Food, Cooking - Еда, приготовление еды

 

Learn to talk – учимся говорить about food - о еде and cooking – и приготовлении еды in English – на английском языке.


Food, Cooking & Catering - Еда, кулинария и обслуживание.
make and respond to requests
pronounce plural endings
talk about food and meal names
read a recipe and make a shopping list
use countable and uncountable nouns

 

In this beginner English lesson you will learn how to use "can" and "could" to ask and answer simple questions about what is possible. You will see people discussing meals and menus on the phone using these verbs.

I am at Boris delicious catering because I am having this big a party tomorrow. And this is the only option I have left. Everything else is closed.
There is no one here though, I don’t know what to do.Boris? Anyone here?
 
Today we are going to talk about cooking
Can you cook? Could you make a cake if you wanted to?
We use can and could to talk about our abilities.
This lesson will show you to use can and could in lesson and answers
 
We are now going to watch a short movie
 
A man wants to have a dinner party
He can’t cook. He calls a Chef. A Chef can help him
 
F - Quality catering, can I help you?
M - Yes you can. I am having a party on Friday night
Could you prepare some food for me?
F - Certainly, what kind of party is it?
M - It’s a dinner party for eight people
F - I see, what would you like us to prepare?
M - Could you make a main course and a dessert?
F - No problem. Can you tell me what kind of food your guests like?
M - Well, most of them like fish, but some of them don’t eat meat
F - I could prepare a selection of seafood and vegetarian quiche and mushroom and peppers.
M - That sounds great!. Can you make chocolate cake for dessert?
F - Of course I can
M - Can your deliver the food to my house?
F - Yes but I can’t deliver it until 7 pm. Is that Ok?
M - Yes that’s fine. Thanks very much
 
 
M2 - Hello! Welcome to my delicious catering service.
M3 - You are Boris?
M2 - I ´m Boris, If I can’t do it nobody can
M3 - Yes that’s the problem. You are my only option
 
The customer asks: could you prepare some food for me?
What is the Chefs reply?
 
M - I’m having a party on Friday night. Could you prepare some food for me?
F - Certainly
The Chef says: certainly
Can the Chef deliver the food to the customer’s home?
M - Can you deliver the food to my house?
F - Yes. But I can’t deliver it until 7 pm. Is that ok?
M - Yes that’s fine. Thanks very much
The Chef says Yes, but I cant deliver it before 7 pm
 
 
M3 - I am thinking of a three course meal, some sort of fish to start with. What do you think some salmon?
M2 - Some salmon with an d we can throw some mashed potatoes
M3 - Some salmon and mashed potatoes. I think we´ll just salad, dessert
M2 - Half way done, easy, easy
M3 - OK let’s just stick with salmon and no potatoes with the salmon
M2 - OK
 
We look at questions that start with can and could and answers with can and could
These words don’t change for I, you, and she, he, or it
I can, I could, You can, you could,He can, she can
For NO answers we use: can’t and couldn’t
We combine can and not
I can’t. You couldn’t. She can’t,  it couldn’t
The verb that follow can and could is an infinitive
Could you prepare some food?
Can the chef deliver the food?
 
M3 - Some main course I was thinking in lamb. I like lamb
M2 - Lamb is good?
M3 - Sure. Lamb you mix it with…
M2 - No at the moment but I can get my hands on it
M3 - So what do you think? Some sort of cake? Some cake too
M2 - and fruit
M3 - I’ll let you know, let me write this down. Hold on
M2 - Ah it fell
M3 - Its ok
M2 - Good stuff Are you sure you want some?
M3 - No thank you
M2 - Now let´s try a short quiz
 
Could the Chef make a main course and a dessert?
M - Could you make a main course and a dessert?
F - No problem
Yes, she could. No problem
What kind of food can the Chef make?
F - I could prepare a selection of seafood, and a vegetarian quiche with mushrooms and peppers
She could prepare seafood and a vegetarian quiche
Can the Chef make a chocolate cake?
M - Can you make a chocolate cake for dessert?
F - Of course I can
Of course she can
 
M3 - If you have a problem…If you can’t
M2 - No I can deliver no problem don’t worry
M3 - Are you sure about that?
M2 - yeah!
M3 - Ok If you can’t do I can go somewhere else
M2 - No no stay, It´s is a family business. We know what we are doing
M3 - Ok
 
Today you have learned to ask questions with can and could
You have also learned to give short answers and use different phrases for Yes
Can the chef make a chocolate cake?
Of course she can
 
Now you can say what you can and can’t do and what you could and couldn’t do
Well done, I hope you enjoyed the lesson
Thanks for joining us and see again soon
M3 - Hey…Jose, I’ve got something for you here, 45 people buddy, Try a little beef a little salad, got mashed potatoes and some …chocolate swirl delight. Its going to be good, a good one. For tomorrow. Ok
 

 

Grammar

Make requests with can and could

Use countable and uncountable nouns

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