General Listening Quiz

What are typical foods you eat in your country for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Is there another small meal or snack between the main mealtimes? Who usually prepares the food in your home?

1. 1. Eating dinner at home is healthier than eating out.
   2. Dinner is the most important meal of the day.
   3. Families should always eat dinner together.
   4. It’s okay to skip dinner if you had a big lunch.
   5. Fast food is acceptable for dinner once in a while.
   6. Watching TV during dinner is bad for family conversation.
   7. Cooking dinner is more enjoyable than ordering takeout.
   8. Dinner parties are better than casual meals with friends.
   9. Eating late at night is bad for your health.
   10. Trying new foods at dinner is more important than sticking to favorites.

“dig in” = let’s eat
“Okay, the food is ready. Dig in!“

“eat like a horse” = eat a lot
“You’d better cook a lot tonight. My brother eats like a horse.”

Listen to the recording and answer the questions. (See transcript)

Here are some words and expressions that appear in the recording:

• starving (verb): hungry, famished
  – Many deer will starve to death in the mountains because of the harsh winter.
• yuck or yucky: expression showing strong displeasure or dislike for something (informal)
  – Oh, Dad. I don’t like this yucky soup.
• adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision
  – Sometimes it takes time to adapt to the customs and language of another culture.
• mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered
  – If you take your eyes off that boy, he might mess up your entire house.

Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:

• Mixed-Up Sentence  | Multiple-Choice Questions |  Gap-fill Exercise | Sentence and Vocabulary Matching

What is a typical meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in your country? What are the ingredients for the dish, and how is it prepared? Are any unique utensils or tools used to cook these foods? Who usually cooks in your family? Explain how to prepare the dish using transition words of time including first, second, then, next, and finally.

Although including chicken in different food dishes isn’t uncommon around the world, how the food is prepared and what additional ingredients are included in the meal can vary widely. Use the internet to look for two different meals that include chicken cooked in different ways. What are the ingredients for each, including any item that is unique to a particular region of the world? Is there any historical or religious significance to the meal?