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🍽️ Stanley's International Restaurant

Present Simple (routines, habits, schedules) + Pronunciation /iː/ vs /ɪ/

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Step 1: Prediction – Look at the title

"Stanley's International Restaurant"

🤔 What do you think this restaurant is like? What does "international" mean? How many different cuisines might they serve?

✔️ The restaurant serves food from many countries.
✔️ Each day might have a different theme (e.g., Italian Monday, Chinese Wednesday).
✔️ The video will teach days of the week and food vocabulary.

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Step 2: Key vocabulary

🔊 Click the audio button to hear pronunciation. Click Show definition to see the meaning.

international

Involving two or more countries; global.

cuisine

A style or method of cooking, especially of a particular country.

commercial

An advertisement on TV or radio.

to wrap

To finish or complete something (e.g., filming). "It's a wrap!"

rolling (recording)

When a camera or recorder is actively recording.

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Step 3: Before you watch – Predict & Discuss

1. What does Stanley cook on Fridays?

2. Does Stanley cook Japanese food on Monday?

3. Does Stanley cook Chinese food? (If yes, on which day?)

4. What does Stanley cook on Tuesday?

5. Why doesn't one customer go to Stanley's on Sunday?

6. What do people do at Stanley's on Monday? (Name two things)

Possible predictions:
1. Japanese food.
2. No, he cooks Japanese on Friday.
3. Yes, on Wednesday.
4. Greek food.
5. He doesn't like American food.
6. They speak Italian, eat Italian food, drink Italian wine, listen to Italian music.

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Step 4: Watch the video

📌 Watch the commercial. Listen for the days of the week and the types of food Stanley cooks each day.

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Step 5: Answer the questions (after watching)

1. What does Stanley cook on Fridays?

2. Does Stanley cook Japanese food on Monday?

3. Does Stanley cook Chinese food? If yes, on which day?

4. What does Stanley cook on Tuesday?

5. Why doesn't one customer go to Stanley's on Sunday?

6. What do people do at Stanley's on Monday? (Name two things)

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Step 6: Grammar discovery – Present simple for routines & schedules

🔍 Look at these sentences from the video:

• "On Monday he cooks Italian food."
• "Do you go to Stanley's restaurant on Wednesday?" – "Yes, I do."
• "Why don't you go on Sunday?" – "Because I don't like American food."

❓ Discovery questions (discuss with a partner):

• What tense do we use to talk about routines and fixed schedules? (present simple)
• How do we form questions in present simple? (Do/Does + subject + verb?)
• How do we make negative sentences? (don't / doesn't + verb)
• What happens to the verb in 3rd person singular (he/she/it)? (add -s)

✅ Present Simple – Habits & Routines
• Use present simple for things that happen regularly or on a schedule.
• Positive: I/you/we/they + verb ; he/she/it + verbs
• Negative: do not (don't) / does not (doesn't) + base verb
• Question: Do/Does + subject + base verb?
• In the video, Stanley's daily menu is a routine. "He cooks Italian food on Monday."

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Step 7: Pronunciation focus – /iː/ (long e) vs /ɪ/ (short i)

🎯 Target sounds: /iː/ as in "eat" and /ɪ/ as in "it" – important for words like "cooks" (with /ɪ/ sound) and "week" (with /iː/).

Listen and repeat. Click 🔊 to hear each word.

week /wiːk/

cooking /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/

Italian /ɪˈtæljən/

Chinese /tʃaɪˈniːz/

💡 Pronunciation Tip: For /iː/, smile and stretch the sound. For /ɪ/, relax your tongue and make it short. Practice: "He cooks Greek food on Tuesday."

Practice pairs: eat/it, leave/live, sheep/ship, beach/bitch. Listen carefully to the difference.

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Step 8: Controlled practice – Complete the sentences

1. On Wednesday, Stanley __________ (cook) Chinese food.

2. __________ Stanley __________ (cook) Mexican food on Saturday? (Yes)

3. I __________ (not / like) American food, so I don't go on Sunday.

4. People __________ (speak) Italian and __________ (eat) Italian food on Monday.

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Step 9: Freer practice – Speak & record

🎙️ Speaking prompt: Use the present simple to talk about your weekly routine. What do you do on different days? Or, create your own international restaurant menu for the week.

💡 Examples:
• "On Mondays, I go to the gym. On Tuesdays, I study English."
• "In my restaurant, on Monday we serve Italian food, on Tuesday we serve Mexican food."
• "I don't eat meat on Fridays."

You said:

🎯 Bonus challenge: Use a day of the week and a type of cuisine from the video (Italian, Greek, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Mexican, American).

🍴 Imagine yourself at Stanley's – what would you order?

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