With this lesson, students will master practical cooking vocabulary like grate, season, stir, and many more, while gaining confidence in using essential kitchen utensils such as peeler, whisk, and sieve to talk about food, recipes, and everyday meals.
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lesson overview
This A2-B1 ESL lesson introduces students to essential kitchen verbs, utensils, and cooking-related vocabulary through hands-on language practice and recipe-based tasks. Learners explore useful action words like chop, stir, season, and boil alongside common utensils like peeler, whisk, grater, and colander. The lesson is available in both printable format for traditional classrooms and a digital 16:9 PDF presentation. The user-friendly digital format allows easy navigation in presentation mode with just a click of the spacebar, requiring no additional software.
Target Audience:
- Level: A2–B1 (Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate)
- Best for: Adults, teenagers and older kids
Content Breakdown:
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- Warm-Up Activity
- Vocabulary Matching
- Fill-in-the-Gaps (Recipe-Based)
- Utensil Recognition & Video Comprehension
- Guess the Utensil Game
- Picture-Based Prompts
- Speaking Challenge
- Discussion Questions
HOMEWORK (Extra Language Immersion):
Reading and Quiz:
Read an article on how to teach yourself to cook and answer comprehension questions.