Food preferences: Talking about likes and dislikes

Talking about likes and dislikes

Food preferences

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General Information

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Food preferences: Talking about likes and dislikes

English.

General objective

Learning sesions

Diana Saca Vélez

Students will be able to develop and integrate the use of the four English language skills: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing in real life situations.

• Vocabulary boost
• Grammar fun
• Listening activities
• Multimedia Extravaganza

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Luis Serrano Sarango

Learning objectives

Sudents willl be able to express the food preferences using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.

Students will be able to learn oral information about different types of food.

Students will be able to read and understand texts related to food.

Students will be able to write about food preferences, and write texts about other people's tastes.

Contents

Topic: Food

Functions: Expressing food preferences

Grammar: Present tense statements

Listening: Listening to likes and dislikes

Reading: Read for specific information

Writing: write from notes Speaking: speak from notes

Opener

Development

Closing

Vocabulary Boost

Peer Review

Introduction

Grammar Fun

Assessment and Closure

Listening activities

Multimedia Extravaganza

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Activating prior knowledge

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Opener

What is your favorite food?

Introduction

Activating prior knowledge

Watch the video. Answer the questions. choosing the correct options. Take a photo of your results. Send them to your teacher.

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Vocabulary Boost

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Look, read and say

Look at the images and say the food items

If you don't remember, study the vocabulary again

Interactive activities

Practice

Now your turn

continue!

Matching

WORD SEARCH

Instructions

• Read the word list.
• Scan the puzzle.
• Start with short words.
• Read in all directions: Words can be hidden horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and even backwards.
• See a string of letters that might form a word? Trace it with your finger or a pen to confirm if it's there..
• Once you find a word, check if it intersects with any other words you've already found. This can help you identify additional words that share some letters.

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Grammar Fun:Present simple

Expressing preferences

To express your preferences you can use:

like

I like apples.

don't like

I don't like pears.

Interactive activities

Practice

Now your turn

Choose and say

Go BACK

Complete the text using the correct WORDS

like pizza.

like pizza.

like sandwich.

like hamburguer.

don't like tomatoes.

don't like octopus.

don't like octopus.

don't like cucumber.

Complete the text using the correct WORDS

like eggs.

like French fries.

like French fries.

like cheese.

don't like carrots.

don't like mushrooms.

don't like garlic.

don't like mushrooms.

Expressing preferences

To express people's preferences you can use:

likes

He likes melons.

doesn't like

He doesn't like peaches.

Complete the text using the correct WORDS

likes carrots.

Ana

likes tomatoes

likes garlic.

likes tomatoes.

doesn't like cheese.

She

doesn't like cheese.

doesn't like fish.

doesn't like bread.

Complete the text using the correct WORDS

likes salad.

My boyfriend

likes pasta.

likes cake.

likes salad.

doesn't like cereal.

He

doesn't like rice.

doesn't like rice.

doesn't like spaguetti.

Complete the text using the correct WORDS

likes eggs.

My pet

likes carrots.

likes eggs.

likes vegetables.

doesn't like chocolate.

It

doesn't like pasta.

doesn't like mushrooms.

doesn't like mushrooms.

Expressing preferences

To express preferences you can also use:

love

I love ice cream. He loves cake.

hate

I hate octopus. He hates garlic.

Interactive activities

Practice

Now your turn

Look and say

Put the words in order

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Listening activities

Go BACK>

Listen to and choose the correct WORDS

mushrooms

Amy likes

pizza

pizza.

carrots

ice cream

Listen to Amy talking about the things she likes and doesn't like. Choose the words that complete the sentences.

She doesn't like

chocolate

bananas.

bananas

Listen to and choose the correct WORDS

cucumber

Ryan likes

garlic

fish

fish.

tomatoes

Listen to Ryan talking about the things she likes and doesn't like. Choose the words that complete the sentences.

He doesn't like

French fries

tomatoes.

cheese

Watch the video. Take notes

Read and fill the blanks according to the video.

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Multimedia Extravaganza

Homework

Food preferences

Write notes about 3 food items you like and 3 thing you don't like. You can also possibly mention the reasons of your food preferences. Then create a video or a presentation. Use pictures to present the food items. Include the audios of your presentation. Finally, post your video on this Padlet page.

POST YOUR WORK

Additional Examples

Watch the following videos to have extra vocabulary that provides ideas to complement your homework.

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Peer Review

Discussion

Instructions:

Go to Padled and watch the videos about food preferences.Choose two partners, analyze their work and provide them with your comments about them. Remember to write your suggestions in order to your partners improve the work.

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Evaluation and Closure

Evaluation

Read the questions and answer:

There are some questions about food preferences. Choose the link provided, read the sentences and selects the appropriate answer. If the grades are low, you can review the topics again.

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garlic

tomatoes

cucumber

cheese

pizza

French fries

eggs

octopus

fish

ice cream

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Consectetur adipiscing elit

bananas

mushrooms

Learning English in real contexts.

This digital resource allows to learn vocabulary related to food and phrases used to express preferences in English. It covers the four language skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.

The primary goal of this educational resource is to permit students to use English language in a communicative way. For this reason, there are a lot of interactive activities that expose students to real situations in order to students use English communicatively.

carrots

chocolate