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🍲 Cooking a Traditional Dinner

Language focus: Imperatives · sequencing words

Tonight, Omar cooks a traditional dinner. He reads the recipe. First, he chops up some onions.

Next, he boils water in a saucepan. He adds some rice and a few spices.

Then he lets the sauce simmer slowly. Finally, he tastes it. “The secret ingredient is love,” he laughs.

Key vocabulary (8 words)

recipenoun
Instructions that tell you how to cook a dish.
chopverb
To cut food into small pieces.
boilverb
To heat a liquid until it bubbles.
saucepannoun
A deep round pot for cooking on the hob.
spicesnoun
Strong-tasting powders, like pepper, that flavour food.
simmerverb
To cook gently in liquid, just below boiling.
tasteverb
To try a little food to check the flavour.
ingredientnoun
One of the foods you use to make a dish.

Phrasal verbs in this story

  • chop up — To chop up means to cut something into small pieces.

Comprehension quiz

  1. What does Omar make?

    • A traditional dinner
    • A cake
    • Breakfast
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    A traditional dinner

  2. First, he…

    • chops up onions
    • eats
    • sleeps
    Show answer

    chops up onions

  3. He boils water in a…

    • saucepan
    • basket
    • cup
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    saucepan

  4. “Simmer” means to cook…

    • gently and slowly
    • very fast
    • without heat
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    gently and slowly

  5. The order words are first, next, then,…

    • finally
    • never
    • behind
    Show answer

    finally

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