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🎁 Gratuit · English From Zero · Level Starter · Lesson 22

🌶️ It's Really Spicy! — Tastes & Restaurants

Lunchtime! Today you will learn lunch words, describe how food tastes (sour, salty, sweet, spicy, fresh), say if food is good or not (delicious, OK, awful), talk about food from different countries (Italian, Japanese, Tunisian…) and suggest a restaurant to a friend.

🎬 Let's Imagine...

Where Should We Have Lunch?

Read the little scene below.

MiaI'm so hungry! Let's have lunch. How about the Italian restaurant?
OscarNah, I don't like Italian food. How about the Tunisian restaurant? Their couscous is really spicy!
MiaGreat idea! And they have delicious desserts too. Let's go!
🧑‍🏫 Teacher SamiMia and Oscar describe food: "spicy", "delicious"… and they talk about food from different countries: "Italian", "Tunisian". Let's learn how to talk about tastes and choose a restaurant!

🤔 Do you like spicy food? What's a sweet food you love?

🎨Illustration à venir : Mia et Oscar choisissent un restaurant dans une rue animée.
Step 1

🥪 Lunch Words

When you are hungry, it's time for lunch! Click a card to hear the word.

Step 2

👅 Tastes — Sour, Salty, Sweet, Spicy, Fresh

Foods have many different tastes. Learn these adjectives to describe the food you eat!

👅 Examples

  • "Lemons are sour." 🍋
  • "The fries are very salty." 🍟
  • "I love sweet desserts." 🍰

🌶️ More Examples

  • "It's really spicy!" 🌶️
  • "The salad is fresh." 🥗

🧪 The Taste Lab

Guess the taste, then click a food to taste it — and see (and hear) the face!

Step 3

⭐ Good Or Not? — Delicious, OK, Awful

Use these adjectives to say if the food is good or not.

😃 Very good"This restaurant has delicious food.""The food tastes really good."
😐 Average"My salad is OK.""This sandwich isn't bad."
😖 Not good"The soup tastes bad.""My salad is awful."

📝 The Food Critic

You're a food critic! Choose a dish and give it stars — your review writes itself.

Step 4

🍽️ Italian, Japanese, Tunisian — Suggesting A Restaurant

Use nationality adjectives to talk about types of food: "I don't like Italian food." "My favorite food is Japanese." Suggest a restaurant with "How about…?" or "Let's go to…"

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Nationality adjectives always start with a capital letter: Italian, Japanese, Tunisian, Mexican. Say "Italian food", not "Italy food" ❌.

🗺️ The Lunch Planner

Choose a friend and suggest a restaurant. Does your friend like that food? Listen to the conversation!

🎧 Sound Lab

Listen And Repeat!

Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!

Step 5

✍️ Practice Time!

Exercise 1 — True Or False?

Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue

Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.

Step 6 · Final Task!

🎭 Create & Record: Suggesting A Restaurant For Lunch

You're hungry! Write a conversation with a friend: suggest a restaurant, say what food you like and don't like (Italian, Japanese, Tunisian…), describe the tastes, and decide where to go!

I'm hungry!Let's have lunch. How about the … restaurant?I don't like … food. My favorite food is …It's really spicy! They have delicious…Let's go!

🎙️ Now, Record It!

Act out your conversation out loud (alone with both voices, or with a friend) and record yourselves. Then listen back!

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🎯 Final Quiz — Tastes & Restaurants

Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!