do the dishes
wash the plates, bowls, utensils, and other items after eating
Guided listening and speaking practice
English shadowing practice: Talking About Things in the Kitchen
Practice naming everyday kitchen items and explaining where things are kept or what they are used for.
Level: B1 · Intermediate
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Session 1 · 15 prepared sentences Kitchen Vocabulary for Everyday English
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The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in the house.
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do the dishesfridge
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fridge
a shorter word for refrigerator Common everyday alternative to refrigerator.
- 011:40The kitchen is one of my favorite rooms in the house.
- 021:44I really like food so i really like kitchens.
- 031:47You'll notice behind me here that a kitchen has a certain number of items.
- 041:52We have the refrigerator or the fridge where you can keep food cold.
- 051:56This fridge has a freezer on the bottom.
- 061:59We also have the stove and generally we call this part the oven…
- 072:05Where you would bake things…
- 082:07Up here we have the stove where you would cook things.
- 092:10If you look behind me here you'll see we have a sink…
- 102:14So when you're all done making your food and eating your food you can do the dishes…
- 112:19You can wash the dishes in the sink.
- 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.
- 132:28We have a coffee maker.
- 142:29We have a kettle for boiling water…
- 152:32And we have a pitcher of water if you just want to drink some water.
Explain the normal purpose of a place, appliance, or storage area.
“We have the refrigerator or the fridge where you can keep food cold.”
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