Talking about dietary restrictions
Inviting someone often includes eating or drinking. For some people there are some types of food or drink that they don’t or can't eat or drink.
What about you?
- Are there any foods you can’t or don’t eat? How do you tell other people?
- Are there any people you know who can’t or don’t eat certain foods? Why?
- How easy is it to find food you can eat and that you like?
What to say
To tell other people about what we can’t or don’t eat, we usually just say,
- “I can’t/don’t eat/drink ____.” or
- “I’m allergic to ____.”
Like this:
Here is some other language connected to types of parties and food that people can’t or don’t eat. Do you know what they mean? Check the ones you know.
| I know it. | Word |
|---|---|
| vegetarian | |
| vegan | |
| health nut | |
| organic | |
| allergic | |
| dietary restrictions | |
| lactose intolerant | |
| gluten intolerant | |
| kosher diet | |
| halal diet | |
| low-salt diet | |
| bridal shower | |
| baby shower | |
| book club | |
| potluck |
Learn and practice
Learn and practice the words from this activity by clicking below. If you'd like to play a game, click on "Choose a study mode" at the bottom. You can also try view the study set, learn, match, test, and spelling.
Notice the stressed syllable in bold and listen to the audio so you can hear the word or expression pronounced.
How was that?
Which words are easy for you to remember? Which are hard? How do you remember the hard ones?