Lesson 1 - describing food

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome!

Today: describing food

- Adjectives vs. adverbs

- Worksheet: describing words

- Read: how to write a menu

- Write your own

Goal: being able to write an enticing description of menu items that can convince customers.

Which side sounds better?

What's the difference

A beautiful dessert - a beautifully crafted desert

A quiet dining environment - We ate quietly 

Made with real butter - A really tasty dish

Adjectives - adverbs

Adjectives describe nouns: 

The beautiful table - a brilliant idea - a firm apple

Adverbs descibe verbs and other adjectives: 

He sings beautifully - he described it brilliantly - I firmly believe

To make advers add -ly

Y at the end of a word becomes i : easy = easily

A quick meal
She ate ....

A smooth mouthfeel
A ... carved piece of chocolate

An angry person
She .... slammed her fist on the table

A good book
This menu is .... written

Describing food

- Taste

- Texture

- Origin

- Preparation

Which side sounds better?

Read

Click this link. Read tips 1-4

Write down in one or two lines per tip what it means

Summary for tips 1-4

Write

1. - Think of three menu items at your place of work (or dishes that you've created here).

- Starter, main, dessert

- Write a menu for these items

- Use descriptive language, you can use the sheet

2. - Show your classmates, would they order this item? Would they change anything?

Rounding off

Goal: being able to write enticing descriptions of menu items that can easily convince customers to order your beautifully crafted dishes.