Why Does Bread Rise?

10/10/2020 5:12:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • On average, each American consumes 53 pounds of bread per year.
  • Bread originated in Egypt and was introduced into Viet Nam in 19th century. Since then, bread has become "Vietnamese traditional" food.

Let's learn more about this food!

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Listen and choose the correct answer.

  • What happens when you mix break dough? 
  • According to the audio, which of the folowing is NOT true?
What happens when you mix break dough?
  • Yeast becomes bigger and bigger.
  • The bread is completed and ready to be eaten.
  • Yeast consumes the sugar, flour and then makes air bubbles.
According to the audio, which of the folowing is NOT true?
  • Your bread can be fluffy even when the dough doesn't rise.
  • There are tiny holes in your bread.
  • Bread dough needs to rise.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Why Does Bread Rise?

Have you ever baked your own bread? If you have, you might know that bread  needs to rise. What does this mean? How does it happen?

is an important  in bread dough. Yeast is actually a lot of tiny living creatures. They take sugar and turn it into air. When you mix break dough, yeast eats the sugar and flour and makes air bubbles. This makes the dough rise, or get bigger. Really, it is being filled with pockets of air.

If your dough doesn't rise, your bread cannot become . Look closely the next time you eat bread. You will notice tiny holes in it. These are  air pockets!

Read and answer the following questions.

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Why Does Bread Rise?

Have you ever baked your own bread? If you have, you might know that bread dough needs to rise. What does this mean? How does it happen?

Yeast is an important ingredient in bread dough. Yeast is actually a lot of tiny living creatures. They take sugar and turn it into air. When you mix break dough, yeast eats the sugar and flour and makes air bubbles. This makes the dough rise, or get bigger. Really, it is being filled with pockets of air.

If your dough doesn't rise, your bread cannot become fluffy. Look closely the next time you eat bread. You will notice tiny holes in it. These are leftover air pockets! 

What is the SYNONYM of "fluffy" in the third paragraph?
  • rough
  • furry
  • soft
  • downy
Which of the following is NOT true about yeast?
  • Yeast is of great importance in bread dough.
  • Yeast is a tiny ingredient that is not needed in bread dough.
  • Yeast takes sugar and turns it into air.
  • Yeast creates air bubbles.
According to the passage, why does dough need to rise?
  • Actually either dough or bread does not need to rise.
  • Dough rises so that it can break.
  • Because it eats sugar and makes air bubbles.
  • Dough needs to rise in order for bread to be fluffy.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. If you have, you might know that bread needs to rise.
  2. is an important in bread dough.
  3. If your dough doesn't rise, your bread cannot become .
  4. You will notice tiny holes in it. These are air pockets! 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. Beat the butter and sugar until soft and .
  2. Mix all the in a bowl.
  3. Use any meat to make a curry.
  4. Leave the to rise.
  5. Beer and wine contain .