There are many words to use when you talk about food. This lesson will be about taste and texture. Taste is the flavour of food. When we say that food tastes good or food tastes bad, we are usually talking about the taste. Texture is about how the food feels in your mouth. One food can have many different textures, like candy! Here are some words to describe taste.

sweet

Sweet

  • Chocolate
  • Candy
  • Apples
  • Ice cream
kind of chips

Salty

  • Noodles
  • Hamburgers
  • Pizza
  • Fish
  • Cheese
lemon

Sour

  • Lemons
  • Yoghurt
  • Pickles
  • Vinegar
grapefruit

Bitter

  • Grapefruit
  • Coffee
  • Tea
  • Bitter melon
chili

Spicy

  • Curry
  • Chili peppers
  • Wasabi

Here are some words to describe texture.

mashed potatoes

Soft

  • Bananas
  • Potato
  • Eggs
  • Rice
  • Bread
  • Soup
apple

Crisp

  • Raw lettuce
  • Raw celery
  • Raw cucumber
  • Apples
candies

Hard

  • Hard candies
  • Seeds
  • Lollipops
gum

Chewy

  • Gum
  • Chicken
  • Beef jerky
  • BBQ meat
  • Bagels
chips

Crunchy

  • Potato chips
  • Peanuts
  • Baby carrots
  • Popcorn
  • Pretzels
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