EATING AND COOKING

PAIRWORK

Ask your classmate these questions about cooking, favourite dishes and international
cuisines.

Do you like cooking? Why? Why not?

How often do you cook?

What’s your speciality? How do you prepare it?

Do you prefer cooking at home or eating out? Why?

What’s your favourite kind of cuisine / cooking? Why? What’s it like?

What other kinds of cuisine do you know? What are their typical dishes / ingredients / drinks
like?

What’s traditional Spanish /Galician cuisine like?

What’s your favourite dish?

Do you ever cook it?

How often do you eat it?

What’s it like?

What’s your favourite dessert? What’s it like?

 TASK 1 MONOLOGUE
You meet your English friend and start talking about cooking and your favourite dishes. Tell
him / her about your favourite dish. You can include the following points
Starting the monologue
Describing the dish
How you prepare it (Recipe)
Linking your sentences
How often
Why you like it
Finishing the monologue
TOPIC: MY FAVOURITE DISH TIME: 2min
_Ingredients
_Preparation
_How often you prepare / eat it
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
I’m going to talk about… I’m going to tell you about..
my favourite dish
It’s a traditional Galician dish / It’s a typical Greek dish
It’s a starter, main course, dessert
It’s a savoury, sweet, spicy dish / It tastes sweet, nice, spicy
The basic ingredients are… / To prepare it, you need… / You
make it with…
You can eat it with potatoes, salad, rice… and a glass of wine
cook for about an hour / bake in the oven / boil to 100ºC / roast
the chicken / fry in a frying pan / grill / heat the oil / peel the
potatoes and onions / cut into small pieces / chop / add / stir /
mix
_To start with,… first of all,... then,… after that,… next,….
_when that’s done… when that’s ready… when that’s finished
_Finally,… To finish with,…
I usually eat it once a week, every weekend
I cook / eat it on special occasions
I can’t cook so I usually eat it at a restaurant
I (really) like / love it because…
it’s easy to prepare… very tasty… delicious… quite healthy
Finally, …
And that’s all about my favourite dish