In the kitchen — ready-made English lesson, B1

Lesson goal: Cooking methods, tastes and kitchen tools, with 'must / have to / should' for recipes and advice.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Do you like cooking? What can you cook well?
- What did you eat yesterday?
- What is a typical dish from your country?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
Flashcards
boil · fry · bake · roast · grill · sweet · sour · bitter · salty · spicy · frying pan · saucepan · oven · chopping board · whisk
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  You ___ wear a seatbelt in a car. It's the law.
  mustmustn'tdon't have toneedn't
2. Multiple choice
  You ___ smoke in the hospital. It's forbidden.
  don't have tohave tomustn'tshould
3. Multiple choice
  Tomorrow is Saturday, so I ___ get up early.
  mustn'tdon't have tomusthave to
4. Multiple choice
  You look tired. You ___ go to bed earlier.
  shouldn'tmustn'tdon't have toshould
5. Fill the gap
  Yesterday I ___ stay at work late because of a meeting.
  Answer: had to
6. Fill the gap
  My sister is a nurse, so she ___ (have to) work at night every week.
  Answer: has to
7. Fill the gap
  How often ___ you have to travel for work these days?
  Answer: do
8. Fill the gap
  You ___ tell anyone my secret! Promise me.
  Answer: mustn't / must not
9. Fill the gap
  We ___ to wear a helmet on the building site. It's one of the rules.
  Answer: have / need
10. True / false
  This sentence is correct: 'She must to leave before eight.'
  Answer: False
11. Discussion question
  What rules did you have to follow at school? Which of them were useful?
  Sample answer: We had to wear a uniform and we weren't allowed to use our phones in class. The phone rule was useful because we paid more attention.
12. Discussion question
  What advice would you give someone who wants to learn English quickly?
  Sample answer: You should practise every day and you have to speak as much as possible. You don't have to understand every word in a film.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- Explain how to cook your favourite dish step by step.
- Use: 'You have to…', 'You shouldn't…', 'You must be careful with…'
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 cooking? What can you cook well?
What did you eat yesterday?
What is a typical dish from your country?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

Flashcards

boil · fry · bake · roast · grill · sweet · sour · bitter · salty · spicy · frying pan · saucepan · oven · chopping board · whisk

All words in the set

Exercises

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

Multiple choice
You ___ wear a seatbelt in a car. It's the law.
mustmustn'tdon't have toneedn't
Multiple choice
You ___ smoke in the hospital. It's forbidden.
don't have tohave tomustn'tshould
Multiple choice
Tomorrow is Saturday, so I ___ get up early.
mustn'tdon't have tomusthave to
Multiple choice
You look tired. You ___ go to bed earlier.
shouldn'tmustn'tdon't have toshould
Fill the gap
Yesterday I ___ stay at work late because of a meeting.
Answer: had to
Fill the gap
My sister is a nurse, so she ___ (have to) work at night every week.
Answer: has to
Fill the gap
How often ___ you have to travel for work these days?
Answer: do
Fill the gap
You ___ tell anyone my secret! Promise me.
Answer: mustn't / must not
Fill the gap
We ___ to wear a helmet on the building site. It's one of the rules.
Answer: have / need
True / false
This sentence is correct: 'She must to leave before eight.'
Answer: False
Discussion question
What rules did you have to follow at school? Which of them were useful?
Sample answer: We had to wear a uniform and we weren't allowed to use our phones in class. The phone rule was useful because we paid more attention.
Discussion question
What advice would you give someone who wants to learn English quickly?
Sample answer: You should practise every day and you have to speak as much as possible. You don't have to understand every word in a film.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

Explain how to cook your favourite dish step by step.
Use: 'You have to…', 'You shouldn't…', 'You must be careful with…'

Review

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

Quiz