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Chapter 6 :

Let’s go Out forDinner!



Food Vocabulary

Fruits :

Watermelon pineappleTomato? (juice) Lemon

(yellow)

Banan a

Grapes Lime (green) Cantaloupe

Mandarin Coconut Mango Raspberry Pear Strawberry

Vegetables :



Corn carrot chili pepper cabbage

Onion

avocado

Mushroom

Protein :

Steak Hotdog Shrimp

Hamburger

Chicken Cheese Peanut Eggs

Roast Turkey Duck Beans Lentils Lamb

Breads and Cereals :



Bread Spaghetti Muffin

Wheat Oatmeal Muffins Cereal Rice Pasta Cake

Review the vocabulary and answer the following questions in class:1. What is your favorite fruit ?2.What is your favorite vegetable ?3.What is your favorite protein ?4.What is your favorite bread or cereal ?

Reading ComprehensionMeals in My FamilyIn most families, you eat three meals a day. Breakfast isusually the first meal of the day, between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.Lunch is around noon and supper, which is also called dinner,is about 6 p.m. A lot of people have snacks during the day

between their main meals. In school, students usually have “recess” in the morningand in the afternoon. This is the time they usually eat snacks. In the workplace,employees often have a “coffee break” in the morning around 10 a.m. and again in

the afternoon around 2 p.m.

What is a typical meal in my family? Well, for breakfast, we usually drink coffee,tea or juice. We like to eat toast with jam or peanut butter. Sometimes, we havemilk and cereal, and in the winter we often eat oatmeal because it’s nice and hot.On the weekends, when we get up later and have more time to prepare a meal. Welike to eat eggs and bacon or pancakes and syrup. Canada is famous for it’sdelicious maple syrup.

When a meal is a combination of breakfast and lunch, we call this “brunch”. ManyCanadian families enjoy brunch on the weekends. In fact, a lot of restaurants havespecial brunches on Saturdays and Sundays.

Lunch is normally the second meal of the day, and in my family it consists of soup,sandwiches and salads. For dessert, we usually have a piece of fruit , mainly;bananas, apples or oranges. Sometimes, people will eat hotdogs, hamburgers,pizza, French fries or other fast food delights, especially if you go out for lunch.



For dinner, we usually have a salad, sometimes some soup, and a main dish ofmeat, poultry or fish along with some potatoes or rice and some vegetables. Fordessert, we usually have cake, pie or fruit, and we finish with some coffee or tea.

Every culture has different customs, for example in Mexico, they also eat three

meals a day but at very different times. Their breakfast is usually around the sametime as ours but lunch is between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Their dinner is normallybetween 8p.m. and 10 p.m. The type of food is also quite different. Their food ismuch spicier than ours. They eat a lot of beans, tortillas, and chili with their food.

The Japanese also eat three meals a day, but they eat entirely different types offood. For example, they enjoy soup, rice and fish in the morning along with somefresh green vegetables. They often take boxed lunches to work or school, whichinclude seaweed with rice, tofu and fish. Sometimes the fish is raw which is called“sushi”. Many Japanese enjoy green tea, which is quite bitter and very healthy.

Vocabulary: Discuss the new vocabulary in the class

meal breakfast lunch dinner/suppertypical recess coffee break syrupbrunch fast food sushi customsspicier boxed lunches tortillas tofu

Questions about “Meals in my Family” :

1. What are the names of the three main meals of the day?2. What time do people usually eat these meals ?3. What is a typical dinner in this family?4. In the workplace, what do we call the time around 10 a.m. ?5. What time do most Mexicans have lunch ?6. What is a hot drink that many Japanese enjoy ?7. What is your favorite meal of the day ? Why ?8. Do you enjoy food from other countries ?

Meal Exchange :Interview three students in the class about their typical meals. Write down theinformation in the chart below. Discuss it in class.

Name of thestudent:

Breakfast:What time and what do you eat?

Lunch:What time and what do you eat?

Dinner:What time and what do you eat?



Conversation Practice :At the Supermarket :

Susan : Excuse me. Do you know where I can find thesalad dressing?Fred : Sure. It’s in the second aisle, in the middle,

near the cans of vegetables.Susan : O.K. Thanks a lot.

Donna : Hi, I’m looking for mayonnaise. Do youknow where it is ?

Gloria : I’m not too sure. I think it’s in aisle 3 or 4.

It’s next to the salad dressings andbarbecue sauce.

Donna : Thanks I´ll look there.Denise : Can you help me ? I can’t find the herbal teas. Joe : Certainly, ma’am. The herbal teas are in aisle 6 beside the regular teas.Denise : Really! I looked there, but I didn’t see them. Joe : Oh. Let’s have a look together.Denise : Oh, I’m sorry you’re right. I guess I didn’t check properly. Thanks for your

help. Joe . No problem, ma’am. That’s my job. Have a nice day!

Denise : Thanks, you too.

Practice the conversations above and then substitute using differentitems in supermarket from the shopping list below.

vinegar baking soda



ice cream pancake mixbacon cream cheeseyogurt hamburger bunsketchup pastamilk coffeematehamburger meat garbage bagsorange juice lettuce

eggsonions

paper towels

dishwashingdetergent

The Healthy Nut CafeMenu

Appetizers Main Course/EntreesGarlic bread 1.75 All the meals include rice,Smoked salmon 4.95 baked potato or French-fries.Caesar salad 3.95

Vegetable soup 2.50 Baked Sole11.99Green salad 2.25 Hamburger 7.95Spinach salad 3.95 All-dressed pizza 7.50Minestrone soup 2.50 Spaghetti and meatballs 8.95Lentil soup 2.50 Vegetarian lasagna 7.95

Barbecue chicken 8.95



Vegetable stir-fry 8.95

Side Orders Chicken stir-fry 9.95French-fries 1.75Coleslaw 1.25

Extra bread 1.00 Desserts Extra barbecue sauce 1.00 Apple pie 2.95Chocolate cake

3.25Rice pudding 1.75

Beverages Oatmeal cookies 1.25Soft drinks 1.50 Strawberry shortcake 4.25Milk 1.25 Chocolate mousse 2.95

Juice 1.50 Ice cream 1.75

Coffee 1.25 Tea 1.25 Daily Special : Beer 2.75 Includes an appetizer, an entree,Wine (glass) 3.50 (except the Baked Sole) a dessert

Class Activity : In small groups have the students design their own menusand determine their own prices.

Read the menu on the previous page and answer these questions.

1. How much does baked sole cost at The Healthy Nut Cafe ?

2. Do they have a daily special ? What does it include ?3. Do you think the prices are reasonable at this cafe ? Why ? Why not ?4. How many different types of desserts do they have ?5. Do you think they have a good variety of food ?6. How much would a full course meal cost at The Healthy Nut Cafe ?

Complete the following sentences :

1. A hamburger is $ _________________ at this cafe.2. All the main courses include ______________________________________ .

3. A side order of French fries costs ___________________ .4. There are __________ different choices of beverages at The Healthy Nut Cafe.5. There are _________ vegetarian meals on the menu.Conversation Practice :

At Home :

Roger: Boy, I´m tired and hungry.Pete : Me, too. Let´s go out for dinner to The Healthy Nut Cafe.Roger : Great idea. I love their vegetarian lasagna.



Pete : I prefer their chicken stir-fry. It has lots of vegetables and chickenchunks in an excellent Cajun sauce.

Roger : Let’s go, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

At the Cafe :

Waitress : Hi, I´m Wendy and I´ll be your waitresstonight. Here are your menus.

Roger : Thanks, but I alreadyknow what I want.

What about you, Pete ?Pete : Yeah, I think I´ll have the usual,

chickenstir-fry please with rice.

Waitress : Good choice, and for you sir ?Roger : I´d like the vegetarian lasagna please.Waitress : Oh, I´m sorry sir. We just sold our last

piece. Would you like something else ?Perhaps the vegetarian stir-fry ?

Roger : Sure, I guess that’s the second best choice.Waitress : Would you like rice, potatoes or French fries with that ?Roger : Rice please. Could we have two beers with that ?Waitress : Sure, I´ll be back with your order.

Role Play :

A: In groups of two or three, using the Healthy Nut menu, actout the same situation ordering your favorite food.

B: Now act out a situation where the waitress makes amistake and doesn´t bring you want you ordered.

C: Now act out a situation where you have been waiting for your food for a longtime and you are in a hurry.

Grammar Tip

When we want to tell someone to do something we use the base form ofthe verb. This is called the imperative.Ex. “Come here and look at this !” Go away ! I am trying to study.Please stop that !Have a great time !

We make the negative by adding DON´T before the verb.



Ex. Don´t run in the living room.Stay right here ! Don´t go anywhere!

Don´t be so crazy. You know I love you.

You can also use LET´S when you make a suggestion to do something with someone else.

Ex. Let´s go out for dinner.Let´s make pancakes for breakfast.Let´s buy some carrots and make a carrot soup.

The negative of let´s is LET´S NOTEx. Let´s not go to your mother´s on Sunday.

Let´s not spend our money on a new computer.Let´s not buy the first home we see.

*Note : Let´s = Let us ( Let you and I)

In partners, practice using let’s + verb to make suggestions to eachother. Then use the negative form and the imperative.



Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs

All regular verbs take the ending ED when we use the simple past tense. When we talk about aspecific moment in the past, an action that started and finished in the past, we use the simple pasttense.

Construction :

Subject Verb + ED Sentence

I work + ed I worked at Bell Canada ten years ago.You study + ed You studied French in high school.She play + ed She played basketball with my sister.He listen + ed He listened to music when he was a child.We talk + ed We talked a lot on the phone last week.

They clean +ed They cleaned the house yesterday.

Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense Verbs :

Last letter sound Example ED - Pronunciation

vowels : a, i, e, o played - “a”, skied - “e”slowed - “o” sighed - “i”

d

b robbed, grabbed dc danced td decided edf laughed, coughed tg bugged dk kicked tl pulled dm climbed dn listened dp stopped tr steered ds kissed t

t started idv waved dw plowed dz buzzed dch watched tsh finished t



Exercises

Complete the sentences using the simple past tense of one of the following verbs:rain play end studycall fix arrive greet

open want live close

1. Yesterday morning, I ______________ the Christmaslights.

2. We ____________ a movie last night.3. My sister _____________ me from Japan.4. When I was a child, I ____________ to be a movie star.5. My father ____________ golf last Sunday.6. Lynn _____________ literature in university.7. When we ___________ at the party, everyone _______

us.8. The room was so hot that we ____________ the

window to get some air.9. The Samuels ____________ in California for 3 years.10. The concert ___________ at 10:30.11. She ___________ the door.12. It was a terrible weekend. It ____________ all the time.

Past Tense of Some Irregular Verbs :

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to learn the past tense of irregular verbs except

to memorize them through practice. We will learn them as we progress through thisbook. Since this chapter is about food, we will learn the irregular verbs thatcorrespond to this topic.

Simple Present Simple Pastam / are / is : I am very hungry. You are astudent. He is Mexican

was / were : I was in Toronto last week.We were at the restaurant.

have : I have a lot of work to do. had : She had soup for lunch.drink : We drink four cups of coffee a day. drank : We drank two cups of coffee

this morning.go: They go to the movies every Friday. went : They went to Mexico for 5

months.see : We see our friends every weekend. saw : I saw my father last Sunday.do : I do an hour of homework every night did : She did her homework last night.eat : I eat breakfast every morning. ate : I ate a delicious breakfast .make : My husband makes an excellentlasagna.

made : Yesterday, my mother and Imade a cake for my brother’s birthday.



Write it !Write 6 sentences using the irregular verbs on the last page.

1. _____________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________________

5. _____________________________________________________

6. _____________________________________________________

Question Form of the Past Tense ( Regular and Irregular Verbs)The interrogative of the past tense always requires the auxiliary DID except for the verb TO BEwhich does not take an auxiliary.

Did Main verb in the ExampleDid eat Did she eat breakfast this morning ?

Did have Did you have a good night sleep ?

Did drink Did they have anything to drink ?

Was Was he home last night ?

Were Were you at McDonald´s yesterday ?

Negative form of the Past Tense

We use the same principle as in the present tense. In other words, we use the auxilary DID + NOT +THE MAIN VERB in the present.

Subject Verb Example Julie did not eat Julie didn´t eat supper tonight.

Sam and I did not drink Sam and I didn´t drink at the party.

I did not have I didn´t have a good time at the concert.

John and Sue did not enjoy John and Sue didn´t enjoy the movie.



Exercises : A : Fill in the blanks using the question and negative form of the past tense.

1. ___________ you ___________ dinner at 7 o clock ? (question : to eat)2. Michael ________ _________ ___________ his homework. (negative : to finish)3. _________ Bonnie at the office late ? (question : to be)4. I _________ __________ __________ you when I arrived home.(negative : to call)5. _________ Allan ________ you at the restaurant ? (question : to see)

B: Construct your own sentences using the following :

1. (question : to drink) _____________________________________________________

2. (negative : to work) _____________________________________________________

3. (negative : to study) _____________________________________________________

4. (question : to have) ______________________________________________________

Rap up

Dean : I feel stuffed*. I ate a huge meal at lunch.Sheila : Really ? What did you eat ?Dean : I ate a seafood platter of fish, shrimps and muscles

with rice, green beans, a salad, dessert and a coffee.Sheila : Wow ! That really was a lot of food. I drank some herbal tea, I didn´t eat

very much at lunch.Dean : What did you have ?Sheila : I had a cheese sandwich and some vegetable soup with crackers.Dean : Are you on a diet, Sheila ?Sheila : No, I wasn´t very hungry. I had a big breakfast.Dean : I never eat breakfast. I usually drink a cup of coffee in the morning.Sheila : Oh, I always have toast, cereal, juice and sometimes I eat eggs and ham.Dean : I guess we have very different eating habits.Sheila : That´s for sure ! See you later, Dean.

Dean : Yeah, bye Sheila. See you tomorrow.

* to feel stuffed means to feel full of food.

Practice the conversation using the past and present tenses. Thensubstitute using your own eating habits into the conversation.

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