Soup — A1 Food Vocabulary
A hot liquid food, often with vegetables.
Quick Answer
Soup is a hot liquid food, often with vegetables, meat, or noodles. People eat soup with a spoon, especially when they are cold or sick.
Example: We have soup when it is cold.
Soup in 3 Sentences
Read these three sentences. Notice how soup is used:
- We have soup when it is cold. (in winter)
- I eat soup with a spoon. (how to eat it)
- The soup is hot. (describing temperature)
A Quick Tip About SOUP
“Soup” is usually uncountable — say some soup or a bowl of soup, not “a soup”. You CAN say “two soups” in a restaurant when ordering two servings, but in everyday English just say soup.
Eating soup without a spoon — and saying “a soup”
✗ I want a soup, please.
✓ I want some soup, please.
Easy way to remember: soup is liquid — you cannot count drops. Say soup, some soup, or a bowl of soup for one serving.
Practice all A1 Foods
Now practise soup together with the other words in this topic. Use Study, Practice, Flashcards, and Review.
A1 Foods Vocabulary
Learn eight everyday food words with pictures, short examples, practice questions, flashcards, and a review queue.
Study Cards
Read the word, look at the picture, and say the example sentence.
Quick Practice
Choose the word that completes the sentence.
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Flashcards
Look at the picture first, then tap the card to check the word.
Spaced Review
Review cards today, then let the queue bring them back later.
Test Yourself: Soup
Choose an answer to see your feedback immediately. Your first answer counts towards your score.
1. _______ is hot and you eat it with a spoon.
2. Choose the correct sentence:
3. We have _______ when it is cold.
4. Which word means a hot liquid food?
5. I eat soup with a _______.
Other A1 Foods to Learn
Pick another word from this lesson — small steps add up fast.
Keep Going — One Word, Many Wins
You just learned soup — that’s all 8 A1 foods done. Bread, rice, egg, meat, chicken, fish, cheese, and soup are now in your word bank.
Food is just half of the kitchen. Now let’s learn the everyday DRINKS that go with these foods — water, milk, tea, coffee, and juice.
Next lesson: Water — A1 Drink Vocabulary
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