Food and Drink: Fran is Hungry | Beginner/Elementary English

Food and Drink: Fran is Hungry | Beginner/Elementary English
Beginner / Elementary (A1) | Food and Drink

🍽️ Fran is Hungry
(Food vocabulary + like/love/don't like)

Learn food words and how to say what you like and don't like to eat.
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Step 1: Look and predict!

Look at the title: "Fran is Hungry" What food do you think Fran likes?

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Step 2: Key vocabulary – Food and drink

🍕pizza
🍝pasta
🥗salad
🍔burger
🍟fries
🍎apple
🍌banana
🍪cookie
🍦ice cream
🥛milk
🧃juice
💧water
🍽️ hungry
🥤 thirsty
🍽️ meal
👩‍🍳 cook
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Step 3: Read the story "Fran is Hungry"

Fran is hungry. She opens the refrigerator. She looks inside.

🍎 There is an apple. "I don't like apples," she says.

🥛 There is milk. "I like milk, but I want food, not drink," she says.

🧀 There is cheese. "I love cheese! But I need bread too," she says.

🍝 There is pasta. "I love pasta! I can cook pasta," she says.

Fran cooks the pasta. She adds tomato sauce. 🍅

She eats the pasta. "Mmm! This is delicious!" she says.

Now Fran is not hungry. She is happy. 😊

📌 Notice: "There is" for one thing. "I like / I love / I don't like" to talk about food preferences.
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Step 4: Do you understand the story?

1. Is Fran hungry or thirsty?
2. Does Fran like apples?
3. What food does Fran love?
4. What does Fran cook?
5. Is Fran happy at the end?
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Step 5: Grammar – Talking about food likes and dislikes

🔍 Look at these sentences from the story:

  • "I like milk." → positive
  • "I love cheese!" → strong positive
  • "I don't like apples." → negative

📌 Remember:

Positive: I like + food.
Strong positive: I love + food.
Negative: I don't like + food.
Question: Do you like + food?

Examples:

✅ I like pizza.
✅ I love ice cream!
❌ I don't like salad.
❓ Do you like pasta? → Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
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Step 6: Complete the sentences with like, love, or don't like

1. I _______ pizza. It's my favorite! (strong positive)
2. She _______ apples. She never eats them. (negative)
3. We _______ pasta. It's good. (positive)
4. _______ you like ice cream? (question)
5. He _______ cheese. He eats it every day! (strong positive)
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Step 7: Grammar – There is / There are

🔍 From the story: "There is an apple." / "There is milk." / "There is pasta."

📌 Rule:

There is + singular noun (one thing)
"There is an apple in the fridge."
There are + plural noun (two or more things)
"There are three bananas on the table."
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Step 8: Write about your food likes and dislikes

Answer these questions in full sentences:

  • What food do you like? (I like...)
  • What food do you love? (I love...)
  • What food don't you like? (I don't like...)
  • What is your favorite drink? (My favorite drink is...)
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Step 9: Speaking Practice – Talk about food you like

Task: Press the microphone button and say 2-3 sentences about food you like or don't like.

💡 Examples:
"I like pizza and pasta."
"I love chocolate ice cream!"
"I don't like fish."
"My favorite drink is orange juice."
Your recorded speech: (Not yet recorded)
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Useful phrases for talking about food

🍕 "I like pizza."
🍦 "I love ice cream!"
🥗 "I don't like salad."
🍝 "Pasta is delicious!"
🍎 "Apples are healthy."
🥤 "My favorite drink is juice."
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Food and drink vocabulary review

pizza 🍕 pasta 🍝 burger 🍔 salad 🥗 apple 🍎 banana 🍌 ice cream 🍦 cookie 🍪 milk 🥛 juice 🧃 water 💧 cheese 🧀 bread 🍞
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Beginner/Elementary English | Food and Drink Vocabulary | Story "Fran is Hungry" | Like/Love/Don't Like + Food
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