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3B. The perfect recipe — Workbook

Extra practice for home study · with answer keys

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  • Re-do anything you got wrong the next day.

1. Vocabulary — adverb families

Choose the adverb that best fits each sentence.

  1. Stir the sauce ___ so the eggs don't scramble.

  2. I ___ ever eat dessert — maybe once a month.

  3. Serve the soufflé ___ , before it collapses.

  4. The bread was ___ delicious — I ate the whole loaf.

  5. Great chefs work ___ , with their hands, not their eyes on a book.

2. Vocabulary — adverbial phrases

Complete each sentence with ONE phrase from the box.

Word bank — drag or tap, then tap a gap
  1. Marinate the beef  drop  , at least eight hours.
  2. Add the pasta  drop  — not before.
  3. Keep the leftovers  drop  for up to three days.
  4. Cook the onion  drop  until soft and golden.
  5. She flips omelettes  drop  — I still drop mine.
  6.  drop  , we treat ourselves to a proper Sunday roast.

3. Grammar — position of frequency adverbs

Choose the sentence with the adverb in the correct position.

  1. Frequency + main verb:

  2. Frequency + be:

  3. Frequency + auxiliary + main verb:

  4. Front position (emphasis):

  5. Frequency in a question:

4. Grammar — manner, place, time

Put the words in the correct order.

  1. in the kitchen / patiently / she / for hours / cooked

  2. carefully / at midnight / he / the oven / opened

  3. on the terrace / happily / we / all summer / ate

  4. quickly / in the microwave / she / lunch / heated / at 1 p.m.

  5. gently / on a low heat / for twenty minutes / the sauce / simmer

5. Grammar — insert the adverb

Rewrite each sentence, inserting the CAPITAL adverb in the most natural position.

  1. I add salt to the water. (ALWAYS)

  2. The steak was overcooked. (SLIGHTLY)

  3. He stirred the risotto. (PATIENTLY)

  4. We have eaten better tacos. (NEVER)

  5. This is the best pizza I've eaten. (HONESTLY)

  6. The chef learned it from his grandmother. (APPARENTLY)

6. Grammar — find and fix the mistake

Each sentence has ONE mistake. Rewrite it correctly.

  1. I go rarely to Italian restaurants.

  2. She always is late for family lunches.

  3. We have eaten never such spicy noodles.

  4. He added too much salt slightly.

  5. The chef the soup tasted carefully.

  6. In the kitchen quickly she made a sandwich.

7. Reading — true / false / not given

Read the short article and mark each statement T, F or NG.

Chef Marta Rivera has run a tiny fifteen-seat restaurant in Bilbao for almost twenty years. She rarely uses recipes. Instead, she walks slowly through the market every morning and buys, quite literally, whatever surprises her. Back in the kitchen, she cooks instinctively — a pinch of this, a squeeze of that — and her only rules are: never rush, taste obsessively, and season generously. Occasionally, she writes down a dish that has worked particularly well, but she rarely repeats it exactly. Her regulars say that is precisely why they keep coming back: they know they will never eat the same meal twice.

  1. Marta has cooked in Bilbao for twenty years exactly.T  /  F  /  NG
  2. Marta walks through the market every morning.T  /  F  /  NG
  3. Her kitchen has strict rules.T  /  F  /  NG
  4. She sometimes writes down dishes that worked well.T  /  F  /  NG
  5. She reuses her written recipes exactly next time.T  /  F  /  NG
  6. Her restaurant is the most expensive in Bilbao.T  /  F  /  NG

8. Writing — guided task

Write 80–100 words describing YOUR perfect way to cook ONE simple dish (eggs, rice, pasta, a sandwich…). Include at least: 3 manner adverbs, 1 frequency adverb, 1 comment adverb, 1 adverbial phrase of time.

Check your writing

  • 80–100 words
  • 3 adverbs of manner
  • 1 frequency adverb
  • 1 comment adverb (honestly, surprisingly, luckily…)
  • 1 adverbial phrase of time (for X minutes, overnight, the moment it boils…)

9. Listening — Marta the chef (interview)

Listen to the short interview with Marta, a chef in Bilbao. Answer the questions. Play it twice if you need to.

🎧 Reporter interviews Marta · ~1 min
  1. How long has Marta cooked in the same kitchen?
  2. What does she do every morning?
  3. What are her three kitchen rules?
  4. How often does she write dishes down?
  5. Why do her regulars keep coming back?
  6. What single skill does she recommend to young cooks?

10. Dictation — adverb gap-fill (from the interview)

Listen again to the Marta interview and complete each line with the missing adverb or adverbial phrase.

🎧 Marta interview — key adverbs
  1. I walk through the market every morning.
  2. I cook — a pinch of this, a squeeze of that.
  3. Never rush, taste , and season .
  4. , when something works particularly well.
  5. I repeat it exactly the same way.
  6. , no. My regulars come back precisely because…
  7. Cook everything , on a low heat.

11. 🔥 Challenge — sentence transformation

Rewrite the second sentence to mean the same, using 2–5 words including the KEYWORD.

  1. 1. I almost never cook meat. → I ___ meat. (KEYWORD: HARDLY)

  2. 2. It's the truth: this cake is terrible. → ___ , this cake is terrible. (KEYWORD: HONESTLY)

  3. 3. She stirred the risotto in a very patient way. → She stirred the risotto ___ . (KEYWORD: PATIENTLY)

  4. 4. In the end, the sauce thickened. → The sauce ___ . (KEYWORD: EVENTUALLY)

  5. 5. It surprised me that the dish was good. → ___ , the dish was good. (KEYWORD: SURPRISINGLY)

12. 🔥 Challenge — word stress

Write the STRESSED syllable in CAPITALS.

  1. 1. honestly

  2. 2. absolutely

  3. 3. instinctively

  4. 4. occasionally

  5. 5. patiently

  6. 6. surprisingly

  7. 7. dramatically

  8. 8. immediately

13. 🔥 Challenge — odd one out

Three share a category. Pick the ODD ONE OUT.

  1. 1. Manner adverbs:

  2. 2. Frequency adverbs:

  3. 3. Comment adverbs:

  4. 4. Degree adverbs:

14. 🔥 Challenge — extended writing

Write a 130–160 word review of a meal you had recently — real or invented. Use AT LEAST: 4 different types of adverb (manner, frequency, degree, comment) AND 2 adverbial phrases.

Check your writing

  • 130–160 words
  • At least 4 different adverb types (manner + frequency + degree + comment)
  • At least 2 adverbial phrases (e.g. 'on a low heat', 'once in a while')
  • A clear reviewer's voice

15. Self-check

Tick what you can now do confidently.

  • I can place adverbs of frequency correctly with 'be', main verbs and auxiliaries.
  • I can order adverbials manner–place–time in a sentence.
  • I can use comment adverbs (honestly, surprisingly, luckily…) naturally.
  • I can use degree adverbs (slightly, absolutely, utterly…) with adjectives.
  • I can use at least 4 adverbial phrases from this lesson.
  • I can stress the correct syllable in -ly and -ically adverbs.
  • I can explain a recipe in clear, connected English.