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FOOD ​and DRINKS
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60-minute Lesson Plan
​FOOD and DRINKS
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Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate


​"How to Cook Giant Spiders"
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​Multi-page lesson:

  • Vocabulary Preview
  • Grammar Practice
  • Reading Comprehension
  • ​Discussion
  • ​Writing Practice

​Answer Key attached
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​60-minute Lesson Plan
​FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Beginning to Elementary


"What is a Vegan?"
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​Multi-page lesson:

  • Vocabulary Preview
  • Grammar Practice
  • Reading Comprehension
  • ​Discussion
  • ​Writing Practice

Answer Key attached

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​60-minute Lesson Plan
​FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
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​Multi-page lesson:

  • Vocabulary Preview
  • Grammar Practice
  • Reading Comprehension
  • ​Discussion
  • ​Writing Practice

Answer Key attached
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YouTube Video Mini-Lesson
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate


"Do You Eat Like a Bird?"

Have your students watch the video (left) and fill in the missing words (worksheet below).

​A great way to start off your food lesson!

Answer Key and Activity Notes attached on Page 2

Activity Time: Approx 15 minutes

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YouTube Video Mini-Lesson
FOOD and DRINKS
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Level: Intermediate


"It Was a Piece of Cake!"

Have your students watch the video (left) and fill in the missing words (worksheet below).

​A great way to start off your food lesson!
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Answer Key and Activity Notes attached on Page 2

​Activity Time: Approx 15 minutes

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Writing Practice
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Elementary to Intermediate


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"Write three short paragraphs about all the different foods and drinks that you can remember having yesterday (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Which meal did you like best? Why?"

Focus on past simple tense
​(e.g. For breakfast yesterday I ate . . .)
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16 Clues
​FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Elementary



​Read the clues and fill in the missing letters.

​Answer Key and Notes attached


​Time: Approx 15 minutes

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https://wordwall.net/resource/66572167

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Word Bank
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Beginner to Elementary

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15 basic vocabulary items about food and drinks

Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached

Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes

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15 Essential Words About Food and Drinks
​bread
breakfast
candy
cook
​dessert
​dinner
egg
fish
fruit

​lunch
​meat
milk
tea
vegetable
​water
Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!
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​EMAIL to your learners!
https://www.riddle.com/view/353547

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Word Bank
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate


63 vocabulary items about food and drinks

Question: Which 5 words below are kinds of drinks?  Answer Key attached

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63 Words about Food and Drinks
​apple
banana
beans
beef
bread
broccoli
butter
cake
candy
carrot
cereal
cheese
​chicken
​chocolate
cookie
coffee
corn
dessert
egg
fish
French fries
fruit
grapes
green pepper
ham
​hamburger
​honey
hot dog
ice-cream
ketchup
lemon
lettuce
meat
milk
mushroom
mustard
onion
orange
​orange juice
​pasta
peach
pear
peas
pepper
pie
pineapple
pizza
potato
rice
salad
salt
sandwich
​soup
spaghetti
spice
steak
strawberry
sugar
tea
tomato
vegetable
water
​watermelon

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Draw and Discuss
FOOD and DRINKS
Level:
Beginner to Elementary

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First, draw four kinds of food on the handout. Then, classmates guess what the foods are discuss.

Activity notes on Page 2


Individual work + pair work or small group work

Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes


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Pair Work Discussion
FOOD and DRINKS

Level: Intermediate

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20 different questions about food and drinks - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts

Pair work

Time: Approx 15 minutes
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Discussion Practice
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced



16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.

These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing.

Activity Notes on Page 2

​Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes
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'Find Someone Who' ​Activity
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Elementary to Intermediate



Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity

​Whole class activity

Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity
​Version 1 and Version 2)

Time:  15 - 20 minutes

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Listen
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate


Listen and decide if each statement is true.

Read-Aloud Script and Answer Key on
Page 2

Time: Approx 10 minutes

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Board Game
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


30 questions about food and drinks

For groups of two to three players

Time: Approx 20 to 25 minutes

Dice required
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Information-Gap ​Activity
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Find the eight differences (Supermarket Ad 'A' and 'B'); with Answer Key and writing homework suggestion

Pair work information-gap activity

Time: Approx 15 to 20 minutes

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2- to 3-Hour Lesson
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Ten pages of activities related to food and drinks (vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing); Answer Key attached

Time: Approx 120 - 180 minutes total

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Worksheet
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Brainstorming and dictionary practice

Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below.  All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given.  Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer.

Time: Approx 20 minutes

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​ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit.

Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework.

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Vocabulary Quiz
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate


14 vocabulary items about food and drinks

Answer Key attached

Time: Approx 15 minutes

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Crossword
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Information-Gap (Pair Work); Answer Key attached

Time: 20 - 25 minutes

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Rank & Discuss
FOOD and DRINKS

Level: Intermediate to Advanced


14 kinds of food and drinks

Students read, rank their likes/dislikes, and then discuss in pairs or small groups

Time: Approx 20 minutes


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Rank & Discuss Opinions
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


12 statements about food and nutrition

Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups

Time: Approx 20 minutes

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Advice Column
FOOD and DRINKS
Level: Intermediate to Advanced


Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about food and drinks

Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions

Time: Approx 25 minutes

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Have your learners try the Advanced Level Listening exercises about food and drinks, on my Learner Listening site - click on the images below!
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