Review: reading and writing about a meal
A paragraph has three or four sentences about one idea. Frames help us write. For lunch we had … . I’d like … , please. Would you like some … ? Yes, please. / No, thank you. The total is … LE. Read the text first. Then write about a meal you had. Begin every sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.
| Frame | Example |
|---|---|
| For lunch we had … . | For lunch we had rice and fish. |
| I’d like … , please. | I’d like some juice, please. |
| Would you like some … ? | Would you like some salad? |
| The total is … LE. | The total is 30 LE. |
On Friday Malika’s family had lunch at her grandma’s house. For lunch they had rice, fish and vegetables. Grandma asked, ‘Would you like some more rice?’ Malika said, ‘Yes, please.’ After lunch they had tea and fruit. Malika helped to carry the plates. She said, ‘Thank you, Grandma, it was a lovely meal.’
On Friday we had lunch at my grandma’s house. For lunch we had rice, fish and vegetables. I said, ‘Yes, please’ to more rice. I loved the meal.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| tea | 5 LE |
| fruit plate | 25 LE |
| Total | 30 LE |
Paragraph workshop. The child writes four sentences about a meal with the frames, checks the capital letters and full stops with a coloured pencil and reads the paragraph aloud. The grown-up pretends to be a waiter and asks: What would you like? The child answers politely.
Karim sat at the table with his uncle. The waiter asked, ‘What would you like to drink?’ Karim said, ‘I’d like a juice, please.’ His uncle had tea.