Unit 5 FOOD AND DRINK
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

At a Vietnamese restaurant

HOBBIES

OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to gain:
1. Knowledge
o An overview about the topic Food and Drink 
o Vocabulary to talk about food and drink 
2. Core competence
o Develop communication skills and cultural awareness
o Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
o Actively join in class activities
3. Personal qualities
o Develop healthy eating habits and awareness of balanced diets
o Be proud of the homeland

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Mini game

WARM-UP
PRESENTATION

Vocabulary
• Task 1: Answer the questions.

LEAD-IN

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION

CONSOLIDATION

• Task 2: Find the words and phrases about food and drink and
write them in the correct columns.
• Task 3: Read the conversation again and tick (✓) T or F.
• Task 4: Work in pairs. Think about your favourite food and
drink. Then ask your partner about his or her favourite food
and drink.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
WARM-UP

Mini game

Aims of the stage:
• To activate students' knowledge on
the topic of the unit
• To enhance students' skills of
cooperating with teammates

Mini game
In pairs:
o Sit facing each other. 
o Take turns to throw a ball of paper to your partner as saying a noun. 
o When your partner catches the ball, say immediately if the noun is
edible or inedible, then repeat the procedure.
Example:
A (throwing) - Egg. 
B (catching) - Edible. (throwing) - Book. 
A (catching) - Inedible. (throwing) House …

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

WARM-UP

Mini game
PRESENTATION

Vocabulary

Aims of the stage:

To help students use key language more
appropriately before the reading &
listening task

VOCABULARY

roast (v)
/rəʊst/
quay, nướng (thịt..)

VOCABULARY

fry (v)
/fraɪ/
rán

VOCABULARY

shrimp (n)
/ʃrɪmp/
con tôm

VOCABULARY

lemonade (n)
/leməˈneɪd/
nước chanh

VOCABULARY

mineral (n)
/ˈmɪnərəl/
khoáng (chất)

VOCABULARY
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

roast

/rəʊst/

quay, nướng (thịt..)

fry

/fraɪ/

rán

shrimp

/ʃrɪmp/

con tôm

lemonade

/leməˈneɪd/

nước chanh 

mineral

/ˈmɪnərəl/

khoáng (chất)

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

WARM-UP

Mini game
PRESENTATION

LEAD-IN

Vocabulary
• Task 1: Answer the questions.

LEAD-IN
1

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

Aim of the task:

o To get students interested in the topic
o To set the context 
o To help Ss understand the main idea of the text

LEAD-IN
1

Look at the pictures and answer the questions

What is Mark's family doing? 
A. Ordering food for dinner. 
B. Preparing for their dinner. 
C. Talking about their favourite food.

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Mini game

WARM-UP
PRESENTATION

Vocabulary
• Task 1: Answer the questions.

LEAD-IN

PRACTICE

• Task 2: Find the words and phrases about food and drink and
write them in the correct columns.
• Task 3: Read the conversation again and tick (✓) T or F.

PRACTICE

2

Find the words and phrases about food and drink in the conversation and
write them in the correct columns.

Aim of the task:

o To practise reading and listening
for specific information 
o To practise scanning 
o To develop Ss' vocabulary of food
and drink

PRACTICE
2

Find the words and phrases about food and drink in the conversation and write them
in the correct columns.
Food

Drink 

rice pork fish sauce

juice lemonade

roast chicken
fried vegetables
fried tofu spring rolls

green tea

canh (soup)
shrimp fish

mineral water
winter melon juice

ricewith
Waiter: Good evening. What can I get you today? Mark's mum: We'd like rice
some pork cooked in fish sauce.
roastchicken
chickenand
sauce Oh, could we also have an order of roast
fried
fried vegetables
vegetables?
Mark: And I'd like some fried tofu and spring
spring rolls
rollstoo.
Waiter: OK. Would you like any canh?
canh It's a kind of Vietnamese soup. We often have it
with rice.
Mark's dad: Let me see ... I think we'll try some canh.
fish
Waiter. With shrimp or fish?
Mark's dad: With shrimp
shrimp, please.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink? We have a lot of drinks: juice, lemonade,
lemonade
green tea,
mineralwater,
water ...
tea mineral
Mark's mum: Mineral water for me, green tea for my husband, and juice for my
children.
Waiter: What kind of juice would you like?
juice
Mark's sister: Do you have winter melon juice?
Waiter: Let me see. Er, yes. How many cans would you like?
Mark's sister: One ... No, wait, two please. By the way, how much is a can of winter
melon juice?
Mark: The menu says it's 10,000 dong.
Waiter: That's right. I'll be right back with your order.

PRACTICE

3

Read the conversation again and tick (✓) T (True) or F (False).

Aim of the task:
o To help Ss deeply understand the
text
o To practise scanning and intensive
reading

PRACTICE

3

Read the conversation again and tick
(✓) T (True) or F (False).

1. Mark's family is at aa Vietnamese
Vietnamese restaurant
restaurant. 
TRUE
2. Mark wants fried tofu and beef for dinner. 
FALSE
3. They don't
don't order
order canh
canh. 
FALSE
water
4. Mark's mum wants mineral water. 
TRUE
allow her children to drink
5. His mum doesn't allow
drink
juice during dinner.
juice
FALSE

Waiter: Good evening. What can I get you today? Mark's mum: We'd like rice
with some pork cooked in fish sauce. Oh, could we also have an order of roast
chicken and fried vegetables?
Mark: And I'd like some fried tofu and spring rolls too.
Mark
Waiter: OK. Would you like any canh? It's a kind of Vietnamese
Vietnamesesoup. We often
have it with rice.
Mark's dad: Let me see ... I thinkwe'll
we'll try
try some canh
canh.
Waiter: With shrimp or fish?
Mark's dad: With shrimp, please.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink? We have a lot of drinks: juice,
lemonade, green tea, mineral water, ...
Mineral water
water for me, green tea for my husband, and juice
juicefor
formy
my
Mark's mum
mum: Mineral
children
children.
Waiter: What kind of juice would you like?
Mark's sister: Do you have winter melon juice?
Waiter: Let me see. Er, yes. How many cans would you like?
Mark's sister: One ... No, wait, two please. By the way, how much is a can of
winter melon juice?
Mark: The menu says it's 10,000 dong.
Waiter: That's right. I'll be right back with your order.

PRACTICE

4

Work in pairs. Think about your favorite food and drink. Then ask your partner
about his or her favorite food and drink.

Aim of the task:

o To help Ss practise talking about
favourite food and drink
o To practise team working 
o To give students authentic
practice in using target language

PRACTICE

4

Work in pairs. Think about your favorite food and drink. Then ask your partner
about his or her favorite food and drink.

 Divide the class into 2 main groups:
 Group 1: Vietnamese tour guide
Discuss and list all of the favourite food in Ha Noi/ Viet Nam, using some
suggested questions (What kinds of food are most popular? What ingredients are
there? What is the food like? …)
 Group 2: French visitors (who visit Vietnam for the 1st time)
Think of, discuss and list as many questions to ask about the most favourite
Vietnamese food as possible.
 Each tour guide pairs with a French visitor. Role play talking about the most
favourite food in Viet Nam.

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

Food and
Drink

Topic of the unit

Favourite
Vocabulary

food
and drink 

CONSOLIDATION

2 HOMEWORK
o Talk about your favourite food (for a minute)
o Do the exercises in the workbook 

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