liquid from a cow used in many recipes
20. Using a knife to make pieces smaller, continuous form of cut
21. To get all the ingredients ready before you start cooking
25. Having a good flavor, delicious

📚 Study Guide: CEFR A2 (Elementary) Vocabulary Focus

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