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Speak & Write
Speak & W rit e

A Read about Enrico’s B Copy and complete the table with
favourite meal of the information about your favourite meal
day and complete the of the day. Then talk in pairs about
day and complete the
table below. weekdays and then about weekends.

What’s your favourite meal of the day?
...
My favourite Who do you usually eat it with?
meal of the ...
day is dinner Where do you have it?
...
On weekdays, my family and I always have What do you often have?
dinner together at home. We’re from Mexico, ...
so I love Mexican food, especially my mum’s.
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We often have spicy bean soup. She cooks it C Read and replace the words in
with meat or fish, and vegetables. It’s very tasty. bold in the sentences 1-4 with
I always eat this meal with a tortilla. subject or object pronouns.
At weekends, we often have dinner at The AVOIDING REPETITION
Taco Palace. This Mexican restaurant makes When writing, try not to repeat the same words all
the best tacos in town. A taco is a tortilla with the time. Use words like:
he/she/it/we/they (subject personal pronouns)
meat, beans, cheese, lettuce and a spicy tomato They
sauce. Yummy! For dessert, we always have I always put nuts in my salad. Nuts are very tasty.
churros. They’re like doughnuts with sugar and him/her/it/us/them (object personal pronouns)
chocolate, and I’m crazy about them. it
I never eat yoghurt. I don’t like yoghurt.

1. My brother and I make smoothies every
afternoon. My brother and I use di erent

kinds of fruit in our smoothies. Smoothies
are good for my brother and me.
2. I have pasta almost every day. Pasta gives
you energy.
3. Doughnuts are my dad’s favourite dessert.
My dad loves doughnuts, so my mum
always makes some for my dad.
4. Tina eats ish, but Tina doesn’t eat meat.
Tina doesn’t like meat.

D Write about your favourite meal of the day.
Write two paragraphs, one for weekdays and one
for weekends. Use the information in activity B.

Favourite meal of the day:
My favourite meal

WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS of the day is...

Who with? On weekdays,...
At weekends,...
Where?

What? bean soup, tortilla TIP! Avoid repetition by
Dessert using pronouns.

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