General English Level 2 V 3

UNIT 04 Eating and drinking TOPIC 04 How do you make that?

	LANGUAGE FOCUS 04 Recipes
	Most recipes have the same features.

Salad recipe	In a recipe there are the:
Lettuce	ingredients (the food)
Method	method (how to make the recipe)
Cup, tablespoon	measurements (how much to use)

The Method tells us how to do something (Step 1, Step 2…). In a recipe we put the verb first .
We use the imperative form of the verb, for example: break, beat, add.

Beat	the eggs	briskly	for 1 minute.
Stir	the cheese	gently	into the egg mixture.
Pour	the egg mixture	carefully	into the pan.

Verb +	object +	adverb +	other information
(imperative form)	(food)	(how we do it)	(how long, where, when)


slice	crush

WRITTEN RECIPE - How to make a salad

INGREDIENTS

lettuce
2 medium tomatoes
1 large cucumber
shallots

Dressing : garlic, oil, lemon juice, salt, honey

1	Wash the lettuce carefully under the tap .
2	Slice the tomatoes thinly with a knife .
3	Cut the cucumbers into small pieces .
4	Chop the shallots into big pieces .
5	Crush the garlic finely.
6	Shake the ingredients for the dressing in a jar .
7	Pour in the salad dressing .
8	Mix the salad gently in a big bowl .

Measurements

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Now go to 05 PRACTICE Recipes.