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Food: Words and Sounds

How to use this lesson

Teacher: Show the table, say each word, and let learners repeat. Use about 20 minutes for the whole lesson.

Teacher: Check the practice answers together, then listen to each recording box.

Learner: Read the word table first. Say the example sentences slowly.

Learner: Do the practice next. Then record each shadowing item and listen to yourself.

Example: The soup tastes a bit sour.

Word table

Read the words. Say each example sentence aloud.

In the kitchen

word	meaning	common collocations	example sentence	memory tip
kitchen	the room where you cook	clean kitchen; kitchen table	Our kitchen is small and clean.	Picture a cooker and a table.
recipe	a list that tells you how to make food	read a recipe; easy recipe	I read a recipe for soup.	A recipe has steps like a map.
ingredient	one food thing used in a dish	fresh ingredients; main ingredient	Tomatoes are an ingredient in this sauce.	Think: one part that goes in.
sauce	a wet food you put on food	tomato sauce; add sauce	Please add sauce to the pasta.	Sauce sounds like “soss.” Picture red sauce.

Cooking

word	meaning	common collocations	example sentence	memory tip
chop	to cut food into small pieces	chop onions; chop vegetables	Chop the carrots into small pieces.	Your knife goes chop, chop.
boil	to cook in very hot water	boil water; boil eggs	Boil the eggs for lunch.	Boiling water makes big bubbles.
fry	to cook in hot oil	fry eggs; fry onions	We fry onions in a pan.	Picture food in a hot pan.

Describing food

word	meaning	common collocations	example sentence	memory tip
homemade	made at home	homemade bread; homemade sauce	This is homemade bread.	Home + made = made at home.
delicious	very good to eat	delicious food; delicious meal	The soup is delicious.	Think: “This is delicious!” after good food.
fresh	new and good to eat	fresh bread; fresh ingredients	We use fresh tomatoes.	Fresh bread can feel warm.

Practice

Choose the word that goes well with clean.

Word

kitchen

recipe

sauce

clean

____kitchen ____recipe ____sauce

Choose the word that goes well with easy.

Word

recipe

ingredient

kitchen

easy

____recipe ____ingredient ____kitchen

Choose the word that goes well with chop.

Word

vegetables

sauce

bread

chop

____vegetables ____sauce ____bread

Choose the word that goes well with fresh.

Word

ingredients

boil

kitchen

fresh

____ingredients ____boil ____kitchen

Word bank: boil · fry · sauce · homemade

“The water is hot now. Please ___ the eggs.”

____

Word bank: boil · fry · sauce · homemade

“I use a pan to ___ the onions.”

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Word bank: boil · fry · sauce · homemade

“The pasta is ready. Add tomato ___, please.”

____

Word bank: boil · fry · sauce · homemade

“My father made this bread at home. It is ___.”

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Choose the best word: “The cook adds each ___ one by one.”

____ a. ingredient ____ b. recipe ____ c. kitchen

Choose the best word: “Please ___ the carrots into small pieces.”

____ a. chop ____ b. boil ____ c. fry

Choose the best word: “Put the pot in the ___.”

____ a. kitchen ____ b. sauce ____ c. recipe

Choose the best word: “This soup tastes very good. It is ___.”

____ a. delicious ____ b. homemade ____ c. fresh

Rewrite the sentence. Put the words in the right order: fresh / is / this / sauce

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Rewrite the sentence. Put the words in the right order: the / recipe / read / please

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Rewrite the sentence. Put the words in the right order: boil / water / the / first

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Rewrite the sentence. Put the words in the right order: delicious / is / homemade / this / food

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Shadowing

Listen, repeat, and record your voice. Try to copy the rhythm.

fresh ingredients

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

homemade sauce

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

chop vegetables

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

boil water

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

The kitchen is clean.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Read the recipe first.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Fry the onions in a pan.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

This food is delicious.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

First, chop the vegetables and fry them.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

We make homemade sauce in the kitchen.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

ingredient

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

delicious

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Food

Food: Words and Sounds

How to use this lesson

Word table

In the kitchen

Cooking

Describing food

Practice

Shadowing

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