What is this lesson about?

This B1-B2 phrasal verbs lesson introduces nine everyday expressions for talking about food and eating through the story of a dinner party that goes wrong in almost every possible way. Students notice the phrasal verbs in context, practise them in new sentences, then put them to work in a partner confession game, a group ranking task with a strict no-ties rule, and a genuine debate about cooking versus eating out.

What language will students learn?

Students learn nine everyday phrasal verbs about food and eating, including:

• to eat out

• to eat up (something)

• to go off

• to warm up (something)

• to fill up (on something)

• to give up (something)

• to snack on (something)

• to whip up (something)

• to dish out (something)

How do students practise?

Learners build fluency through a discover-and-produce sequence:

• Reading a dinner-party-disaster story with real comic tension

• Noticing and guessing the meaning of phrasal verbs in context

• Matching each phrasal verb to its meaning

• Completing sentences with the correct phrasal verb

• Predicting a partner’s food habits in a confession game

• Negotiating a group ranking of “kitchen crimes,” with no ties allowed

• Discussing food waste, food safety and kitchen etiquette

• Responding to realistic leftovers dilemmas

• Debating whether cooking or eating out is the better choice

• Interviewing a partner about their real kitchen habits

  
  

Why is this lesson useful?

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Understand and use nine common phrasal verbs about food and eating

• Recognise phrasal verbs in context, including in their separated form

• Negotiate and justify an opinion within a group

• Take part in a genuine two-sided debate with a clear personal position

• Use phrasal verbs confidently in unscripted speech

  
  

Who is it for?

This lesson is designed for adult ESL learners at B1-B2 level who want to build confidence with everyday phrasal verbs through a genuinely entertaining, high-energy speaking sequence about food.