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I’ll cook something
Look at the unit title with the class. Ask students what you have 
to do if you decide to cook something. Elicit/Explain that you 
may have to look at a recipe to decide what to make and then 
go to the shops to buy the ingredients. 
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Read the instructions to the class, put students into pairs and get 
them to do the exercises together. Check the answers with the 
class.
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What should I make?
Focus students on the section heading and ask them what they 
would make if they wanted to cook a meal for some friends. 
1
Before doing the exercise, show students some realia, for 
example, a tablespoon, a teaspoon, a can of tomatoes, and a 
head of garlic, and elicit their names.
2
Do Exercise 2 before 
Focus on verbs
. Before doing the 
exercise, tell students to list the ingredients only – they do not 
need to write down the quantities. 
Focus on … verbs
Before doing the exercise, ask students to look quickly at all eight 
pictures. Elicit that these show ways of preparing food.
Put students into pairs and get them to do the exercises 
together. After checking the answers, you can ask students to 
name other verbs which are connected with cooking. (Examples 
include: 
bake, boil, fry, grill, roast
.)
3
After checking the answers, elicit/explain the meaning of 
al 
dente
(to the tooth, i.e. not overcooked). Ask students to 
read the instructions again and circle all the verbs which are 
connected with cooking (
fry, add, bring to the boil, lower the 
heat, simmer, cook, drain, mix, serve
). 
4
Before doing the exercise, elicit/explain the meaning of 
egg 
white
and 
egg yolk
.
After doing the exercise, put students into pairs and get them 
to write true/false statements like those in Exercise 3. Go 
around the class giving help and encouragement as students 
work. Each pair then exchanges their statements with another 
pair who decides if their statements are true or false.