Learn how to order food at a restaurant in English! A simple, beginner conversation lesson…
Now that you know how to order food and talk about quantities, let’s learn the words for the food itself — and how we prepare and measure it.
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Food Groups
Here are the main groups of food:
Food Groups
vegetablesfruitmeat and fishdairygrainssweets
Example
I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit.
Bread and rice are grains.
I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit.
Bread and rice are grains.
هذه هي المجموعات الرئيسية للطعام: vegetables (خضروات)، fruit (فواكه)، meat and fish (لحم وسمك)، dairy (منتجات الألبان)، grains (حبوب)، sweets (حلويات).
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Cooking Verbs
Here are common verbs we use when cooking:
Cooking Verbs
boilfrybakechopmixadd
Example
My mother is boiling rice.
Chop the vegetables, then add them to the pot.
My mother is boiling rice.
Chop the vegetables, then add them to the pot.
هذه أفعال شائعة نستخدمها عند الطبخ: boil (يسلق)، fry (يقلي)، bake (يخبز)، chop (يقطع)، mix (يخلط)، add (يضيف).
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Meals & Eating
Here are words about meals and eating:
Meals & Eating
breakfastlunchdinnersnackingredientrecipe
💡 Easy Tip
A “snack” is a small amount of food you eat between meals, like a piece of fruit or a cookie.
A “snack” is a small amount of food you eat between meals, like a piece of fruit or a cookie.
كلمات عن الوجبات والأكل: breakfast (الفطور)، lunch (الغداء)، dinner (العشاء)، snack (وجبة خفيفة)، ingredient (مكون)، recipe (وصفة).
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Quantities
Here are useful words for measuring food:
Quantities
a bottle ofa bag ofa kilo ofa piece ofa glass ofa cup of
Example
I bought a kilo of vegetables and a bottle of milk.
Can I have a cup of tea?
I bought a kilo of vegetables and a bottle of milk.
Can I have a cup of tea?
كلمات مفيدة لقياس الطعام: a bottle of (زجاجة من)، a bag of (كيس من)، a kilo of (كيلوغرام من)، a piece of (قطعة من)، a glass of (كأس من)، a cup of (فنجان من).
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Bread and rice belong to the ___ group.
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You need to ___ the vegetables before cooking them.
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I eat a small ___ between lunch and dinner.
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I drink a ___ of milk every morning.
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