A healthy plate — ready-made English lesson, A1

Lesson goal: Students can talk about fruit and vegetables they eat using some/any and countable/uncountable nouns.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Do you like fruit and vegetables?
- What vegetables do you eat every week?
- Is there any fruit in your kitchen today?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
FlashcardsWordsearch
banana · orange · lemon · grapes · pineapple · pear · melon · carrot · onion · tomato · cucumber · pepper · cabbage · mushroom · potato
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  There are ___ bananas on the table.
  someanya
2. Multiple choice
  Is there ___ cabbage in the fridge?
  someanya
3. Multiple choice
  I don't have ___ onions at home.
  someanya
4. Multiple choice
  Which word names a vegetable, not a fruit?
  bananaorangecarrotpear
5. Fill the gap
  Can I have ___ grapes, please?
  Answer: some
6. Fill the gap
  She peels a ___ before she cooks it.
  Answer: potato
7. Fill the gap
  We cut a ___ for the salad.
  Answer: tomato / cucumber
8. True / false
  Read: "I eat an apple every morning. There aren't any vegetables I don't like, but my favourite is cucumber. I don't eat much fruit in winter." The writer eats a lot of fruit in winter.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Read: "I eat an apple every morning. There aren't any vegetables I don't like, but my favourite is cucumber. I don't eat much fruit in winter." Cucumber is the writer's favourite vegetable.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  What fruit and vegetables do you eat every week?
  Sample answer: I eat bananas and oranges every week. I also eat carrots and tomatoes in salads.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- What is your favourite fruit?
- Do you eat vegetables every day?
- What vegetables don't you like?
- What do you usually eat for lunch?
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

Do you like fruit and vegetables?
What vegetables do you eat every week?
Is there any fruit in your kitchen today?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

FlashcardsWordsearch

banana · orange · lemon · grapes · pineapple · pear · melon · carrot · onion · tomato · cucumber · pepper · cabbage · mushroom · potato

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Multiple choice
There are ___ bananas on the table.
someanya
Multiple choice
Is there ___ cabbage in the fridge?
someanya
Multiple choice
I don't have ___ onions at home.
someanya
Multiple choice
Which word names a vegetable, not a fruit?
bananaorangecarrotpear
Fill the gap
Can I have ___ grapes, please?
Answer: some
Fill the gap
She peels a ___ before she cooks it.
Answer: potato
Fill the gap
We cut a ___ for the salad.
Answer: tomato / cucumber
True / false
Read: "I eat an apple every morning. There aren't any vegetables I don't like, but my favourite is cucumber. I don't eat much fruit in winter." The writer eats a lot of fruit in winter.
Answer: False
True / false
Read: "I eat an apple every morning. There aren't any vegetables I don't like, but my favourite is cucumber. I don't eat much fruit in winter." Cucumber is the writer's favourite vegetable.
Answer: True
Discussion question
What fruit and vegetables do you eat every week?
Sample answer: I eat bananas and oranges every week. I also eat carrots and tomatoes in salads.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

What is your favourite fruit?
Do you eat vegetables every day?
What vegetables don't you like?
What do you usually eat for lunch?

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz