Food talk introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

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Food talk:
Introduction

After this chapter you can:

- Talk about groceries and things in the kitchen

- Understand people when they talk about food

- Buy things and talk about food and flavours

- Use some and any, and plurals (meervouden)

- Ask for things at the table

- Use this, that, these and those

Chapter 3

New chapter: food talk

What words come to mind when talking about food?

How to describe food

Shape and Appearance

What does it look like?

Example: round, oval, long, small, big, smooth, rough

Color

What color(s) is it?

Example: green, red, yellow, orange, multicolored

Texture

How does it feel?

Example: soft, hard, crunchy, smooth, sticky, creamy

Taste/Flavour

How does it taste?

Example: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy, tangy

How to describe food

Smell

How does it smell?

Example: fresh, fruity, fragrant, strong, mild

Other Details

Seeds, peel, juice, etc.

Example: it has seeds, it is juicy, you can eat the peel

Inside and Outside

How is it different inside and outside?

Example: green on the outside, red on the inside

Examples (Optional)

Describe food using this structure:

“A watermelon is round, green on the outside, red on the inside, and has seeds. It is sweet and juicy.”

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What kind of food do you know that is typically British?

full English breakfast

Cornish pasties

fish and chips

haggis

bangers and mash

scones

Describe your favorite food

Fruit

Vegetables 

meal