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Food Documentary

Teacher’s notes
Summary
In this documentary, students learn about typical British food and the nation’s favourite drink, tea. They
also see some traditional types of fast food. The documentary talks about some of the most special ‘food’
days in the British calendar, from Burns’ Night in January to Christmas Day in December.

Before you watch

1 Explain that the words in the box are all Answers
traditional foods from the UK. Ask if the 1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T
students know any of them. Students then
match the words with the pictures. 01:07–03:17
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a tea and cakes b pie c roast beef d trifle 6 Check students understand the sentences. Ask
e fish and chips f haggis them to watch this section and circle the correct
words.
2 Make sure students understand the words in Answers
the box. Then ask them to write the words 1 are 2 cheap 3 potato 4 pie
under the correct headings in the table. 5 Yorkshire pudding 6 end
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Meat: beef, sausages, turkey 7 Give students time to read the sentences and
choose an answer, a or b. Explain that you
Fruit and vegetables: mushrooms
don’t expect them to know all the answers, but
Drinks: coffee, milk encourage them to guess.
Other: biscuits, cereal, toast
003:17–04:34
3 Ask students which of the foods in exercise 2
they like. Students compare answers in pairs. 8 Play 03:17–04:34 and get students to check their
Students’ own answers answers.
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1b 2a 3b 4b 5a 6b
While you watch
Play all
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9 Tell the students that they are going to watch

4 Tell students that they are going to watch
the documentary again and they must look
a documentary about food in the UK. Tell them
out for the four photographs. Start playing
to watch carefully and number the foods in the
the documentary and stop it immediately
order they see them.
when the students shout Stop! Ask the
Answers students to explain what is happening on the
a1 b3 c4 d5 e2 f6 screen. Repeat the process for the rest of the
photographs.
00:00–01:07

5 Check students understand the sentences. Then

play this section and ask students to decide if
they are T (true) or F (false).

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Food Documentary
After you watch
10 Tell students that this is their opportunity to
talk about themselves and find out about their
partner. Tell them that they are going to work
in pairs and interview each other to find out
their answers to some questions about food.
First make sure the students understand each
question, then tell them to take turns to ask
and answer the questions. They should note
down their partner’s answers.
Students’ own answers
Optional activity
Students write a short paragraph about their
partner, or give a presentation about them, using
the answers to the questionnaire in exercise 10.
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11 Tell students that this is their opportunity to
do some research and find out about food in
their country. Students will need time to find
out the necessary information from books or
on the Internet, so they could do this task for
homework. They then complete the table with
the details and find photos of some of the foods.
Students’ own answers
Optional activity
Ask students to use the facts in their table to write
a presentation about food in their country. Give
help where necessary. Encourage them to find
pictures to illustrate their presentation. In small
groups or in front of the whole class, ask some
students to give their presentation and answer
any questions.