Cooking and Participles Interactive Exercises

Welcome to this exclusive page! On this page, you can practise both a vocabulary and a grammar topic. For vocabulary, you’re going to be using verbs that are all related to cooking. The grammar topic of this lesson is a look at the past passive forms. If includes the TU-participle and the TAVA-participle.

I hope you’ll find the following exercises useful. As always, they’re not all meant for the same level, so you might find some too easy, others suitable and some too hard.

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Exercise 1: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs

Exercise 2: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs
Partitive and genetive case

Exercise 3: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs
The basic idea of the TU-participle

We use the TU-participle to express that something has been done to the noun attached to it. For example, from the verb leikata we get leikattu vihannes is “a cut vegetable” (a vegetable that has been cut), while the verb höyryttää gives us höyrytetty siika is “a steamed whitefish” (a whitefish that has been steamed).

Exercise 4: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs
The TU-participle

Exercise 5: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs
The TU-participle

You can find the TU-participle based on the basic form of the verb. Clicking on the speech bubble will show you the basic form of each verb. Verbtype 1, 4, 5 and 6 will have -TTU/TTY, while verbtypes 2 and 3 will only have -TU/TY. Read more about how to form it here.

Exercise 6: From level A2

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Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary

Exercise 7: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary
Basic conjugation of words ending in –u

All these TU-adjectives are followed by a noun that shows you which case you will need in each sentence.

Exercise 8: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary
The present tense

Exercise 9: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary
The basic idea of the TAVA-participle

The TAVA-participle is used in necessity sentences to express that something must be done. It’s an alternative to using täytyy or pitää. Minun täytyy tiskata is the same as minun on tiskattava.

Exercise 10: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs
The TAVA-participle

Exercise 11: From level A2

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary
The TAVA-participle

Exercise 12: From level B1

Prior knowledge:

Vocabulary: Cooking verbs + random food related vocabulary
The TAVA-participle

Exercise 13: From level B1

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A wide understanding of how words inflect in the cases

That’s all for these interactive exercises about cooking and participles. I’m aware that these do not allow you to practice the topic through-and-through. Regardless, I hope that these interactive exercises allow you to get some practice!