Vegetables

Vocabulary relating to vegetables.

celery	squash	zucchini
onion	tomato	cucumber
peas	lentils	pumpkin
beans	parsley	chili pepper
kale	potato	sweet potato
radish	cabbage	bell pepper
turnip	cassava	broccoli
carrot	legumes	Chinese cabbage
garlic	spinach	chickpeas
dill	eggplant	asparagus
beet	lettuce	cauliflower

         

Fruit Vegetables, Vegetable Fruits

1. Eggplant is a strange name for the aubergine. Do you agree?

2. There are so many exotic shapes, forms, and colors of squash. It’s like art.

3. What happens during Halloween? Does your mother make pumpkin pies or tarts?

4. What can you do with a cucumber? Do you know how to pickle cucumbers?

5. What happens in Bunol, Valencia, Spain? I like tomato sauce, especially on pizza and spaghetti.

6. My mother makes stuffed bell peppers, stuffed cabbage, and grape leaves.

7. My uncles likes hot chili peppers and garlic.

8. It’s very tricky to properly cook beans, but it’s easy to cook peas and lentils. Do you agree?

9. Felafels are made of chickpeas; felafels are a popular street snack.

Roots and Tubers

10. Have you tried cassava or tapioca pudding?

11. French fries (chips) are too popular. True or false?

12. What color are sweet potatoes?

13. Give proof that carrots are good for vision.

14. Does most sugar come from sugar cane or sugar beets?

Leafy, Greenish Vegetables

15. My mother says I can’t eat ice-cream or cake (dessert) until I finish my cabbage casserole.

16. Who is Popeye?

17. What happens when someone eats lots of garlic and onions?

18. It’s easy to eat lettuce.

19. Kale, cabbage, broccoli, parsley, dill, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, radish, Swiss chard, asparagus protects you against cancer and heart disease and keeps you slim. True or false?