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By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Name and describe common foods in English
- Express likes and dislikes about food
- Order food in a restaurant setting
- Ask and answer questions about food preferences

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Key phrases:
- 'I would like...'
- 'Can I have...?'
- 'I like/don't like...'
- 'My favorite food is...'
- 'What would you recommend?'

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Show flashcards of different foods and have students repeat the pronunciation. Play a quick memory game using the flashcards.

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Watch a short video showing common restaurant conversations. Students take notes on key phrases used.

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At the Restaurant (ordering food) - English Conversation Practice - Improve Speaking Skills

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In pairs, students create their own restaurant menu using Padlet. They must include prices and descriptions of at least 5 dishes.

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Students practice ordering food in pairs using the menus they created. One student plays the server, the other the customer. Then switch roles.

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Students conduct a class survey about food preferences using the target language. They will present their findings using simple charts.

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Advanced students can research and present traditional dishes from different countries, describing ingredients and preparation methods.

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Food around the World

Our Fun Food Facts for Kids will show you lots of interesting and fun facts on famous food from around the world. Here we tell you about amazing food records and share some fun and easy-to-make recipes from around the world.

Here you will read about the most popular dishes in the different countries and learn awesome food facts to impress your family and friends.

Our section with our kids' favourite recipes from around the world will make your mouth water and your tummy rumble. So stay put and bookmark our ever expanding section of fascinating food facts for kids, well, not only for kids, really!

Fun Food Facts for Kids

For our Country Food Guides see our special pages here:

More will follow soon.

Amazing Food Facts for Kids

Fascinating Food Records

Chocolate

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow as fruits of the cocoa tree.

The indigenous people in South America have used cocoa beans as food for more than 3,000 years. The Aztecs ground the dried beans to a powder and made a delicious drink by mixing the cocoa powder with water and herbs. Later the drink was sweetened with honey or sugar and today sweetened cocoa powder is mainly mixed with milk. In 2018, cocoa is grown in more than 35 countries. Most cocoa beans are produced by the Ivory Coast.

Milk chocolate was invented by Henri Nestle of Switzerland in 1875. Different countries have different tastes, as the British enjoy milk chocolate the most, while American prefer chocolate candy bars!

Tomatoes

The largest tomato weighed 3.51 kg/ 7lb 12oz according to the Guiness Book of World Records. That is as heavy as eight cans of coke and weighs actually almost as much as two 2-litre bottles of soda!

Tomatoes are thought to originate from Peru in South America.

In Spain, the annual tomato festival 'Tomatina' is celebrated every year in August. There people throw tomatoes at each other for fun. Read more about Spain here.

Hot Dogs

In the USA, baseball fans gobble up 26 million hot dogs every baseball season!

Some say, hot dogs, which are sausage rolls, were first created and sold by Germans living in the USA as early 1890. In Germany and Austria, long thin sausages were popular for a long time already.

Hot dogs are usually eaten topped with sauces. Most people choose mustard as topping on their hot dog while children usually prefer to eat them with tomato ketchup.

Bananas

Bananas grow on plants that are up to 5 m/ 16 ft tall. There are more than 1,000 species of bananas. Banana plants can yield fruit all year round.

The biggest banana producers are China, India and South America. The world's biggest importing country is the USA with 25%.

A banana consists to over 75% of water and is rich in vitamins and minerals such as potassium. Bananas are very low in fat and low in fibre.

Did you know that bananas float when you put them in a bowl of water. Go on and try it. Other fruit that float are apples, watermelons, strawberries and lemons.

Liquorice

These popular sweets originally were made with the extract from the roots of the liquorice plant. However, liquorice is not only available in form of black strings today, but, especially in Asia, they sell these sweets in all colours but mainly as red strings. Liquorice comes also with strawberry, cherry or raspberry flavour.

Another fun food record: The longest string of liquorice ever made, measured 244 metres/ 800 ft!

Most liquorice sweets or candy contain loads of sugar, thus they are not considered to have benefits for your health. However, some people swear liquorice can help to ease the pain of a sore throat.

In the Nordic countries such as Norway and Denmark, people prefer to eat salty liquorice.

Popcorn

Corn was grown already 9,000 years ago in Mexico. IN 2012, archaeologist found the evidence that popcorn was eaten already by native Americans in Peru more than 5,000 years ago.

Popcorn is made with maize/corn kernels that 'explode' when the kernels are heated over fire or on a stove. A temperature of about 180°C/ 355°F must be reached to make the kernels pop. Then each kernel puffs to more than 20 times its original size!

Did you know that Mexicans enjoy to munch their popcorn with hot jalapeño sauce? Americans usually prefer to snack on popcorn with salt and butter and Germans eat them sprinkled with sugar.

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Fun Food Records

In 2011, Gary Eccles from the UK ate 258 baked beans in five minutes. That would not be that difficult as such, however... he picked the baked beans with a cocktail stick! Well, we could try this... but then this would be really testing our patience. And we definitely wouldn't manage in five minutes!

In 2013, Alfrie Binnie from the UK sorted 30 jelly beans by colour in 40 seconds - with chopsticks! Sounds like a fun game!

In 2015, Cherry Yoshitake managed to eat 71 baked beans in a minute - picked out of a bowl with a chopstick. - Try to beat this ;-)

Food Facts for Kids | Fun Food Quiz

1. Do you know which country is famous for the yummy guacamole dip or sauce?

﻿2. Which country's specialty dish is fried mopane worms?

﻿3. Where does pasta come from?

4. Where do people eat pastel de choclo?

5. Name three fruits that float when put in water

1. Mexico

2. South Africa

3. Italy - Pasta was eaten even before Marco Polo returned from his travels and introduced Asian noodles to the Italians

4. Chile

5. Bananas, apples, watermelons, strawberries, lemons

Food Facts for Kids | Resources
Images on Fun Food Facts for Kids: Shutterstock.com and Tomatina image by Go back from Food Facts to Geography Facts Return to Kids-World-Travel-Guide Homepage Yakov Filimanov
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Food Facts for Kids | Famous World Food | Food Records | Food Quiz

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Our Fun Food Facts for Kids will tell you interesting food facts from around the world with food records, traditional food and typical dishes

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Monitor students during role-play activities, checking for proper use of target phrases and vocabulary.

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Students will be evaluated on their ability to order food and express preferences using a rubric.

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Short quiz on food vocabulary and restaurant phrases learned during the lesson.

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What was the most interesting thing you learned about ordering food in English?

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Students write:
1. Three new food words they learned
2. One phrase they can use to order food
3. One question they still have

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Create a menu for your dream restaurant using the vocabulary learned in class. Include at least 10 items with descriptions.

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Complete the interactive food vocabulary games online.

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Updated May 2023 - let me know if there are any problems.

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This is a game for learning ESL food vocabuarly. The aim is to practice English food words and food quantifiers.

There are a total of 160 food vocab items divided into 10 groups. Each items is represented visually with an image and has an audio clip for listening practice.

The game is divided into 2 parts. In the first part, you are presented with a store scenario. Customers enter the store and request specific foods. You then have to click and drag the correct food to the customer. When you do this, you accumulate money which counts towards the final score. The idea is to serve as many customers as possible so as to earn as much money as possible. The 2nd part is a simple look and click task. Students have to look at the picture and then click on the matching vocabulary item.

A full list of vocab used is as follows.

Snacks: pizza, water, burger, hot dog, egg, chocolate, bread, fries, rice, sushi, taco, cookie, donut, instant noodles, popcorn, ice, fried chicken, sandwich, ice cream, candy

Fruits: apple, orange, banana, pear, lemon, grapes, watermelon, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, plum, peach, mango, lime, avocado, dragon fruit, kiwi fruit, tangerines, grapefruit, cherries

Meat: lamb, beef, chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, steak, kebab, sausage, bacon, chicken nuggets, roast beef, ham, chicken wing, chicken leg, pork chop, cheese, boiled eggs, lobster, butter

Drinks: cup of coffee, cup of tea, hot chocolate, glass of water, glass of cola, glass of lemonade, fruit smoothie, orange juice, milk, apple juice, lemon tea, black coffee, glass of wine, ice coffee, ice tea, cafe latte, cappuccino, espresso, chocolate milkshake, banana milkshake

Meals: steak and chips, fish and chips, chicken and rice, burger and fries, burrito, chips and dip, salad, spring rolls, dumplings, curry and rice, baked potato, beans on toast, lasagna, spaghetti bolognese ,scrambled egg on toast, English breakfast, salt and pepper, samosas, rice and vegetables, fried rice

Bread: cheese burger, wrap, spaghetti, toast, muffin, pancakes, baguette, pie, peanuts, brownies, croissant, bread rolls, waffles, pretzel, bagel, walnuts, pasta, panini, cupcake, cheese toastie

Vegetables: tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, potatoes, onions, eggplant, bell peppers, pumpkin, olives, garlic, lettuce, corn, mushrooms, celery, cabbage, peas, chilies, broccoli, cauliflower, ginger

Groceries: can of beans, packet of ketchup, slice of cake, can of tuna, slice of pizza, bowl of noodles, bowl of ice cream, packet of sweets, slice of bread, packet of biscuits, can of cola, can of sweetcorn, slice of lemon, slice of pie, slice of bacon, packet of nuts, packet of mints, packet of salt, bowl of soup, bowl of guacamole

Store: box of cereal, bag of potato chips, jar of instant coffee, carton of eggs, jar of mayonnaise, carton of milk, carton of orange juice, box of donuts, bag of pet food, bag of peas, jar of honey, jar of peanut butter, jar of mustard, carton of apple juice, carton of yogurt, box of macaroni, box of chocolates, box of biscuits, bag of almonds, bag of sugar

I hope your students enjoy the game and can practice and improve their English. Leave any comments you like below.

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A simple game to practice food vocabulary in a fun way. Listen to the audio and move the correct food. This game is free, online and specifically for ESL students.

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Write about what you eat for one day using the new vocabulary and expressions learned in class.