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a serving of
UK/ə ˈsɜːvɪŋ əv/US/ə ˈsɜːrvɪŋ əv/a SERV·ing of
Band 5-6speakingtask2
an amount of food that is considered a single portion
Examples
“The label states that one serving of cereal is 30 grams.”
“Try to limit yourself to one serving of dessert.”
“A serving of fruit counts toward your daily five-a-day.”
Band 8 sentence
“Food packaging needs to be clearer so consumers know how many calories are in a single serving of the product.”
Collocations
- two servings of
- a standard serving
Word family
serve verbserving noun
Common mistakes
a serving for→a serving of
one serving's→one serving
Say it for a higher band
5a portion of→6one serving→7+a serving of
Synonyms
portion
Easily confused
portion
“A portion of fries at that restaurant was huge compared with a recommended serving.”
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