You chop food into small pieces with a knife, peel to take the skin off, and crack an egg to open its shell.
Getting food ready
chop /tʃɑːp/ — chop an onion
peel /piːl/ — peel a potato
crack /kræk/ — crack an egg
Try it: Choose the word: (peel / boil / stir) Answer: peel — The action in the picture is peel.
Cooking with heat
You fry food in hot oil, boil it in very hot water, and bake it in the oven. You stir to mix food while it cooks.
fry /fraɪ/ — fry an egg
boil /bɔɪl/ — boil water
bake /beɪk/ — bake a cake
stir /stɜːr/ — stir the soup
Try it: Choose the word: (boil / bake / chop) Answer: boil — The action in the picture is boil.
Things you cook with
You fry food in a pan, a flat dish for the stove. You boil water in a pot, which is deeper. You mix things in a bowl. And salt and pepper are what you add at the end to make food taste better.
pan — a frying pan
pot — a large pot of water
bowl — Crack the eggs into a bowl.
pepper — Farid added salt and pepper to the dish.
Try it: Lars heats a little oil in a frying ___ before he fries the vegetables. (pan / bowl / pot) Answer: pan — You fry food in a flat pan. A bowl is for mixing and a pot is deep for boiling, so neither one is used for frying.