Food Vocabulary- Brainstorming Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Competing to think of food vocabulary

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Food vocabulary brainstorming games

Brainstorming game 1 Brainstorming by category

With your partner, write as many different English words or expressions as you can in the categories below. If there is something you don’t know the word for but can explain by drawing, miming or describing the function, you can ask your teacher for help.

Kitchen equipment

Ways of cooking food

Other things you do to food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using dictionaries, try to add at least three words or expressions to each column.  

Choose words from your lists which you think no other groups thought of. You get one point for each correct and original idea, but no point for ones which other groups also wrote.

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Compare with this list to get extra points for ones which you thought of which are not here.

Kitchen equipment

Ways of cooking food

Other things you do to food

cooking chopsticks

dishwasher

measuring cup

cooker/ stove

potato peeler

bottle opener

spatula, rolling pin

egg timer

can opener

bread knife

sieve, mixing bowl

freezer, kitchen roll

fish slice

spoon

cling film

kitchen knife

measuring spoon

oven, microwave

fridge

aluminium foil

corkscrew

wooden spoon

chopping board

whisk

colander

food processor

frying pan

kitchen scales

cheese grater

saucepan, apron

serving spoon

oven glove, tongs

pepper grinder

coffee grinder

microwave (oven)

poach

grill

bake

roast

fry

boil

steam

toast

stew

 

 

mix

squeeze

slice

separate

chop

grind

whisk

dice

peel

grate

spread

mash

wash

pickle

stir fry

crush

press

smoke

wrap

roll

stir

 

 

 

Ask about any of these which you don’t understand.

Change groups and test each other on the vocabulary:

  • say one and see if your partner can say which of the categories it should be in
  • help your partner make words to fill one column

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Brainstorming game 2 – Brainstorming by collocation

Work with a partner to write as many foods as you can that fit in with the top section below in the time limit that your teacher sets you. When you have finished, exchange pieces of paper with another team and check their answers. Do the same with each of the sections below that your teacher chooses (or they may let you choose your own).

 

Boil +

 

 

 

 

 

Fry +

 

 

 

 

 

Grill +

 

 

 

 

 

Chop +

 

 

 

 

 

Slice +

 

 

 

 

 

Steam +

 

 

 

 

 


Brainstorming game 3 – Brainstorming by pronunciation, grammar and container

Do the same with these categories.

 

Foods and drinks including the schwa sound (the last sound in “computer”)

 

 

 

 

 

Foods and drinks with four syllables

 

 

 

 

 

Uncountable foods and drinks (please write as “some ______________”)

 

 

 

 

 

Countable foods (please write as “some ____________ s”)

 

 

 

 

 

Foods that can be countable and uncountable

 

 

 

 

 

A carton +

 

 

 

 

 

Container + food or drink, e.g. a jar of jam (please only put one food for each container)

 

 

 

 

 

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