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Spanish A1.17: Cooking

Cocina

Spanish A1.17: Cooking

Learning goals:

  • Ingredientes básicos para cocinar (Basic ingredients for cooking)
  • Expresando obligaciones (Expressing obligations)
  • Obligaciones - "hay que, tener que, deber" (Obligations - "hay que, tener que, deber")
  • Las tapas españolas (Spanish tapas)

Learning module 3 (A1): Día a día (Day to day)

Recap exercises of the previous lesson

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Core vocabulary (13)

 La harina: The flour (Spanish)

Para hacer pan casero, hay que usar la harina.

(To make homemade bread, you need to use the flour.)

La harina

(The flour)

 El aceite: The oil (Spanish)

Hay que comprar el aceite para cocinar la receta casera.

(We need to buy the oil to cook the homemade recipe.)

El aceite

(The oil)

 La mantequilla: The butter (Spanish)

Para hacer esta receta casera, hay que usar la mantequilla.

(To make this homemade recipe, you have to use the butter.)

La mantequilla

(The butter)

 La nata: The cream (Spanish)

Para cocinar hay que usar la nata fresca.

(For cooking, you have to use fresh cream.)

La nata

(The cream)

 El azúcar: The sugar (Spanish)

Hay que añadir el azúcar a la receta.

(You have to add the sugar to the recipe.)

El azúcar

(The sugar)

 La cebolla: The onion (Spanish)

Hay que cortar la cebolla para la receta.

(You need to chop the onion for the recipe.)

La cebolla

(The onion)

 El ajo: The garlic (Spanish)

Para hacer esta receta casera, hay que añadir el ajo y la cebolla.

(To make this homemade recipe, you have to add the garlic and the onion.)

El ajo

(The garlic)

 El tomate: The tomato (Spanish)

Debes lavar muy bien el tomate antes de cortarlo.

(You must wash the tomato very well before cutting it.)

El tomate

(The tomato)

 Los ingredientes: The ingredients (Spanish)

Hay que añadir el ingrediente a la receta.

(The ingredient must be added to the recipe.)

Los ingredientes

(The ingredients)

 Cocinar (to cook) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Tú cocinas muy bien.

(You cook very well.)

Cocinar

(To cook)

 Casero: Homemade (Spanish)

Hay que mezclar los ingredientes con el aceite casero.

(You have to mix the ingredients with the homemade oil.)

Casero

(Homemade)

 La receta: The recipe (Spanish)

Para hacer la receta, hay que tener todos los ingredientes.

(To make the recipe, you have to have all the ingredients.)

La receta

(The recipe)

 Mezclar (to mix) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Tú mezclas el té con la miel.

(You mix the tea with the honey.)

Mezclar

(To mix)

Listening materials

Our listening materials implement the verbs, vocabulary and grammar topics of this lesson. Audio and video available!

Spanish A1.17.1 Ingredients for an Andalusian gazpacho

Pedro y Ana van a comprar los ingredientes para un gazpacho andaluz.

(Pedro and Ana are going to buy the ingredients for an Andalusian gazpacho.)

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Spanish A1.17.2 Obligations - "hay que, tener que, deber"

(Obligations - "haber, tener, deber")

Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Spanish A1.17.3 Recipe for a homemade cheesecake

Aprendemos a seguir la receta para preparar una tarta de queso casera.

(We learn to follow the recipe to make a homemade cheesecake.)

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Spanish A1.17.4 Spanish tapas

Descubre las tapas típicas de España, desde el gazpacho andaluz hasta el pulpo a la gallega, pasando por los pintxos vascos y el esgarraet valenciano.

(Discover the typical tapas of Spain, from Andalusian gazpacho to Galician-style octopus, including Basque pintxos and Valencian esgarraet.)

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Find the words

Instruction: Find the words, mark them and make sentences with the words.

Hints

To cook , The butter , The cream , The oil , The onion , The garlic

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El ajo (The garlic)
Cocinar (To cook)
El aceite (The oil)
La cebolla (The onion)
La mantequilla (The butter)
La nata (The cream)

Exercise 2: Reorder sentences

Instruction: The words in these sentences have been shuffled! Sort them so that they make a valid sentence again and translate.

Show translation
1. miel. | con la | Tú mezclas | el té
Tú mezclas el té con la miel.
(You mix the tea with the honey.)
2. la | para | Ellos | fiesta. | cocinan
Ellos cocinan para la fiesta.
(They cook for the party.)

Exercise 3: Translate and make sentences

Instruction: Translate the words and phrases below and use it in a conversation or text.

1. Tú mezclas el té con la miel.
You mix the tea with the honey.
2. Ellos cocinan para la fiesta.
They cook for the party.

Exercise 4: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Translate and say the word out loud. Use the word in a sentence.

Show translation
1. La nata
(The cream)
2. La mantequilla
(The butter)
3. El ajo
(The garlic)
4. El tomate
(The tomato)
5. Mezclar
(To mix)

Exercise 5: Conjugación verbal

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Cocinar (Presente, indicativo)

1. Ella ... una comida deliciosa.

Ella cocina una comida deliciosa.
(She cooks a delicious meal.)

2. Vosotros ... como chefs profesionales.

Vosotros cocináis como chefs profesionales.
(You (all) cook like professional chefs.)

3. Ellos ... para la fiesta.

Ellos cocinan para la fiesta.
(They cook for the party.)

4. Nosotros ... juntos los fines de semana.

Nosotros cocinamos juntos los fines de semana.
(We cook together on weekends.)

5. Yo ... pasta todos los días.

Yo cocino pasta todos los días.
(I cook pasta every day.)

Exercise 6: Obligations - "hay que, tener que, deber"

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

Show answers Show translation

Tengo que, Debemos, Debes, Tienes que, Hay que

1. ... comprar el azúcar para la receta.

Tengo que comprar el azúcar para la receta.
(I have to buy the sugar for the recipe.)

2. ... picar la cebolla para preparar la salsa.

Hay que picar la cebolla para preparar la salsa.
(You need to chop the onion to prepare the sauce.)

3. ... cocinar los tomates a baja temperatura.

Debes cocinar los tomates a baja temperatura.
(You must cook the tomatoes at a low temperature.)

4. ... usar harina para hacer pan.

Hay que usar harina para hacer pan.
(You have to use flour to make bread.)

5. ... batir la nata.

Tienes que batir la nata.
(You have to whip the cream.)

6. ... agregar el aceite a la mezcla.

Debemos agregar el aceite a la mezcla.
(We must add the oil to the mixture.)

Exercise 7: Translate and make sentences

Instruction: Translate the words and phrases below and use it in a conversation or text.

1. They cook for the party.
Ellos cocinan para la fiesta.
2. You mix the tea with the honey.
Tú mezclas el té con la miel.

Conversation exercise

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

  1. Nombra los ingredientes en cada paso. (Name the ingredients in each step.)
  2. Si puedes, también di la acción. (Mezclar, separar, agregar, derretir) (If you can, also say the action. (To mix, to seperate, to add, to melt))

Example phrases:

  1. Harina. Pon la harina en un bol. (Flour. Put the flour in a bowl.)
  2. ...

Appendix 1: Extended vocabulary table

Core vocabulary (13): Verbs: 2, Adjectives: 1, Nouns: 10,
Context vocabulary: 5

Spanish English
Casera Homemade
Casero Homemade
Cocinar To cook
El aceite The oil
El ajo The garlic
El azúcar The sugar
El tomate The tomato
Gazpacho Gazpacho
La cebolla The onion
La harina The flour
La mantequilla The butter
La nata The cream
La receta The recipe
Los ingredientes The ingredients
Mezclar To mix
Pulpo Octopus
Tapas Tapas
Tomates Tomatoes

Appendix 2: Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Cocinar (to cook)

Exercises and examples phrases

  • yo cocino I cook
  • tú cocinas You cook
  • él/ella cocina he cooks
  • nosotros/nosotras cocinamos we cook
  • vosotros/vosotras cocináis you cook
  • ellos/ellas cocinan They cook

Exercise: Verb conjugation

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

Show answers Show translation

Cocinar (Presente, indicativo)

1. Ella ... una comida deliciosa.

Ella cocina una comida deliciosa.
(She cooks a delicious meal.)

2. Vosotros ... como chefs profesionales.

Vosotros cocináis como chefs profesionales.
(You (all) cook like professional chefs.)

3. Ellos ... para la fiesta.

Ellos cocinan para la fiesta.
(They cook for the party.)

4. Nosotros ... juntos los fines de semana.

Nosotros cocinamos juntos los fines de semana.
(We cook together on weekends.)

5. Yo ... pasta todos los días.

Yo cocino pasta todos los días.
(I cook pasta every day.)