IELTS VOCABULARY

Peel – We peel fruit and vegetables when you don’t want to eat their skin.

Sentence: Do you peel your fruit before you eat them?

Chop – Cut into small pieces, usually even pieces.

Sentence: Could you help me chop some vegetables for the risotto, please?

Dice – Cut into little cubes.

Sentence: Cut the meat into dice

Slice – Cut into slices.

Sentence: May I have a slice of cake, please?

Grate – made into tiny pieces.

Sentence: We don’t have grated cheese. Could you help me grate some, please?

Marinate –To put meat or vegetables into a bowl with oils and herbs, or a sauce before cooking, so they will soak up all the flavours.

Sentence: You must marinate the chicken in the BBQ sauce the night before to get that rich flavour.

Stir- mix gently in a circular motion.

Sentence: Stir the soup occasionally, so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

Blend – combining/mixing the ingredients using a blender.

Sentence: Put all the fresh vegetables in the blender and blend them together for a healthy breakfast smoothie.

Mince – make it into small pieces.

Sentence: We must get some minced beef if we want to make lasagne tonight.

Crush – compress or squeeze forcefully.

Sentence: The last thing you need is some crushed garlic.

Simmer- simmer is when water just starts boiling, so we can see some little bubbles.

Sentence: Once the sauce starts simmering, you can lower the heat.