Summary
After completing the lesson, students will be able to:
- Ask and answer questions
- Participate in short dialogues and conversations on familiar topics
Summary of the Passage:
It's Saturday, and while Mila's school is open, her father enjoys cooking special dishes for the family on this day. At 2 o'clock, Mila returns home from school, where her mother is setting the table, and her younger sisters are playing. Mila greets her mother and learns that her father is cooking 'moragpolau', her favorite dish. She tries to convince her father to let her taste it before washing her hands, but he insists she must wash them first. After she complies, he serves her the dish, and she finds it delicious.
Exercises:
- A1: Practice asking and answering questions about favorite foods, their locations, who prepares them, and their taste.
- A2: Practice the conversation using proper stress and intonation.
- A3: Fill in the blanks using words provided.
- A4: Read a passage about Shikha Banu, a waitress, who, while helping in the kitchen, thinks of making pudding for her son, Priyam.
After completing the lesson students will be able to
- ask and answer questions
- participate in short dialogues and conversations on familiar topics
A . Read the passage and the dialogue below.
It's Saturday. Mila's school is open. But Friday and Saturday are father's weekly holidays. Father sometimes loves to cook special dishes for everybody on Saturdays. It's 2 o'clock time for Mila to come back from school. Mother is setting the table. Mila's two younger sisters are playing in the living room. The doorbell rings. Mila comes in.
Mila Hi, Mom! I'm back! Where's Baba?
Mom In the kitchen. Today is Saturday, remember?
Mila Right! Baba's cooking day! Hi, Baba! What are you cooking today? It smells good!
Baba It's 'moragpolau', dear, your favourite dish.
Mila Can I try some?
Baba No, you can't. You know the rule, don't you? Go and wash your hands first.
Mila Please, Baba. I'm coming soon.
Baba Ok. Here is your dish.
Mila Ummm! It tastes so delicious!
A1 . Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions.
a. What's your favourite food?
b. Where do you usually have it?
c. Who prepares it?
d. How does it taste?
A2 . Practise the conversation in section A with a friend. Remember to use proper stress and intonation (up and down movement of your voice).
A3 . Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words in the box.
smell | see | look | know | want | like |
a . I _________ him very well.
b. The new dress _________ great!
c. Rina ________ to collect stamps.
d . I can _______ a butterfly near the flowers.
e. The flower _______ sweet.
f. Murad _______ to buy a dictionary.
A4 . Read the passage below and choose which verb form is appropriate. Underline the word you choose.
Shikha Banu works/is working as a waitress in a restaurant in Chittagong. She takes orders and serves food to customers. But today, the chief cook has suddenly fallen ill. So, she helps /is helping the other cooks in the kitchen. She makes /is making 'pudding'. She thinks/is thinking of her son, Priyam. How he loves/is loving pudding! She wants/is wanting to make a pudding for Priyam when she goes back home today. Suddenly she hears/is hearing someone says "The pudding is done, apa. Shall I take it off the oven?" With a start Shikha Banu says/is saying “Oh, yes. Please do.”
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