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Enjoy Your Meal: meals and eating out
Students learn vocabulary for meals and eating out, read about a birthday dinner, then write about a special meal they remember.
Food · Meals · Restaurant · Collocations
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Learn and use 28 words and phrases in 4 sets: Meals and courses, Dishes and snacks, Eating out, Talking about food
- Read for detail: A birthday dinner
- Writing task: A meal I remember
Stages · 45 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about food and share ideas with the class.
- 10 minVocabulary: Ex. 1–3
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 5 minControlled practice: Ex. 4
- 10 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Meals and courses
- Meals: breakfast (morning), lunch (middle of the day), dinner (evening). A snack is a little food between meals.
- In a restaurant: a starter, then the main course, then dessert.
have, make, do
- have = eat: have breakfast, have lunch, have a meal, have a snack (not take breakfast).
- make = cook or prepare: make dinner, make a cake.
- do = jobs: do the shopping, do the washing-up.
Useful phrases
- Enjoy your meal! (when someone starts eating)
- Help yourself to some cake. (take what you want)
- It tastes good. (not It tastes well) · It's delicious. (not very delicious)
Study tips
- Learn food words in pairs: have + breakfast, make + dinner, do + the washing-up.
- Next time you eat, say what you're having: For my starter I'm having soup.
Glossary
- Meals and courses7 items
- Dishes and snacks8 items
- Eating out6 items
- Talking about food7 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Meals and courses
Choose the correct word.
- a
For my ___ I'd like the tomato soup, and then the fish, please.
- b
We had chocolate ice cream for ___ at the end of the meal.
- c
I'm a bit hungry. I'll have a small ___ — just an apple.
- d
We usually have ___ at about seven in the evening.
- e
I have three ___ a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- f
Can I have a glass of water? I'm very ___.
- g
I didn't have breakfast, so I'm really ___ now.
2
have, make or do?
Choose the correct verb.
- a
We ___ breakfast at a café on Saturdays.
- b
My dad ___ dinner for the family every evening. He's a great cook.
- c
After dinner, I always ___ the washing-up.
- d
Let's ___ a picnic in the park on Sunday.
- e
I'm going to ___ a cake for Anna's birthday.
- f
We ___ the shopping at the supermarket on Saturday mornings.
- g
On Sundays we ___ lunch at a café near the river.
3
Taste and good manners
Choose the correct word or phrase.
- a
The waiter puts your food on the table and says: "___!"
- b
There's lots of cake on the table. Please, ___ to some!
- c
Mmm, this pizza is ___ delicious! Can I have another piece?
- d
Try this soup. It ___ — I made it with fresh tomatoes.
- e
Let's ___ at the new Italian restaurant on Friday.
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: A birthday dinner
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
For my mum's birthday, we had a meal at Luca's, a small Italian restaurant. We were all very hungry! For my starter I had tomato soup, and Mum had a salad. Then we had pasta and fish. Everything tasted good, but the fish was really delicious. When the waiter brought our food, he smiled and said, "Enjoy your meal!" After the main course we were full, so we didn't order dessert. But then the waiter brought a small chocolate cake with a candle on it. "It's free," he said. "Help yourselves!" Mum was very happy. The next day nobody made dinner. We just had a snack in the evening — some bread and cheese. We weren't hungry!
- a
Why did the family go to Luca's?
- b
What did the writer have for a starter?
- c
Which food was the best?
- d
Why didn't they order dessert?
- e
What did the waiter bring at the end?
6
Write: A meal I remember
Write about a special meal.
Write about a special meal you remember — at home or in a restaurant. (6–8 sentences) Where was it? Who was there? What did you have for your starter, main course and dessert? How did it taste? Word box: starter · dessert · snack · dinner · meal · enjoy your meal · help yourself · delicious · taste good · hungry Example: Last summer we had a meal at a fish restaurant by the sea. For my starter I had soup. The fish was delicious, and the dessert tasted really good.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
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- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 28 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 4 sets.
Meals and courses
- meal
- the food you eat at one time, for example lunch
- breakfast
- the first meal of the day
- lunch
- the meal in the middle of the day
- dinner
- the main meal of the evening
- starter
- a small dish before the main course
- main course
- the biggest part of a meal
- dessert
- sweet food at the end of a meal
Dishes and snacks
- soup
- a hot liquid food, often with vegetables
- salad
- a cold mix of vegetables
- cake
- a sweet food that you bake
- ice cream
- a very cold, sweet food
- snack
- a small amount of food between meals
- pasta
- an Italian food; you cook it in hot water
- chocolate
- a sweet brown food
- cheese
- a food from milk
Eating out
- waiter
- a person who brings food in a restaurant
- order
- to ask for food or drink in a restaurant or café
- bill
- a piece of paper that shows how much to pay
- enjoy your meal
- what you say when someone starts eating
- restaurant
- a place where people pay to eat meals
- table
- you sit at it and eat
Talking about food
- delicious
- with a very good taste
- taste good
- to have a nice taste
- fresh
- new and not old, like fruit from the market
- help yourself
- take what you want; you can start
- hungry
- wanting food
- thirsty
- wanting a drink
- full
- not hungry after eating a lot
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