Step 1 - Listening
Meals
You are going to listen to Gareth Rees. He is answering Pia’s question about the difference between lunch, supper and dinner.
- Listen to the recording and do assignment 1.
- Read the questions.
- Listen again and do assignment 2.
Assignment 1
Pia from Poland has asked the following questions:
- Could you please explain the difference between lunch, supper and dinner.
- Does the expression relate to the time of the day that you eat the meal, the type of food or the size of the meal?
Listen to the recording, answer and discuss the following questions:
- What is the difference between lunch, supper and dinner?
- What other meals can you possibly have in a day? (name three)
Questions
- Why can English meals be confusing?
- What information do you get about breakfast?
- What do the English eat in the middle of the day?
- When do people eat dinner?
- What information do you get about supper?
- What does an English lunch usually look like?
- What does an English dinner usually look like?
- What do lunch and supper have in common?
- What meal do the English have at 11 o’clock?
- What information do you get about tea?