Talking About Food

In this beginner-level ESL lesson, you will learn grammar, adjectives, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson for describing food and dishes.

This ESL lesson also comes with a downloadable PDF you can access when you are a member of Pocket Passport.

This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. After you finish this lesson, we recommend you check out the lesson on Small Talk since Talking About Food is a natural and great topic for Small Talk. It’s also a natural topic that is connected with your Health. We say in English, “You are what you eat”!

Describing Food & Dishes

Warm Up Questions

1

Do you like spicy food?



2

Do you have a sweet tooth?



3

Do you like to add salt and seasoning to your food?



4

What kind of snacks do you like?



5

Do you like junk food?



6

What’s your favorite restaurant? Why?



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following ESL YouTube video about food and describing dishes.

Listening Questions

Watch the ESL YouTube video and answer the following questions about food and dishes.

Describing Food

1

What do Tom, Katherine and Donovan often do together?



2

Do they always have the same thing?



3

What kind of food does Tom like?



4

What is Tom’s favorite dessert?



5

What is apple pie?



6

What kind of food does Katherine like?



7

What kind of food does Donovan like?



8

What is Donovan’s favorite snack?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the passage, and your likes and dislikes.

Soup



Describing Food & Dishes



Apple Pie



Describing Fast Food



Spices



Describing Snacks



Word Bank

Word Bank

add | baked | delicious | dessert | different | ground beef
meal | mix | order | seasoned with (something) | serve
snack | salty | spicy | sweet | sauce

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Describing Dishes

1. order (v)

A. to join things together to increase the taste, size, etc.

2. serve (n)

B. a small amount of food eaten between meals

3. snack (n)

C. salt, pepper, herbs, or spices added

4. add (v)

D. to make full with something

5. meal (n)

E. when two or more things are combined together

6. seasoned (adj)

F. to ask that something be made for you

7. mix (n)

G. food or drink given to someone

8. fill (v)

H. food that is eaten at any time of the day with a portion that will make you feel full

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Spicy Dishes
  1. pie / apple / His / is / dessert / favorite / .
  2. mix / beans / chili / of / beef / ground / is / It / and / a / spicy / .
  3. likes / to / her / to / meals / Katherine / sauce / add / hot / .
  4. seasoned / snack / Pretzels / are / and / a / with / salt / baked / . / ,
  5. chips / eats / lunch / often / for / Donovan / potato / .
  6. order / together / like / Katherine / Tom / lunch / they / food / Donovan / but / and / to / often / go / to / different / , / , / , / .

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

Menu Card

Tom, Katherine and Donovan often go to _____________ 1 together, but they like to order different food. Tom likes ______________ 2 food. His favorite dessert is apple pie. It is a sweet pie, filled with ________________ 3 apples. It is often ______________ 4 with whip cream or ice cream. Tom likes to have apple pie with vanilla ice-cream. Katherine likes _______________ 5 food.

Her favorite meal is chili con carne. It is a spicy __________ 6 of chili beans and ground beef. It is usually served with rice. Katherine likes to add hot sauce to her meals. Donovan likes salty food. Pretzels are his favorite _____________ 7. Pretzels are a snack, baked and _________________ 8 with salt. Donovan often eats potato chips for lunch. He likes junk food.

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