Make your snacks (Lesson-18)

After completing the lesson students will be able to

• read and understand written instructions
• read and understand texts

A Mrs Nilufar Ahmed is teaching her son Adib how to make easy snacks at home. She is reading a set of instructions from a recipe book. First look at the pictures of the things you will need to make an egg sandwich and match them with their names in the list of ingredients below.

List of ingredients

1. Two pieces of bread
2. Cucumber- 2/3 slices
3. Tomato- 1/2 slices
4. Butter or mayonnaise
5. Egg (boiled/fried)
6. Lettuce
7. One slice of cheese

How to make

1. First, take two slices of bread.
2. Spread the butter thinly on one side of each slice.
3. Then, put a slice of cheese on the buttered side of the bread.
4. After that, put egg on top of the cheese.
5. Next, arrange slices of cucumber and one tomato on the egg.
6. Later, place the other slice of bread on top.
   Your sandwich is ready now.
   If you want, you can cut the sandwich into two halves and serve.

Handy Hints

1. Remember to wash and dry all vegetables before preparing them.
2. Be extra careful when handling sharp knife.
3. You may wish to choose a variety of fillings for example, 4 slices of cucumber, 1 slice of meat such as chicken loaf or meat loaf, mustard and so on.

A1 Fill in the blanks and complete the instructions for making a sandwich.

1. First, take two slices of ___________
2. Second, spread __________ on one side of them.
3. Then, put one slice of _______ __
4. After that, put _________
5. Later, arrange one slice of ________ and _________
6. Finally, place the remaining slice of _________ top of another and serve.

B Here is a recipe for making an omelette. Complete the recipe by replacing the pictures with words from the box.

A recipe: how to make the perfect Omelette

B1 Notice some of the words that you have used in the omelette recipe above e.g heat, beat, pour etc. We use these words to describe what we do while preparing foods. Look at some more examples of them. Can you match each action word in the box with a picture?

C Now, use some of the verbs above to write a simple recipe for making instant noodles.

1. First, ________ water into a pot.
2. Put your pot on a stove and ______ the water for two minutes.
3. _________ some onions and a green chilli thinly.
4. Then, add noodles into the water.
5. ________ gently with a spoon.
6. Add the spices that come with the noodles.
7. Add the onions and green chilli.
8. Serve the noodles in a dish.
9. ______ an egg and add it on top if you want.