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A1 English • 20 Minutes

🍳 Breakfast Around the World

Learn 10 everyday morning food words, practice speaking, and build clear sentences.

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10 Key Words

Vocabulary & Speaking

GUIDE How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers:

Spend 20 minutes on this lesson. Guide learners through the word table first, then check exercise answers together in class.

🎓 For Learners:

Read the 10 words and tips in the table first. Then complete the practice exercises and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word Table

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On a Plate

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
toast	Bread made hot and brown.	hot toast, buttered toast	I eat hot toast for breakfast.	Toast rhymes with "most". Bread goes in, toast comes out.
bacon	Salted meat from a pig.	crispy bacon, fried bacon	We have crispy bacon on a plate.	Bacon comes from a pig. Say "BAY-kon".
ham	Meat from the leg of a pig.	slice of ham, ham and cheese	She puts ham inside her sandwich.	Ham rhymes with "jam". Both go on bread.
omelette	Eggs mixed and cooked in a pan.	egg omelette, cheese omelette	He cooks a warm egg omelette.	"Oh, melt!" Cheese melts inside an omelette.

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In a Bowl

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
porridge	Soft hot food made from oats and milk.	bowl of porridge, warm porridge	I eat a bowl of warm porridge.	Porridge starts like "pour": you pour milk on it.
yoghurt	Thick creamy food made from milk.	fresh yoghurt, fruit yoghurt	They like fresh yoghurt with berries.	Yoghurt starts with "yo", like "yo-yo".
strawberry	Small red sweet fruit with seeds.	red strawberry, sweet strawberry	She eats a sweet red strawberry.	Straw + berry: say the two parts one by one.

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Sweet Things

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
syrup	Sweet thick liquid made from sugar.	sweet syrup, maple syrup	Pour sweet syrup on your breakfast.	"Syrup" starts with S like "sweet"!
melon	A big sweet round fruit. It is soft inside.	slice of melon, sweet melon	We cut a juicy slice of melon.	Melon has the same letters as lemon!
coconut	Large hard brown fruit with white food inside.	coconut water, fresh coconut	Drink cold water from a coconut.	Coco + nut: a big nut.

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Pattern example: "I have a bowl of porridge with a slice of melon."

Practice

16 Questions

Part 1 Match words that go together

Select the noun that completes each common collocation.

1. a slice of ___

____ yoghurt ____ toast ____ syrup

2. a bowl of ___

____ ham ____ porridge ____ bacon

3. sweet ___

____ bacon ____ omelette ____ syrup

4. fresh red ___

____ ham ____ toast ____ strawberry

Part 2 Fill in the blanks

Use words from the word bank to complete each dialogue or sentence.

Word Bank: melon omelette coconut ham

Sentence 5

A: What do you want for breakfast?
B: I want a warm egg ____ with cheese.

Sentence 6

I put a slice of tasty ____ inside my sandwich.

Sentence 7

A: Is this fruit sweet?
B: Yes, this juicy green ____ is very sweet.

Sentence 8

We drink cold water from a big tropical ____.

Part 3 Choose the word

Select the option that correctly fits the meaning of the sentence.

9. I eat a bowl of creamy ___ every morning.

____ a. toast ____ b. yoghurt ____ c. bacon

10. Pour sweet ___ on your warm pancakes.

____ a. ham ____ b. omelette ____ c. syrup

11. We have fried eggs and salty ___ on a plate.

____ a. bacon ____ b. porridge ____ c. coconut

12. A red ___ is a sweet and healthy fruit.

____ a. toast ____ b. strawberry ____ c. ham

Part 4 Sentence building

Put the words in the correct order to form a complete sentence.

Sentence 13

have I porridge bowl a of

____ (Type the correct sentence...)

Sentence 14

toast eat crispy We

____ (Type the correct sentence...)

Sentence 15

is sweet The melon fresh

____ (Type the correct sentence...)

Sentence 16

like ham cheese and They

____ (Type the correct sentence...)

Shadowing & Speaking

12 Audio Tasks

Part A: Listen and speak collocations

Task 1 hot crispy toast

"hot crispy toast"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 2 sweet maple syrup

"sweet maple syrup"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 3 fresh red strawberry

"fresh red strawberry"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 4 warm cheese omelette

"warm cheese omelette"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part B: Shadow full sentences

Task 5 I eat fresh porridge every morning.

"I eat fresh porridge every morning."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 6 We enjoy sweet melon for breakfast.

"We enjoy sweet melon for breakfast."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 7 She wants crispy bacon on bread.

"She wants crispy bacon on bread."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 8 They drink fresh coconut water today.

"They drink fresh coconut water today."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Part C: Extra sentence practice

Task 9 He likes ham and warm eggs.

"He likes ham and warm eggs."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 10 I buy yoghurt and ripe fruit.

"I buy yoghurt and ripe fruit."

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Part D: Tricky word pronunciation

Task 11 yoghurt

"yoghurt"

Focus on: yog-urt

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Task 12 porridge

"porridge"

Focus on: por-ridge

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Breakfast Around the World: Vocabulary and Pronunciation

🍳 Breakfast Around the World

GUIDE How to use this lesson

Word Table

On a Plate

In a Bowl

Sweet Things

Practice

Part 1 Match words that go together

Part 2 Fill in the blanks

Part 3 Choose the word

Part 4 Sentence building

Shadowing & Speaking

Part A: Listen and speak collocations

Part B: Shadow full sentences

Part C: Extra sentence practice

Part D: Tricky word pronunciation

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