breakfast

Verb + breakfast

• have breakfast: 吃早餐
• make breakfast: 做早餐
• skip breakfast: 不吃早餐

Adjective + seat

• an enormous breakfast: 丰盛的早餐
• a light breakfast: 清淡的早餐
• a cooked breakfast: 熟食早餐
• a continental breakfast: 欧陆式早餐

Common expressions

• have (cereal) for breakfast: 早餐吃（麦片）
• discuss (work) over breakfast: 早餐时讨论（工作）
• go without breakfast: 不吃早餐就走
• (swim) before breakfast: 早餐前（游泳）

1. Verb + Adjective collocations

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above adjectives or verbs:

1. It’s not a good idea to …… breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day.
2. I like to …… breakfast in bed on Sundays.
3. I don’t know how he managed lunch after the …… breakfast he had this morning!
4. I always have a fairly …… breakfast - just a …… breakfast of coffee and a croissant. I can’t eat a …… breakfast of bacon and eggs!
5. Could you get the kids dressed while I …… breakfast?

2. Common expressions

Match the halves:

1. I went for a swim in the hotel pool
2. We chatted about business
3. I had cereal and toast
4. I often go to work

• a. over a working breakfast.
• b. for breakfast.
• c. without breakfast.
• d. before breakfast.

Note

Note these expressions:

• Bed and breakfast is 23 Euros.
• Could you wash up the breakfast things? (plate, cups etc)