Vocabulary: Food and the House

Listening: cooking

Let's listen to the following recipe on "Broccoli soup"

1) First listening: we will write down the ingredients that we need to make the soup
2) Second listening: we will write down the cooking procedures, just simple, short sentences



Vocabulary: Parts of the House

Let's click on the following link to learn more about parts of the house and to listen to their pronunciation.

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm

We will learn more about vocabulary and their pronunciation here:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture1.php
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/appliances1.php

PRACTICE: Parts of the House (and utensils)

A general quiz on furniture:
http://iteslj.org/v/ei/furniture.html
A simple exercise:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture_quiz1.php
More:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture_quiz2.php
One more:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture_quiz3.php
Listen to the word and choose the correct picture:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/furniture_quiz4.php
Hangman:
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/furniturehang.php
Furniture:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/furn1.htm
Things in the kitchen:
http://iteslj.org/v/ei/kitchen.html
Writing exercises:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/furn2.htm

Vocabulary: Food

In this session we will review some vocabulary on food, restaurants, kitchen utensils, etc.

How food is cooked
boiled – cooked in boiling water

steamed – cooked over a saucepan of boiling water

fried / sauteed – cooked in oil in a frying pan

stir-fried – fried fast in hot oil

pan-fried – fried in a frying pan

roasted – cooked in oil in the oven

grilled – cooked under a grill

baked – cooked in the oven

stewed – cooked for a long time on a low heat

casseroled – cooked slowly in juices

Types of food
meat = lamb, pork or beef

poultry = chicken, turkey, goose, duck

game = rabbit, hare, partridge, pheasant

fish = salt water fish / sea fish, fresh water fish

seafood = prawns, shrimps, lobster, scallops, mussels, crab

vegetables= artichoke, lettuce, broccoli, peas, beans, tomatoes, cauliflower, eggplant, zucchini

fruit=apple, pear, banana, pineapple, persimon, orange, apple, grapes, watermelon, 

berries= cranberries, strawberries, cranberries, black currant, blueberries, lingonberries, cloudberries

Dishes
starter / hors d'oeuvre / appetiser
main course
dessert / pudding

READING

Let's read a little bit about berries and we will discover how good they are for our health.

http://www.berrywiseinc.com/power_of_berries.html

PRACTICE

Let's review vegetables here

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/food_drinks/vegetables_picture.htm

Let's learn more about food here

http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/foodquiz1.php

At the restaurant:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/food_drinks/restaurant.htm

More words:

http://www.susancanthony.com/Resources/esl/4vocfoo.html

Listen to the pronunciation of these ones:

http://www.languageguide.org/im/food/eng/

Are you ready for a quiz?

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-food-lb.html

Food and drinks. A scrambled game:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/food_drinks/scrambled_letters3.htm

Want to know about some idioms with food expressions?

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/foodidioms.htm

How to use quantifiers for food:

http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/foodcross.htm

LISTENING

Listen to these people and their likes in food:

http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/61-Food.html

What are your preferences?

Let's now listen to this short extract and try to answer the questions:

http://www.esl-lab.com/snack/snackrd1.htm