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Lesson 1: That sounds quite filling!

I can describe food.

INTRODUCE

Many foreigners don’t know a lot about Japanese food, so it’s helpful to describe it to them.

PRESENT

STEP A VOCABULARY

Read the vocabulary.

filling

savory

STEP B GRAMMAR TIP

Use quite and not very with adjectives.

Use quite to strengthen adjectives.

  • The sushi was quite expensive.
  • The curry is quite spicy – be careful!

Use not very to make adjectives negative.

  • Their ice cream is not very good.
  • In Japan, green peppers are not very popular with children.

UNDERSTAND

SPEAKING

Yutaka and Cindy are eating at a Japanese restaurant.

Cindy:

Oh, good, the menu has pictures!

Yutaka:

Yes! That’s why I brought you here. (laughs)

Cindy:

Hmm… What’s teishoku?

Yutaka:

It’s a set meal. It usually has a main dish, a bowl of rice, a few side dishes, and a bowl of miso soup.

Cindy:

Oh, that sounds quite filling! Maybe I should get something smaller… What’s okonomiyaki?

Yutaka:

Uh… It’s a Japanese pancake.

Cindy:

Does it have a lot of sugar?

Yutaka:

No, it’s not very sweet. It’s actually quite savory. It has cabbage and fish flakes!

Cindy:

A pancake with cabbage and fish flakes?! No thanks. I’ll get the teishoku!

Yutaka:

(laughs) Good choice.

PRACTICE

Make sentences with quite and not very using the pictures and words.

ex. tonkatsu / healthy

→ Tonkatsu is not very healthy.

 

1. togarashi / spicy

 

2. celery / filling

 

3. rice crackers / savory

CHALLENGE

You’re at a restaurant with your foreign friend.


Answer his/her questions about Japanese food.

Today's grammar tip

  • quite
  • not very

FEEDBACK

I can describe food.

LESSON GOAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • 4
    Very Good

    Could complete the task with ease

  • 3
    Good

    Could complete the task with some clarifications

  • 2
    Fair

    Could complete the task with additional instructions

  • 1
    Poor

    Could somehow complete the task with difficulty

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