English For Today chapter 18: Make Your Snacks

Lesson 18 Make Your Snacks

After completing the lesson students will be able to

• read and understand written instructions
• read and understand texts

A. Mrs. Nilufar Ahmed is teaching her son Adib how to make easy snacks at home. She is reading a set of instructions from a recipe book. First look at the pictures of the things you will need to make an egg sandwich and match them with their names in the list of ingredients below.

Figure

Labels: a, b, c, d, e, f, g Description: Seven pictures in two rows, labelled a to g: a) a loaf of bread with one slice cut off; b) a round tomato slice; c) a cube of butter or cheese with a cut piece beside it; d) a triangular wedge of cheese; e) cucumber slices with a whole cucumber; f) a fried egg; g) a lettuce leaf.

List of ingredients:

1. Two slices of bread
2. Cucumber- 2/3 slices
3. Tomato- 1/2 slices
4. Butter or mayonnaise
5. Egg (boiled/fried)
6. Lettuce
7. One slice of cheese

How to make it:

1. First, take two slices of bread.
2. Spread the butter thinly on one side of each slice.
3. Then, put a slice of cheese on the buttered side of the bread.
4. After that, put egg on top of the cheese.
5. Next, arrange slices of cucumber and one tomato on the egg.
6. Later, place the other slice of bread on top.

Your sandwich is ready now. If you want, you can cut the sandwich into two halves and serve.

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Handy Hints

1. Remember to wash and dry all vegetables before preparing them.
2. Be extra careful when handling sharp knife.
3. You may wish to choose a variety of fillings. For example, 4 slices of cucumber, 1 slice of meat such as chicken loaf or meat loaf, mustard and so on.

A1. Fill in the blanks and complete the instructions for making a sandwich.

1. First, take two slices of ____________________.
2. Second, spread ________________________ on one side of them.
3. Then, put one slice of __________________.
4. After that, put _______________________.
5. Later, arrange one slice of ____________ and _____________.
6. Finally, place the remaining slice of ______________________ on top of another and serve.

B. Here is a recipe for making an omelette. Complete the recipe by replacing the pictures with words from the box.

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A recipe: how to make the perfect Omelette

Use a minimum of Figure per omelette. Break the eggs in a small Figure. Put one Figure of water and just a little salt in the bowl. Add slices of Figure and Figure. Beat the mix with a Figure well. You need a little bit of Figure. Put oil in a Figure. Then Figure the oil. When the oil is hot, Figure the egg, onion and chilli mix into it. Spread the mix round the pan. Leave the mix in the pan for 2/3 minutes. As it thickens turn it in folds with a flat spoon. Your Figure is ready. Take the pan and turn off the Figure.

Description: Twelve small pictures sit in the running text, in reading order: a heap of eggs; a bowl; a spoon; a whole onion; a green chilli; a fork; a bottle of cooking oil; a frying pan; a gas flame under the oil; a pan with a pouring mix; a finished omelette on a plate; a hand turning a stove knob.

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B1. Notice some of the words that you have used in the omelette recipe above e.g. heat, beat, pour, etc. We use these words to describe what we do while preparing food. Look at some more examples of them. Can you match each action word in the box with a picture?

Figure

Description: Eight photos in two columns and four rows, with no labels. Left column, top to bottom: hands breaking an egg; a pot of boiling water on a stove; a pan on a stove with food in it; a hand stirring a pot. Right column, top to bottom: a whisk in a bowl; a hand cutting on a board with a knife; a hand tilting a board over a pan; cucumber slices laid out in a row.

break beat boil chop fry pour stir slice

C. Now, use some of the verbs above to write a simple recipe for making instant noodles.

1. First, ______________ water into a pot.
2. Put your pot on a stove and ______________the water for two minutes.
3. ______________ some onions and a green chilli thinly.
4. Then, add noodles into the water.
5. ______________ gently with a spoon.
6. Add the spices that come with the noodles.
7. Add the onions and green chilli.
8. Serve the noodles in a dish.
9. ______________an egg and add it on top if you want.