🇨🇴 ICFES SaberSemana 34 · 8 preguntas

Cooking Recipes Instructions

Bundle W34 de Inglés para Grado 5 en Colombia (DBA MEN Colombia / Saber 5): 8 preguntas con explicación pedagógica.

Alineación: DBA MEN Colombia / Saber 5

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Pregunta 1

Bloom: Remember

In a kitchen in Medellín, a mother shows eggs, cheese, milk and corn flour for arepas.

Which words are cooking ingredients?

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Respuesta correcta: B) Eggs, cheese and milk.

  • A) Chair, table and spoon.Chair and table are furniture, only spoon is a tool.
  • B) Eggs, cheese and milk.Eggs, cheese and milk are common cooking ingredients.
  • C) Shirt, pants and socks.Shirt, pants and socks are clothes, not ingredients.
  • D) Car, bus and bike.Car, bus and bike are transport, not ingredients.

💡 Explicación

Esta pregunta presenta vocabulario básico de ingredientes en inglés. También conecta las palabras con la preparación de arepas colombianas.

Pregunta 2

Bloom: Understand

In Bogotá, a recipe says: "Cut the tomatoes. Mix the salad. Eat with your family."

What are "cut", "mix" and "eat" in a recipe?

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Respuesta correcta: C) Action verbs that give instructions.

  • A) Names of fruits.These words are actions, not names of fruits.
  • B) Names of animals.These words describe cooking actions, not animals.
  • C) Action verbs that give instructions.Cut, mix and eat tell the reader what action to do.
  • D) Colors of the food.These words are verbs, not colors of food.

💡 Explicación

Los verbos de acción son la base de las recetas en inglés. También se comprende que los imperativos indican qué hacer paso a paso.

Pregunta 3

Bloom: Apply

In Cali, a boy helps his grandmother: "_____ the cheese for the arepas, please."

Choose the correct imperative to complete the instruction.

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Respuesta correcta: B) Grate.

  • A) He grates."He grates" describes a person and is not an imperative order.
  • B) Grate."Grate" is the base verb used for polite imperative instructions.
  • C) Grated."Grated" is past tense and is not used for instructions.
  • D) Grating."Grating" is the -ing form and is not an imperative.

💡 Explicación

El imperativo usa el verbo en forma base sin sujeto. También se practica con verbos de cocina como grate en recetas familiares.

Pregunta 4

Bloom: Apply

In Cartagena, students read an arepa recipe: "First, mix corn flour and water. Then, add cheese. Finally, cook on a hot pan."

What is the correct order to make arepas?

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Respuesta correcta: C) Mix flour and water, add cheese, cook on the pan.

  • A) Cook, mix, add cheese.Cooking is the last step, not the first step.
  • B) Add cheese, cook, mix flour.Mixing flour and water comes first in the recipe.
  • C) Mix flour and water, add cheese, cook on the pan.This order follows first, then and finally in the recipe.
  • D) Eat the arepas, mix, cook.Eating is after cooking, not part of the preparation order.

💡 Explicación

Leer recetas exige seguir conectores como first, then y finally. También se aplica la secuencia correcta para preparar arepas colombianas.

Pregunta 5

Bloom: Apply

At home in Bucaramanga, a girl cooks: "Boil the water for the soup. Fry the egg. Bake the bread."

Which verb means to cook in hot oil?

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Respuesta correcta: B) Fry.

  • A) Boil.To boil means to cook in hot bubbling water.
  • B) Fry.To fry means to cook food in hot oil in a pan.
  • C) Bake.To bake means to cook in the oven with dry heat.
  • D) Wash.To wash means to clean with water, not to cook.

💡 Explicación

Los verbos boil, fry y bake describen formas distintas de cocinar. También se amplía el vocabulario culinario con acciones visibles en casa.

Pregunta 6

Bloom: Analyze

In Pereira, a recipe says: "You need 2 cups of corn flour, 1 cup of cheese and a little salt. Do not add sugar."

What can you conclude about these arepas?

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Respuesta correcta: D) They have cheese and salt but no sugar.

  • A) They are sweet because they have sugar.The recipe says do not add sugar, so they are not sweet.
  • B) They are made only with water.The recipe lists flour, cheese and salt, not only water.
  • C) They need no corn flour or cheese.The recipe asks for 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of cheese.
  • D) They have cheese and salt but no sugar.The ingredient list includes cheese and salt and excludes sugar.

💡 Explicación

Analizar ingredientes permite distinguir lo que lleva y lo que no lleva una receta. También se trabaja la lectura detallada de cantidades en inglés.

Pregunta 7

Bloom: Analyze

In Santa Marta, a teacher compares: "She mixes the juice" and "Mix the juice."

Which statement explains the difference?

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Respuesta correcta: A) The first describes a person, the second gives an instruction.

  • A) The first describes a person, the second gives an instruction."She mixes" describes an action and "Mix" orders the action.
  • B) Both sentences give instructions.Only the second sentence without subject is an imperative.
  • C) Both sentences describe the past.Both sentences are in the present, not in the past.
  • D) The first is an instruction, the second describes a person.The roles are reversed; the imperative has no subject.

💡 Explicación

El imperativo omite el sujeto y usa el verbo base para ordenar. También se contrasta con el presente simple que sí incluye sujeto.

Pregunta 8

Bloom: Evaluate

In Manizales, two recipes for fruit salad appear: one lists steps clearly, the other has no order and unsafe steps.

Which recipe is the best for a fifth grader?

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Respuesta correcta: C) Wash the fruits, cut carefully with an adult, mix and serve.

  • A) Cut quickly without help, run with the knife, taste nothing.These steps are unsafe and have no clear cooking order.
  • B) Mix everything dirty, never wash fruits, eat unwashed food.Not washing fruits is unhealthy and the steps are unclear.
  • C) Wash the fruits, cut carefully with an adult, mix and serve.These steps are safe, ordered and easy for a child with help.
  • D) Burn the fruits, add soap, serve cold stones.These steps are dangerous and use things that are not food.

💡 Explicación

Evaluar recetas implica revisar orden, claridad y seguridad. También se promueve cocinar con un adulto y lavar bien las frutas colombianas.

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