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When most people hear the words fast food they probably think of cheap, hot food
sold in a place where they dont have to wait more than a couple of minutes between
(1) ____________ and taking their first bite, and where they can either take away or
eat in. They probably also (2) ____________ food they can eat with their fingers,
without any (3) ____________.
In Britain, as in many other countries, hamburgers are among the most popular kinds
of fast food, and the biggest chain of burger restaurants is McDonalds. The first
McDonalds (4) ____________ in Britain in 1974, and now you can find them in
many British cities. The restaurants in Britain recently added salads, fruit and
sandwiches to their traditional (5) ____________ of burgers, fries and soft drinks.
Kebabs, which usually consist of pieces of hot chicken or lamb in pitta bread with
salad and chilli sauce, are also very popular. They are a part of Middle Eastern (6)
____________, and provide a good example of how foreign (7) ____________ has
become very popular in Britain in the last 40 years or so.
Perhaps the best example of traditional British fast food is fish and chips, which
means deep-fried white fish with chips that are much (8)____________ than the
American-style fries you find in most burger restaurants. The country has more than
11,000 fish and chip shops, and the British (9) ____________ eats fish and chips more
than 250 million times a year, which means almost five times a year for (10)
____________ man, woman and child.
Many foreigners could find some things a bit strange in a fish and chip shop, for
example the fact that many customers put a lot of salt and vinegar on their fish and
chips, or the mushy peas some people eat as an accompaniment. You could (11)
____________ mushy peas as a hot, thick, light green, pea-flavoured paste, which
perhaps doesnt sound very nice. In fact, they are one those kinds of food that
generate strong opinions most people either love them or (12) ____________ them.

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FastFood
WORKSHEET

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Fill the twelve gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the box
below. There are four words that you will not need to use.
cutlery
all
fatter
cuisine

saying
population
imagine
hate

built
every
food
menu

cooker
arrived
ordering
describe

B
Decide whether or not the following statements have been written in correct English.
Then bet a minimum of 10 points up to a maximum of 50 on your choice.
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My girlfriend and I have very different

opinions about mushy peas she hates them,
but I love them.
Some people put tomato source on their fish
and chips.
McDonalds is the biggest chain of
hamburger restaurants in world.
Kebabs usually consist of hot chickens or
lamb in pitta bread.
Fish and chips is a traditional meal in Britain.
I dont like eating fish and chips without
cutlery.
There are more than 11,000 fish and chip
shops in Britain.
British chips are more fat than Americanstyle fries.
I think its strange that so much British
people put vinegar on their fish and chips.
I had a really nice lamb kebab last night.
Mushy peas are so strange cant British
people think of a nicer accompaniment to fish
and chips?
Id like fish and chips on take away, please.
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