IELTS Vocabulary 16

Ways of Eating

Put each of the following verbs into its correct place in the sentences.

 

 

 

chew – lick – polish off – swallow – gnaw

consume – peck at – gorge – digest – bolt

(a) The children have no appetite. They just ……… their food. They hardly eat anything.
(b) My mother always used to say to me. ‘Now make sure you ……… meat carefully before you ……… it.’
(c) Statistics show that we ……… more fruit and meat than 10 years ago.
(d) He has an enormous appetite. I’ve seen him ……… four hamburgers and a pile of chips at a silting.
(e) As children we used to ……… ourselves on ice-cream, chips, and chocolate, and then feel very sick.
(f) The starving prisoners were so desperate they would ……… any meat bones they could find.
(g) It’s not good for your body to ………. your food so quickly. Eat slowly so that you can ……… it properly.
(h) He was so hungry that when he’d finished his food, he began to ……… the plate!

 

Answers:

a) peck at b) chew, swallow c) consume d) polish off

e) gorge f) gnaw g) bolt, digest h) lick