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Cooking and eating (IELTS Part 2)

Lesson code: L4IK-IVNB-ANTS-L

1 Sample answer
Look at the cue card and read the sample answer below it. Put the words in bold into the correct
categories.

Talk about a dish you know how to cook. You should describe:
- What the ingredients are
- How it is cooked
- Other preparation you have to do
And say if you think this is an easy dish to cook or not, and why.

I'm going to describe a dish I cook all the time. It's called chicken jalfrezi.

It's made of chicken, chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic, green chilli and some Indian herbs and spices. To
make this dish, first I chop the onions, garlic and green chilli. Next, I fry them in a pan with the Indian
spices. Then, I add the chopped tomatoes and simmer everything for about 20 minutes. Finally, I add
cooked chicken and chopped coriander leaves and simmer for another 10 minutes. When the dish is
ready, I usually serve it with basmati rice or naan bread.
I think this dish is very easy to make. But if you want to make it the traditional way, it takes more time and
it's a bit more complicated. Personally, I don't have much time for cooking so I make it the quick way.

Cooking verbs: fry,

Preparing verbs: chop,

Cooking utensils:

Describing a dish:

Sequencing words and First,

phrases:

Now add the words below to the categories above:

bake roast a roasting tin a wooden spoon slice After that,

peel cool steam boil At the end, It's served with ... a wok
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2 Practice
Work in pairs. Cover the sample answer. Take turns to answer the cue card using vocabulary from
Exercise 1. If you are from the same country as your partner, talk about a different dish. Remember,
you have 1-2 minutes each for this task.

3 Describing a dish
Match the two halves of the sentences:

1. It consists of a. a bit too greasy.

2. It's normally served with b. bread.
3. I find it c. for breakfast.
4. It's usually eaten d. for vegetarians.
5. I wouldn't recommend it e. fried eggs, bacon, sausages and mushrooms.

Look at the cue card and read the sample answer below it. Check your answers and underline any
other useful vocabulary.

Describe a typical dish from your country. You should describe:

- What it looks like
- What it tastes like

- When people usually eat it

And say if you would recommend this dish to a visitor.

I'm going to describe a typical English dish which we call `a fry-up'.

It usually consists of fried eggs, bacon, sausages and mushrooms. It's normally served with fried bread
and baked beans in tomato sauce -- and it's eaten with plenty of ketchup or brown sauce. This is a very
popular dish in Britain so I guess it's absolutely delicious for many people. However, I find it a bit too
greasy. As you probably know, it's usually eaten for breakfast, but some people eat it at lunchtime too --
we call this a `brunch'.
I wouldn't recommend this dish for health-conscious visitors as it contains a lot of fat. I also wouldn't
recommend it for vegetarians or for people with a strict religious diet -- although you can order it without
the bacon if you want. For everyone else, I'd say "Try it!"

Now name a food or dish that can be described as:

very spicy a little bland very sweet a bit salty very rich very sour
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4 Practice
Work in pairs. Take turns to answer the cue card using vocabulary from Exercise 3. If you are from the
same country as your partner, talk about a different dish. Remember, you have 1-2 minutes each for
this task.

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1- Sample answer

1. COOKING VERBS: fry, simmer, roast, boil, steam

2. PREPARING VERBS: chop, add, serve, peel, cool, slice
3. COOKING UTENSILS: pan, wooden spoon, roasting tin, wok
4. DESCRIBING A DISH: It's made of, It's served with
5. SEQUENCING WORDS AND PHRASES: First, Then, Finally, After that, At the end,

3- Describing a dish

1. e
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d

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