A1 · Beginner · Home · 49 words · ~2 min read
🍲 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
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What does Omar make?
- A traditional dinner
- A cake
- Breakfast
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A traditional dinner
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First, he…
- chops up onions
- eats
- sleeps
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chops up onions
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He boils water in a…
- saucepan
- basket
- cup
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saucepan
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“Simmer” means to cook…
- gently and slowly
- very fast
- without heat
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gently and slowly
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The order words are first, next, then,…
- finally
- never
- behind
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finally
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