Let's cook! — ready-made English lesson, A2

Lesson goal: Students can follow and give a simple recipe using imperatives and first, then, after that, finally.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Can you cook? What can you make?
- Who cooks in your family?
- What was the last thing you made in the kitchen?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
UnjumbleFill the gap
boil · fry · bake · chop · mix · peel · pour · taste · recipe · ingredients · flour · frying pan · saucepan · oven · bowl
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  ___, chop the onions. Then fry them in a little oil.
  FirstFinallyAfter
2. Multiple choice
  ___ the potatoes before you boil them.
  PeelPeelingTo peeling
3. Multiple choice
  You need a ___ to fry eggs.
  bowlfrying panoven
4. Multiple choice
  How ___ flour do we need?
  muchmanya
5. Fill the gap
  Finally, ___ the soup and add some salt if you need to.
  Answer: taste
6. Fill the gap
  Don't ___ (open) the oven door while the cake is baking.
  Answer: open
7. Fill the gap
  Mix the eggs and the flour in a big ___.
  Answer: bowl
8. True / false
  Read: "Pancakes are easy! First, mix two eggs, a cup of flour and a cup of milk in a bowl. Then put a little oil in a hot frying pan and pour in some of the mix. After a minute, turn the pancake over. Finally, eat it with jam or honey." You bake these pancakes in the oven.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Read: "Pancakes are easy! First, mix two eggs, a cup of flour and a cup of milk in a bowl. Then put a little oil in a hot frying pan and pour in some of the mix. After a minute, turn the pancake over. Finally, eat it with jam or honey." You need milk for these pancakes.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  Explain how to make a simple dish you like. Use first, then and finally.
  Sample answer: First, boil some water in a saucepan. Then put in the pasta and cook it for ten minutes. Finally, add some cheese and eat it.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- What dish from your country can you cook?
- Do you follow recipes or cook without them?
- What is the most difficult thing you have ever cooked?
- Do you prefer cooking or doing the washing-up?
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.

Can you cook? What can you make?
Who cooks in your family?
What was the last thing you made in the kitchen?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

UnjumbleFill the gap

boil · fry · bake · chop · mix · peel · pour · taste · recipe · ingredients · flour · frying pan · saucepan · oven · bowl

All words in the set

Exercises

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

Multiple choice
___, chop the onions. Then fry them in a little oil.
FirstFinallyAfter
Multiple choice
___ the potatoes before you boil them.
PeelPeelingTo peeling
Multiple choice
You need a ___ to fry eggs.
bowlfrying panoven
Multiple choice
How ___ flour do we need?
muchmanya
Fill the gap
Finally, ___ the soup and add some salt if you need to.
Answer: taste
Fill the gap
Don't ___ (open) the oven door while the cake is baking.
Answer: open
Fill the gap
Mix the eggs and the flour in a big ___.
Answer: bowl
True / false
Read: "Pancakes are easy! First, mix two eggs, a cup of flour and a cup of milk in a bowl. Then put a little oil in a hot frying pan and pour in some of the mix. After a minute, turn the pancake over. Finally, eat it with jam or honey." You bake these pancakes in the oven.
Answer: False
True / false
Read: "Pancakes are easy! First, mix two eggs, a cup of flour and a cup of milk in a bowl. Then put a little oil in a hot frying pan and pour in some of the mix. After a minute, turn the pancake over. Finally, eat it with jam or honey." You need milk for these pancakes.
Answer: True
Discussion question
Explain how to make a simple dish you like. Use first, then and finally.
Sample answer: First, boil some water in a saucepan. Then put in the pasta and cook it for ten minutes. Finally, add some cheese and eat it.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

What dish from your country can you cook?
Do you follow recipes or cook without them?
What is the most difficult thing you have ever cooked?
Do you prefer cooking or doing the washing-up?

Review

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

Quiz