do the dishes
wash the plates, bowls, utensils, and other items after eating
“So when you're all done making your food and eating your food you can do the dishes…”
Shadowing lesson · Talking About Things in the Kitchen
Talking About Things in the Kitchen — English shadowing practice
Practice naming everyday kitchen items and explaining where things are kept or what they are used for.
Level: B1 · Intermediate 30 lines 1 minute of speech 169 words a minute About 7 minutes
Original video
B1 · 2-minute practice Kitchen Vocabulary for Everyday English
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ReadyLine 1 of 30
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The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in the house.
Listen until the video pauses. Repeat the sentence during the four-second practice window; the next line then starts automatically.
Is this clip right for you?
The clip repeatedly models how to name an object and immediately explain its purpose, which learners can reuse when describing their own home.
- The clip repeatedly models how to name an object and immediately explain its purpose, which learners can reuse when describing their own home.
- It contrasts everyday alternatives such as refrigerator/fridge and counter/countertop.
- 30 complete, word-timed practice lines.
Speaking speed
- Level
- The topic uses concrete everyday vocabulary, but several lines combine location, purpose, and relative clauses in longer sentences.
- Speed
- 169 words a minute across the prepared speech.
- Longest line
- 24 words in 6.4 seconds.
Where it gets hard
And if you look over here on the counter you'll notice that we have three things that you find quite often in a kitchen.
And we have a pitcher of water if you just want to drink some water.
Phrases worth keeping
Useful English from this exact clip. Hear each phrase in context, then make one sentence of your own.
heat up food
make food hot again
“Just a small appliance that lets you heat up food really really quickly.”
fridge
a shorter word for refrigerator Common everyday alternative to refrigerator.
“We have the refrigerator or the fridge where you can keep food cold.”
utensil drawer
a drawer used for items such as spoons, forks, and knives The speaker says this is what they would call it in Canada.
“We'll have what we in canada would call a utensil drawer.”
countertop
the kitchen surface used for activities such as preparing food The clip says counter and countertop can be used interchangeably.
“Here is what we would call the counter or the countertop.”
Sounds to notice
Copy the rhythm, strong beats, and linking used in this clip.
Grammar you can reuse
Patterns the speaker uses naturally, ready for your own sentence.
Explain the normal purpose of a place, appliance, or storage area.
Explain what an object or surface is useful for.
Check what the speaker means
Answer from the clip before revealing the evidence-grounded explanation.
According to the clip, what is the oven used for and what is the stove used for?
Show answer
The oven is for baking things, while the stove is for cooking things. The speaker connects baking with the oven and cooking with the stove.
What does the speaker say you would keep in the utensil drawer?
Show answer
Spoons, forks, and knives. Those three items are explicitly given as examples of what the drawer contains.
Do counter and countertop refer to different things in this clip?
Show answer
No. The speaker says both words can be used interchangeably. The speaker names the same area with both terms and then explicitly says either word can be used.
Make it yours
Answer these real situations out loud, then compare with one possible answer.
A friend asks where you keep drinks and other cold food. Explain where you keep them.
fridgenoun + where you would + verb
Someone unfamiliar with your kitchen asks what the microwave is for. Explain its purpose.
heat up fooduse + object + to + verb
Someone is helping you put away clean spoons, forks, and knives. Tell them where the items belong.
utensil drawer
All 30 practice lines
Jump back to any line, or save the ones you want to practise again.
- 011:40The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in the house.3.9s
- 021:44I really like food so i really like kitchens.3.0s
- 031:47You'll notice behind me here that a kitchen has a certain number of items.5.1s
- 041:52We have the refrigerator or the fridge where you can keep food cold.4.2s
- 051:56This fridge has a freezer on the bottom.3.0s
- 061:59We also have the stove and generally we call this part the oven…5.8s
- 072:05Where you would bake things…1.7s
- 082:07Up here we have the stove where you would cook things.3.0s
- 092:10If you look behind me here you'll see we have a sink…3.6s
- 102:14So when you're all done making your food and eating your food you can do the dishes…5.4s
- 112:19You can wash the dishes in the sink.2.4s
- 122:22And if you look over here on the counter you'll notice that we have three things that you find quite often in a kitchen.6.1s
- 132:28We have a coffee maker.1.4s
- 142:29We have a kettle for boiling water…2.3s
- 152:32And we have a pitcher of water if you just want to drink some water.3.3s
- 162:35Up here you'll notice that we have cupboards…3.5s
- 172:39So cupboards notice it's not pronounced the way it looks.3.9s
- 182:43In a cupboard you'll find things like plates and bowls…5.8s
- 192:49That you can use for eating.2.4s
- 202:52Those are pretty loud!1.4s
- 212:53And if we look over here…1.8s
- 222:56We'll have what we in canada would call a utensil drawer.4.8s
- 233:01So this is a drawer where you would keep spoons forks and knives.6.4s
- 243:08You'll also see this area…1.9s
- 253:10Here is what we would call the counter or the countertop.5.5s
- 263:15You can use both words interchangeably.2.5s
- 273:19So you might use the countertop or the counter to prepare food.4.7s
- 283:23And you'll notice hiding over here in the corner we have a microwave…3.7s
- 293:27Just a small appliance that lets you heat up food really really quickly.4.6s
- 303:32So that's the kitchen.1.1s
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