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Lesson 79 of 240

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Foods I love in English

Ana sits at the Blue Plate with a cup of coffee. Dee is already cutting a slice of cherry pie for Murray.

You will learn how to say you love a food, and how to say it is too sweet or too oily.

You will also ask what someone likes eating most, and say a food is okay but not your favorite.

These lines help you talk about food with details, not only yes or no.

By the end of this lesson

Describe food you like and dislike with details.

  • I could eat this every day.I like this food very much
  • I don't like it too sweet.I want less sugar in this.
  • This is too oily.It has too much oil.
  • What do you like eating most?What food do you enjoy the most?
  • I try not to eat fried food.I make an effort to avoid fried food.
  • It's okay, but it's not my favorite.I can eat it, but I like other food more.

Scene — the pie case

Same afternoon at the Blue Plate. Ana has a cup of coffee. Dee stands by the pie case with a knife, already cutting a slice for Murray.

Murray sits on two stools with eggs over easy. His coffee is still unfinished. The jukebox by the door stays quiet.

Ana holds her coffee while Dee cuts a slice of pie for Murray at the counter.

Learn — food you love

Six lines help you talk about food you love and food you do not love.

You will say too sweet, too oily, and not my favorite.

  1. Murray enjoys a forkful of eggs over easy.

    I could eat this every day.

    I like this food very much

    When to use it: Say this when you really love a food.

    Could here means you would enjoy this food a lot.

    Say it: Could can sound small and soft here.

  2. Dee lifts a slice of pie toward Murray as he sits at the counter.

    I don't like it too sweet.

    I want less sugar in this.

    When to use it: Say this when a food has too much sugar.

    Don't is a contraction you learn as one piece.

  3. Ana looks down at her coffee, considering how much sugar is in it.

    This is too oily.

    It has too much oil.

    When to use it: Say this when food has too much oil.

    Too oily means extra oil on the food.

    Say it: Oily has stress on the first part.

  4. Ana indicates her coffee while Dee turns from the pie case with the coffee pot.

    What do you like eating most?

    What food do you enjoy the most?

    When to use it: Ask this to learn someone's favorite food.

    Like eating uses the -ing form after like.

    Say it: Eating has stress on the first part.

  5. Murray offers Ana fried potatoes, and Ana nudges the oily plate away from her coffee.

    I try not to eat fried food.

    I make an effort to avoid fried food.

    When to use it: Say this when you usually try to avoid fried food.

    Try not to eat means you make an effort to avoid that food.

    Say it: To can sound like tuh before eat.

  6. Murray sits back from the fried potatoes and gestures toward the eggs he prefers.

    It's okay, but it's not my favorite.

    I can eat it, but I like other food more.

    When to use it: Say this when a food is fine, not special.

    It's is a contraction you learn as one piece.

Story — not the pie

Watch Ana talk about food at the counter. She means her coffee, not Murray's pie.

The highlighted words are the lines you just learned.

  1. Dee is at the pie case with a knife. Ana holds her coffee.
  2. DeePie for you, hon.She gives Murray a slice of pie.
  3. DeeWhat do you like eating most, Murray?What food do you enjoy the most?
  4. MurrayWell, I could eat this every day.I like this food very much
  5. Ana looks at her coffee.
  6. AnaI don't like it too sweet.I want less sugar in this.
  7. Dee looks at the pie on the board.
  8. DeeThe pie, hon? I can get you something less sweet.She thinks Ana is talking about the pie.
  9. AnaThat's not what I meant.You understood me the wrong way.
  10. DeeSo, a cup of coffee?She checks that Ana means the coffee.
  11. AnaYes. I don't like it too sweet.She wants less sugar in the coffee.
  12. Dee nods and tips the pot. Murray's coffee sits unfinished.
  13. MurrayWant some hash browns, Ana?He offers fried potatoes.
  14. AnaThis is too oily.It has too much oil.
  15. DeeThey're just a little fried, hon.She says the food is only a bit fried.
  16. AnaI try not to eat fried food.I make an effort to avoid fried food.
  17. MurrayIt's okay, but it's not my favorite.I can eat it, but I like other food more.

Practice — sweet or oily

Ten quick exercises wait here. You will listen, pick, match, fill a gap, and build a line.

They stay short, so the round moves fast.

0 of 10 done

  1. What did you hear?

  2. Match the pairs

    English

    I don't like it too sweet.Drop the Simple English here
    This is too oily.Drop the Simple English here
    I try not to eat fried food.Drop the Simple English here
    It's okay, but it's not my favorite.Drop the Simple English here

    Simple English

    Drag a Simple English line onto its English, or tap one and then the other.

  3. What do you say?

    Your coffee has too much sugar. Tell Dee.

  4. What does it mean?

    This is too oily.

  5. Fill the gap

    I make an effort to avoid fried food.

    I try not to eat ____ food.

  6. Build the line

    What food do you enjoy the most?

    ?

    Tap the words in order.

  7. Pick the reply

    Dee says:

    So the pie is okay, but it isn't your favorite?

    She checks if the pie is fine, but not your favorite.

    And you reply with:

  8. Swap the word

    You really love the eggs on the counter.

    I could eat this every ____.

  9. What do you say?

    Dee thinks you meant the pie. You meant the coffee.

  10. True or false?

    This line names a food cooked in oil.

Say it — tell her

Now you're Ana at the diner. When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line.

Tap play first if you want to hear the line. Your recording stays on your device.

  1. DeeHow's the coffee, hon?She asks what you think of the coffee.
  2. Ana (you)The coffee has too much sugar. Tell her.

    I don't like it too sweet.

    I want less sugar in this.

0 of 5 said

Recap — what you can say now

EnglishSimple English
I could eat this every day.I like this food very much
I don't like it too sweet.I want less sugar in this.
This is too oily.It has too much oil.
What do you like eating most?What food do you enjoy the most?
I try not to eat fried food.I make an effort to avoid fried food.
It's okay, but it's not my favorite.I can eat it, but I like other food more.
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