A: Match the
sentences to the correct letters in the picture.
1._______ The girl cuts up a carrot.
2._______ The girl’s mother fries the onions in a pan.
3._______ The onions smell delicious.
4._______ There are many kinds of vegetables.
5._______ The girl’s grandmother is very sick.
6._______ The girl’s mother knows a good soup recipe.
B: Read the
text and choose the best answer.
Karen’s grandmother is sick in bed. So Karen’s mom
decides to cook delicious and healthy vegetable soup for her. Vegetable soup is
Karen’s favorite dish! She helps her mom to cook it. First they wash their
hands. Then they cut up vegetables. Karen cuts up a potato, a carrot, and a
pumpkin. Her mom cuts up onions and garlic. Then they heat some oil in a pan.
They fry the onions and garlic, and then add the other vegetables. The
vegetables become golden brown and soft. Next they add water, salt, and some
spices. Now it smells delicious! Karen is happy to learn her mom’s special
recipe.
1. Who do Karen and her mom make the soup for?
a. Karen’s father
b. Karen’s grandfather
c. Karen’s grandmother
2. What is the first thing Karen and her mom do?
a. heat oil in a pan b. cut up vegetables c. wash
their hands
3. What does Karen’s mom cut up?
a. onions and garlic b. a potato and onions c. a pumpkin and a carrot
4. What is NOT needed for the soup?
a. salt b. sugar c. spices
C: What is the
main idea of this story?
a. A girl visits her sick grandmother.
b. A girl learns her mom’s soup recipe.
c. A mom and daughter eat delicious soup.
D: Write the
correct word for each sentence.
add / decided /
favorite / healthy / learn / spices
1. _________some salt if you like.
2. We _________English at school.
3. Eating _________ food is important.
4. They_________ to go to the movies.
5. My _________ movie is Kung Fu Panda.
6. Indian people use many _________ when they cook.
E. Complete the
summary with the correct words.
cut / try / oil
/ soup / water
Karen helps her mom make _________ for her sick
grandmother. Before they start cooking, they wash their hands. Then they _________
up vegetables. They heat some _________ in a pan to _________ the vegetables.
Last, they add _________, salt, and some spices. Now the soup is ready!
F. Choose the
best answer to complete the definition of each word.
1. A vegetable
is part of a _________ that you can eat.
a. flower b. plant c. seed
2. If you fry
something, you cook it in hot _________.
a. oil b. water c. sauce
3. To add is
to _________ something with another thing.
a. start b. eat c. put
4. Your favorite
thing is the thing you _________ the most.
a. need b. like c. see
5. If something is healthy, it is _________ for your body.
a. good b. salty c. special
6. A spice is
a powder or seed that you put in _________.
a. food b. bag c. garden
G. Choose the
best answer to complete each sentence.
1. Please (cut /
make) the onion and put it in the pan.
2. This apple (smells
/ sounds) very sweet.
3. I want to (learn
/ try) how to play the cello.
4. He can’t come to school today because he’s (fit / sick).
5. I (decided /
called) to go camping during summer vacation.
6. I found this (recipe
/ cooking) on the Internet.
