Vegetables 2

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Which of these vegetables do you like the most? Which do you like the least?

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I have not heard about cassava before. Actually, I do not like to eat veggies very much. But I am getting to use to like them for my health.
Cassava means ''manyok'' in Turkish, just like ''manyak'' which means ''maniac'' in English.

I don't like pumpkins and I've never eaten cassava, but I particularly like artichokes, that are suitable for several ways of cooking: stuffed, fries, omelette, with pasta, etc.

The vegetables I like the most are green beans, spinach, garlic, ginger, pumpkin and radish. The vegetables I like the least are leeks, courgettes, chard and broccoli.

Of these, I like boiled broccoli the most, I don't like leeks.

I like most of those vegetables. As I like garlic and pumpkin the most, I like chard the least. I am fond of baked pumpkin with syrup, walnuts and sesame butter on the top. Moreover, I have heard "cassava" for the first time.

I really enjoy boiled broccoli and cassava soup. I don't like the garlic, especially raw one.

Leeks and pumpkins are those vegetables ı like the most. I use oregano and pepper as spices to give flavor to food. I haven't tasted artichoke and chard.

In task 3, I can't make sure when to use plural when to use singular. e.g. 1 We eat the leaves of chard and spinach. (Why do the answer using singular nouns?) Why my answer (chards and spinaches) is wrong? 2 The part of radishes and leeks that we eat grows partly above ground and partly below. (Why do the answer using plural nouns?) 3 The part of garlic and ginger that we eat also grows below ground. (Why do the answer using singular nouns this time? I believe it is the same structure as the sentence 2) I am totally confused about these usages.

Hello loveiseverything,

It can be confusing.

Some plants are always uncountable. Leafy plants like chard, spinach, lettuce and rocket are examples, and so are herbs and spices like oregano, basil and curry, as well as some other items like garlic, vanilla and ginger. This is why the singular is used with these plants.

Some plants are usually countable. These include radishes, leeks and potatoes, as well as many fruits. This is why the plural is used with these plants.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Thank you so much for your help, Mr Peter M. I still have lots more to work on and I will keep learning and observing the regulations of English.

In my country, some of these vegetables are planting in our land such leeks, radishes, spinaches, pumpkins, garlic and green beans, so I like so much spinach, broccoli courgettes and leeks, but I love eat it without cooked such garlic and I make it slights on the green salad , and I like the least the pumpkins

I never tasted cassavas. Artichokes, pumpkins are those I like the most while broccoli, garlic and ginger are the ones I like the least. I use garlic and ginger as spices to give flavour to food.

The vegetable I like the most is spinach. As, the least is garlic.

I really adore broccoli, spinach and radish. Nowadays it is very actual to drink tea with ginger and lemon. And I like garlic, it's boosts appetite.

i love all of these vegetables and i always eat the leaves of the artichoke and this is wired to the most of people

I haven't tasted artichoke and cassava yet, but I really like all the others and I cook them quite often.

Actually i like some kind of these vegetables such as broccoli, pumpkin, spinach, chard,... I don'n like leeks and radishs.

I do not like most of the vegetables that I have "encountered", but not salad, though.

Actually I like most of those vegetables, especially spinach, green beans, artichoke and courgettes for cooking, the other like radish, garlic and leeks for salad.

What I like the most is broccoli and the least cassava.

Of these vegetables I like the most broccoli and artichoke and the least, I suppose it´s radish because I´ve never tasted it Is it correct this text?

Hello AdrianaPC,

What you wrote is clear and easy to understand. The word order is not entirely natural, however:

Of these vegetables I like broccoli and artichoke the most, and I suppose I like radish the least because I´ve never tasted it.

We generally don't correct our users' posts on the site as we have thousands of users and it's just not possible for us. The team reads every post, however, and try to answer as many questions as we can.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

I have not test cassava and artichoke. I don't like ginger. I like other vegetables too much.

I like broccoli, green beans, chard and spinach, but I do not like pumpkin and artichoke.

I like eating broccoli, pumpkin, spinach and I like to include garlic in my food but I don't like eating it if is not cooked

I like cassava, artichoke, pumpkin and I like the least leeks, spinach, chard and radish.

I like Pumpkin and Ginger

Please ,someone tell me that ,what the cassava and chard are.

Hello mdaivid,

Cassava is a root vegetable (meaning that it grows under the ground) which grows in tropical climates.

Chard or Swiss chard is a leafy vegetable popular in many European countries. It comes from the Mediterranean region originally.

You can find wikipedia pages on both these plants.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Vegetables 2

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