Name: Class/group: _ Date: PASTA If you ask people: ‘what Italians eat?’ - they answer: ‘pasta and pizza’ And I bet that most people in the world have eaten pasta, if not pizza! Pasta is very versatile – you can add meat, fish, vegetables or cheese and you can serve it with any sauce you want A popular sauce in the UK is Bolognese, which is a meat and tomato sauce We usually have this sauce with spaghetti In fact, many British people say that spaghetti Bolognese, which we shorten to ‘spag bol’ is their favourite dish Pasta is made from wheat and it comes in many different shapes There are about three hundred and fifty shapes of pasta, and even more names for them! For example, in English ‘farfalle’ pasta is called butterfly pasta and also bow tie pasta Did you know that pasta can be organised into different groups? There is long pasta, which includes spaghetti; tubes, which includes penne; pasta for soup, which includes alfabetti; stuffed, which includes ravioli and then there is special pasta which can be any shape Special pasta includes fusilli In Italy, pasta can be served as a starter, or a main meal It is also an ingredient in that famous Italian soup, minestrone, which means ‘big soup’ Pasta is a versatile, nutritious and quick to prepare meal You can add parmesan cheese if you like it Perfetto! Buon appetito! TRUE OR FALSE? CORRECT THE SENTENCES WHICH ARE FALSE: People think that Italians eat fish and chips all the time You can add many different ingredients to pasta Many British people love a dish called ‘spaghetti milanese.’ Pasta is made from potatoes There are many different shapes of pasta Pasta can be divided into different groups, or categories Pasta is an ingredient of a dessert called tiramisu ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN FULL SENTENCES: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) What have most people in the world probably eaten? What can you add to a pasta dish? What is ‘spaghetti Bolognese?’ How many different pasta shapes are there? Is pasta always a main course in Italy? Which group or category of pasta is spaghetti in? What you think ‘perfetto’ and ‘buon appetito’ mean in English? How you translate them into your language? DO YOU LIKE PASTA? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PASTA DISH? Keys T/F F - they think they eat pasta and pizza T T – it’s called spaghetti Bolognese F – it’s made from wheat T T F – it’s an ingredient in minestrone Q&As a) They have probably eaten pasta b) You can add meat, fish, vegetables or cheese, or any sauce you like c) It is spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce d) There are about 350 types of pasta shape e) No, it can be served as a starter f) It is a long pasta g) Perfect! Enjoy your meal! I like/don’t like/love/hate pasta My favourite dish is… ... have probably eaten pasta b) You can add meat, fish, vegetables or cheese, or any sauce you like c) It is spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce d) There are about 350 types of pasta shape e) No,... pasta shape e) No, it can be served as a starter f) It is a long pasta g) Perfect! Enjoy your meal! I like/don’t like/love/hate pasta My favourite dish is…