Lesson 1: Start cooking

1. Say, listen, ask and answer. Track 51

a) Look at the picture.

What are Reema and Nina talking about? Cooking
Who is helping Nina? Reema
What is she cooking? Fish Kabsa

c) Listen, ask and answer.

1. Why does Nina need a recipe?

She's in a cooking competition at school.

2. What things does Nina need for the recipe?

a large fish, rice, salt, pepper, a large onion, some garlic, four tomatoes, tomato paste, olive oil and spices.

3. Which food does Reema forget?

Fish Kabsa.

2. Read, complete, match and say.

a) Read the instructions. Complete them with a, an or the.

1. Fish kabsa is 1 a delicious meal. To start, clean a large fish, peel and cut 2 the onion, tomatoes and garlic. Then measure the olive oil, tomato paste and spices.
2. Heat 3 the oil in 4 a metal pot, add the onions and cook them until they are brown. Then add 5 the garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, pepper and spices.
3. Add 6 the fish and cook it in the sauce for five minutes, then pour very hot water onto the fish, turn down 7 the heat and cook for 50 minutes.
4. Carefully take the fish out of 8 the tomato sauce and put it in 9 an oven dish. Put the dish in 10 the oven and keep it hot.
5. When 11 the fish is in the oven, wash some rice then add it to the tomato sauce. Turn down the heat and cook for ten minutes or until 12 the rice is nearly dry.
6. Put the rice on 13 a big plate with the fish on top of it. Enjoy this delicious meal with 14 the green salad.

b) Read and number each picture with the correct instruction.

A. 3

B. 6

C. 2

D. 4

E. 1

F. 5

3. Listen to the conversations. Track 52

a) Who are the people talking about? What are they talking about?

4. Say the complete instructions.

1. get / pen – pass / pen / Yasser.

Get a pen. Pass the pen to Yasser.

2. buy / tomato – take / tomato / kitchen.

Buy a tomato. Take the tomato to the kitchen.

3. peel / orange – give / orange / Lucy.

Peel an orange. Give the orange to Lucy.

4. find / plate – put / plate / table

Find a plate. put the plate on the table.

5. take / photo – show / photo / Rakan.

Take a photo. Show the photo to Rakan.

6. write / e-mail – send / e-mail / Reema

Write an e-mail. Send the e-mail to Reema.

5. Write instructions in your notebooks.

For Tomato Feta Salad recipe, you need:

• Sliced tomatoes
• Feta cheese
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

1. First, slice the tomatoes thinly and put them on a plate.
2. Then add the tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper and cheese.
3. Mix everything together.
4. Last of all, put the salad on some bread and enjoy your meal!