Practice: Sweet As Salt

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Match the words with the pictures:
[ cupboard – pour – mix – recipe – spit – container – oven – embarrassed ]

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Match the synonyms:

switch                 make beautiful
dying to do           really want to
bake                   praise
giggle                 entire
whole                 crazy
batter                 change
decorate             wonderful
fantastic             cook
compliment         cake before it’s baked
disgusting           laugh
hysterical             horrible

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ disgusting – decorate – compliment – whole – cupboard – dying ]

1. Our Christmas tradition is to ___________ the Christmas tree together as a family.
2. Sorry, there is no cake left. I ate the ______________ thing.
3. I haven’t seen my boyfriend in three months, so I am _____________ to see him.
4. My family loves my cooking. They always ________________ me.
5. I don’t like peas – I think they taste _______________.
6. The dishes are in the __________________.

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ giggle – help yourself – spat – hysterical – switch – set up ]

7. Will you help me _______________ the volleyball game?
8. The soup was too hot, so I _______________ it out.
9. The girl was ______________ because she lost her grandmother’s diamond necklace.
10. When the handsome boy walked by, all the girls started to ______________.
11. I like your parents better than mine. I think we should _____________ families.
12. Please _______________ to the food – it is for everyone.

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