Food I Like
Primary 1 · English
Food I Like
Lesson 1 of 6
12 min
Let's begin
Grown-up: read this page out loud. Let your child say each English word after you.
It is lunch time. Uwase looks in her plate.
There is rice in her plate. There are beans next to the rice.
"What is this?" says her brother. "It is rice," says Uwase.
Today you will name your food in English.
Everything you eat is food.
Rice is food. Beans are food. Meat is food.
Say it out loud: food.
Here are the food words for today. Say each one two times.
Point at your food. Ask, then answer.
What is this? It is rice.
What is this? It is a potato.
What is this? It is a carrot.
What is this? It is a tomato.
Milk comes from the cow. An egg comes from the hen.
You know the little word a: a cup, a cat, a potato.
Three foods do not take a. They take an.
an orange
an apple
an egg
You say an when the word starts with the sound a, e, i or o.
Careful! "a orange" is not right. Say an orange.
Only these three today. Every other food keeps a.
Say food very slowly. The first little sound is /f/.
Say milk very slowly. The first sound is /m/.
Say carrot. The first sound is /k/.
A song about food: apple, banana and orange. Say every word with the song.
Tip
Three foods take an
an orange. an apple. an egg.
Say the three of them every day, like one song.
All your other food keeps a: a potato, a carrot, a tomato.
Say each one out loud, then tap Show answer to check.
Look in your plate. Ask: What is this? Then answer in English.
Answer: your own food. Uwase says: It is rice.
Is it "a orange" or "an orange"?
Answer: an orange. Orange starts with the sound o, so you say an.
The hen gives you this food. What is it?
Answer: an egg.
Say three food words out loud.
Answer: your own three. Keza says: rice, beans, cabbage.
Say milk very slowly. What is the first sound?
Answer: /m/. Only the first little sound, not the whole word.
What you learned today
Quick check
Which one is right?
