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Speaking Monologue Favourite Dish
Speaking Monologue Favourite Dish
Speaking Monologue Favourite Dish
PAIRWORK
Ask your classmate these questions about cooking, favourite dishes and international
cuisines.
What other kinds of cuisine do you know? What are their typical dishes / ingredients / drinks
like?
What’s it like?
You meet your English friend and start talking about cooking and your favourite dishes. Tell
him / her about your favourite dish. You can include the following points
_Ingredients
_Preparation
_How often you prepare / eat it
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
Starting the monologue I’m going to talk about… I’m going to tell you about..
my favourite dish
Describing the dish It’s a traditional Galician dish / It’s a typical Greek dish
It’s a starter, main course, dessert
It’s a savoury, sweet, spicy dish / It tastes sweet, nice, spicy
The basic ingredients are… / To prepare it, you need… / You
make it with…
You can eat it with potatoes, salad, rice… and a glass of wine
How you prepare it (Recipe) cook for about an hour / bake in the oven / boil to 100ºC / roast
the chicken / fry in a frying pan / grill / heat the oil / peel the
potatoes and onions / cut into small pieces / chop / add / stir /
mix
Linking your sentences _To start with,… first of all,... then,… after that,… next,….
_when that’s done… when that’s ready… when that’s finished
_Finally,… To finish with,…
How often I usually eat it once a week, every weekend