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FOOD and DRINKS
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Three Class Warm-up Questions about Food!
Generate class discussion by asking your learners to vote (by a show of hands) before you click on what they think is the correct answer. Did they choose correctly?
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60-minute Lesson Plan
FOOD and DRINKS
"How to Cook Giant Spiders"
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached
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60-minute Lesson Plan
FOOD and DRINKS
"What is a Vegan?"
Level: Beginning to Elementary
Multi-page lesson:
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60-minute Lesson Plan
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached
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Video length: 3:13
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YouTube Video Mini-Lesson
'Do You Eat Like a Bird?' FOOD and DRINKS Have your students watch the video (left) and fill in the missing words (worksheet below).
A great way to start off your food lesson! Level: Intermediate Answer Key and Activity Notes attached on Page 2 Approximate Activity Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Video length: 2:53
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YouTube Video Mini-Lesson
'It Was a Piece of Cake!' FOOD and DRINKS Have your students watch the video (left) and fill in the missing words (worksheet below). A great way to start off your food lesson! Level: Intermediate Answer Key and Activity Notes attached on Page 2 Approximate Activity Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Writing Practice
FOOD and DRINKS "Write three short paragraphs about all the different foods and drinks that you can remember having yesterday (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Which meal did you like best? Why?" Focus on past simple tense (e.g. For breakfast yesterday I ate . . .) Level: Elementary to Intermediate Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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16 Clues
FOOD and DRINKS Read the clues and fill in the missing letters. Answer Key and Notes attached Level: Elementary Approximate Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Word Bank
FOOD and DRINKS 15 basic vocabulary items about food and drinks Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached Level: Beginner to Elementary Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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15 Essential Words About Food and Drinks
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bread
breakfast candy cook dessert |
dinner
egg fish fruit lunch |
meat
milk tea vegetable water |
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Draw and Discuss
FOOD and DRINKS First, draw four kinds of food on the handout. Then, classmates guess what the foods are discuss.
Activity notes on Page 2. Individual work + pair work or small group work. Level: Beginner to Elementary Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Pair Work Discussion
FOOD and DRINKS 20 different questions about food and drinks - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts
Pair work Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Discussion Practice
FOOD and DRINKS 16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.
These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Activity Notes on Page 2 Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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"When doing pairwork, change the pairs frequently so students get to work with a variety of people. An activity in which students circulate or mingle can break down barriers."
Teaching Practice / A handbook for teachers in training ~Roger Gower, Diane Philips & Steve Walters |
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'Find Someone Who'
Activity FOOD and DRINKS Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity
Whole class activity Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity Version 1 and Version 2) Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Listen
FOOD and DRINKS Listen and decide if each statement is true.
Read-Aloud Script and Answer Key on Page 2 Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 10 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
Pause the audio between sentences if you or your learners need extra time.
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Board Game
FOOD and DRINKS 30 questions about food and drinks
For groups of two to three players Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes Dice required Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Information-Gap
Activity FOOD and PRICES Find the eight differences (Supermarket Ad 'A' and 'B'); with Answer Key and writing homework suggestion
Pair work information-gap activity Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 15 to 20 minutes Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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2- to 3-Hour Lesson
FOOD and DRINKS Ten pages of activities related to food and drinks (vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing); Answer Key attached
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 120 - 180 minutes total Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Worksheet
FOOD and DRINKS Brainstorming and dictionary practice
Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer. Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit. Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework. |
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Word Bank
FOOD and DRINKS 63 vocabulary items about food and drinks
Question: Which 5 words below are kinds of drinks? Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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63 Words about Food and Drinks
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apple
banana beans beef bread broccoli butter cake candy carrot cereal cheese chicken |
chocolate
cookie coffee corn dessert egg fish French fries fruit grapes green pepper ham hamburger |
honey
hot dog ice-cream ketchup lemon lettuce meat milk mushroom mustard onion orange orange juice |
pasta
peach pear peas pepper pie pineapple pizza potato rice salad salt sandwich |
soup
spaghetti spice steak strawberry sugar tea tomato vegetable water watermelon |
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Vocabulary Quiz
FOOD and DRINKS 14 vocabulary items about food and drinks
Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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Crossword
FOOD and DRINKS Information-Gap (Pair Work); Answer Key attached
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 - 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Rank & Discuss
FOOD and DRINKS 14 kinds of food and drinks
Students read, rank their likes/dislikes, and then discuss in pairs or small groups Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Rank &
Discuss Opinions FOOD and NUTRITION 12 statements about food and nutrition
Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Advice Column
FOOD and DRINKS Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about food and drinks
Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Are you a student? Try these Advanced Level Listening exercises and learn about these foods and drinks, on my Learner Listening site - just click on the images below!
