Quick fried rice

You will need: 2 large spoonfuls of olive oil 1 small onion 1 carrot 1 cup of
mushrooms some green cabbage 2 cups cooked rice 1 egg salt and pepper
Preparation time: 5 minutes cooking time: 5 minutes
I make this when I have extra rice left over from another meal. It's easy and delicious
and you can use any vegetables you have in your kitchen, but some people also use
small pieces of fish or meat. If you want to do this, cook the meat first. First, heat 2
big spoonfuls of oil in a frying pan, until it's quite hot. The pan has to be big and not
very deep so everything cooks fast. Next, cut all the vegetables into very small pieces
with a large knife. Add them to the hot oil and cook them for a few minutes, until they
start to get soft. Then mix in the cooked rice. Be careful that the cooker doesn't get
too hot. Continue mixing, to make sure all the rice is hot. After that, take the pan off
the cooker. Make a small hole in the middle of the rice using a spoon. Break the egg
into the hole and quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables. When it's mixed, add
salt and pepper. Your fried rice is ready to eat!

1. Put the words in the correct column.

Add cooker cut eggs frying pan heat knife mix olive oil onions rice spoon vegetables
Food Things in the kitchen Cooking verbs
Eggs Frying pan Add
Onions Knife Cut
Rice Spoon Mix
vegetables Cooker Heat
Olive oil

2. Read the recipe quickly. Put the sentences in the correct order

3 Then add them to the hot oil and cook them for a few minutes.
2 Cut all the vegetables into small pieces.
1 First, heat some oil in a frying pan.
5 When the rice is hot, take the pan off the heat and add the egg.
7 Add salt and pepper. It’s ready!
6 Quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables.
4 After that, mix in the cooked rice.
3. Read the recipe again. Are the sentences true or false?

1. The writer makes this dish when he has a lot of rice in the cupboard. TRUE/FALSE
False
2 .This recipe takes about 10 minutes to make, from start to finish. TRUE/FALSE
False
3. You can only cook this dish with onions, carrots and cabbage. TRUE/FALSE
False
4. You need to use a deep frying pan. TRUE/FALSE
False
5. The cooker must be very hot. TRUE/FALSE
False
6. All the rice should be hot. TRUE/FALSE
True
7 .You need to cook the egg first before you add it to the rice. TRUE/FALSE
False
8. Add salt and pepper at the end. TRUE/FALSE
True
 The Story of Goldie
Chapter 1
The shout came from the kitchen. Mother was near the cooker looking very worried.
She pointed at their empty breakfast bowls on the table. "My breakfast!" she said in
a surprised voice. "My bowl's empty, too!” shouted Father. "Where's my breakfast?"
He sounded a little angry. "And mine's all gone- there's nothing left!" cried the little
boy, looking sadly at his empty bowl.
They were all very hungry because they had just returned home after a long morning
walk. Every day Father and Robert made the beds so the bedrooms were nice and
tidy, while Mother made the breakfast. After this, they always went for a walk, came
back and then had breakfast together. That was their routine and they enjoyed it.
"This is horrible! I’m very upset," said Mother. Father took her into the living room.
"This is strange," he said. "Maybe someone is still here? Both of you stay here while
I look upstairs.
Mother sat in her armchair. "Oh!" she said. "Where are all my cushions? I can't sit
on a hard chair if I don't have my soft cushions. Did you take them, Robert?" "No, I
didn’t,” he replied. “Are they on my chair? Oh no!” he cried, seeing his chair. “Look!
My beautiful chair, it’s broken!”
"Dad!" shouted Robert. "Someone has broken my chair and stolen Mum's
cushions!" They ran upstairs and found Father in the large bedroom. The bed was a
mess. All the covers were on the floor. "But you and Robert made the beds before
we went out…" said Mother.
Father put his arm around her and Robert. "This is really strange. Let's check if
there's anything else missing, before we call the police." He opened the door to
Robert's small bedroom. Mother sniffed the room. "The air smells strange in here,
she said. “A bit like a wet animal.
Something's in my bed!" shouted Robert. “Look! It's still here!" **** "Look! It's still
here!" a voice shouted in her ears. Goldie woke up and lay quiet under the blanket,
but she was ready to jump out of bed and run away. "They think I'm an animal…how
strange," she thought.
1. Read the story quickly. Complete the sentence. Goldie is a dog / girl / boy
Goldie is a dog

2. Read the story again. Put the sentences in the order they happened.
4 Father went upstairs and Mother and Robert waited in the living room.
7 Robert saw that his chair was broken.
10 Goldie woke up.
8 They saw that the bed was a mess.
6 They went upstairs to tell father about the broken chair.
5 Mother couldn't find her cushions.
3 The family went for a morning walk.
1 Mother made breakfast.
9 Robert saw something in his bed.
2 When they came back, their breakfast wasn't there anymore.

3. Match the words with their opposites.

1 upstairs A happy
2 broken B full
3 a mess C tidy
4 upset D downstairs
5 empty E fixed

1. D
2. C
3. E
4. A
5. B