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IELTS speaking topic Cooking

Pre - preparation (verbs):

• Chop, cut (with knife or chopper)
• Grind (crush in grinder)
• Knead (make dough from flour)
• Stuff (the stuffing or filling)

Post–cooking (verbs):

• Garnish (to decorate the dish)
• Serve (present food to someone)

Additional Verbs

• Sizzle (crackling sound like in frying)
• Squeeze (take out the juice with squeezer)

Nouns:

• Ingredients (materials)
• Undercooked (cooked less than needed)
• Overcooked (cooked more than needed)
• Seasoning (herbs or species added for taste)
• Accompaniment (dish eaten main with other items complementing it)

Techniques of Cooking:

• Roast (cook by giving dry heat)
• Barbecue (food cooked outdoors on rack over open fire)
• Sauté (mix properly on high flame)
• Simmer (cook on low flame)

Places To Eat or Drink :

• Bistro (small pub or bar)
• Snack bar (a small shop where snacks are available)
• Eatery (a place to eat like a restaurant or café)
• Multi-cuisine (serving many food dishes)
• Pizzeria (where only pizza are available)
• Rooftop Restaurant (restaurant on the top in open)
• Street food (hawker or vendor selling food items on the roadside)

Related Words:

• Buffet (self-serving the item from the board)
• Catering service (providing food service)

Animals, Birds, Insects, Plants, Birds

Parts Of Plants:

• Bark (outer covering of a tree)
• Bud (closed or unfolded flower)
• Twig (small branch coming from the main branch)
• Shoot (part of the plant above the ground)
• Thorns, spines, prickles (sharp points to protect)

Kinds Of Plants:

• Herb (very small sized plant)
• Shrub (medium-sized plant smaller than a tree)
• Creeper (the plant that grows along the ground)
• Climber (Plant that climbs but with support)
• Ornamental Plants (Plants grown for decorative purpose)

Verbs Related To Plants:

• Blossom, bloom (open out from bud)
• Germinate, Sprout (to open from seed)

Additional Words:

• Plant nursery (the place where plants are grown of the size of sapling)
• Fragrance (sweet scent of flower)

Verbs Related to Birds:

• Chirp (sound of birds)
• Flutter (to flap wings quickly up and down)
• Perch (to rest or sit on branch)
• Wade (to paddle water like of ducks)

Additional Words for Birds:

• Nestling (young one of bird)
• Bird Feeder (a tray or device kept outdoors in which food is kept for birds)
• Aviary, birdhouse (place for keeping birds)

Plants, Birds

Parts Of Animals:

• Fang, canine tooth (sharp tooth)
• Antler (branched horn e.g. of a stag)
• Ivory, tusk (white outer teeth of an elephant)
• Mane (hair on neck or face)
• Paw (soft foot)
• Claw (curved pointed horny nail)
• Pouch (pocket of Kangaroos)

Kinds Of Animals:

• Carnivorous (flesh-eating)
• Omnivorous (eating both flesh and plants)
• Herbivorous (plant-eating)
• Reptile (snake)
• Marine (related to sea)
• Aquatic (related to water)
• Amphibians (animals that can stay both in water and land)
• Nocturnal (animal active at night)

Related to Animals:

• Herd of animals (group of animals)
• Offspring (young one)
• Predator (an animal that preys on others)
• Prey (an animal hunted by another animal for food)
• Carcass (the dead body of an animal)

Verbs Related To Animals:

• Hibernate (a state of inactivity during winter)
• Chew the cud (bringing the food back to mouth from and eat like of cow)
• Gallop (run quickly with all feet off ground like a horse)
• Crawl, creep (move like of snake)

Insects:

• Antenna of insects (located on the head)
• Beehive, honey-comb (place to stay for honey bees)
• Larva (immature form of insects)

Verbs Related To Insects:

• Hum (a continuous low sound like of bee)
• Infest ( to invade or spread in large numbers)

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