Takeaway It's Not My Favorite English > Level A1.

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

What's for dessert? Ice cream? Cake? How about a pie?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately use information about free- • I can say what I like and dislike.
time activities or personal likes/dislikes • I can make suggestions.
in communicative situations. • I can make invitations.

Ask your partner:

• What desserts do you like?

• What desserts don't you like?
• What dessert do you suggest for your
friend?

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Let’s Explore!

Time to pick some dessert with Sally and John! What are they going to bake*?

* To "bake" means to make food using heat like cakes or pies.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Sally: Look at the cake!

John: I don't like cake. It's not my favorite.
Sally: Why don't we make a fruit tart? We have fruit.
John: Hmmm ... how about pudding?
Sally: I hate pudding! Let's make a pie! I like pie.
John: Apple pie? That's my favorite kind!
Sally: It's my favorite too! Let's make apple pie and have ice cream with it!
John: I love ice cream. What flavor should we get?
Sally: I also love ice cream! Let's get a tub of vanilla ice cream! That tastes great
with apple pie.
John: Hmm ... maybe we should try something new. Let's try this flavor.
Sally: Maybe next time. Hand me that tub.

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Extension Activity

Let's make suggestions!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Pretend you are the salesperson at a bakery. Your Self-

Yes No
friend wants to buy desserts at the bakery. Assessment
b) Talk about the desserts.
I talk about
c) Your friend asks questions about desserts.
desserts.
d) Make suggestions on what to buy.
e) Switch roles with your partner. I make
suggestions
about desserts.
I ask questions
about desserts.

Target Words

• ice cream (noun): a frozen sweet food made of • pudding (noun): a sweet, creamy dish
milk, cream, and sugar
e.g. I love ice cream.
• vanilla (noun): a taste made from the beans of
a plant
e.g. My favorite flavor is vanilla.
• pie (noun): fruit baked inside a pastry
e.g. I like apple pie.
• favorite (adjective): what you like the most
e.g. Apple pie is my favorite kind.
e.g. I don't like pudding.
• fruit tart (noun): fruit baked (a pie)
without a top on it
e.g. We have fruit. We can make a fruit
tart.
• tub (noun): a small container made of
plastic with a lid
e.g. Let's get a tub of vanilla ice cream!

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Learning Points

Making Suggestions with Imperatives

You can use Imperatives to make suggestions.

You use “Let's + base of verb” (without to) when you want to include the speaker in the
suggestion:

Let's make dinner.

Let's bake a pie.

Another way to make a suggestion is to use “Why don't + subject + base of verb” (without
to):

Why don't we make dinner?

Why don't you try that?

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