You chop food into small pieces with a knife. You fry food in hot oil in a pan.
With a knife, in a pan
Try it: Maya: The carrots are too big for the salad. Wei: No problem. I can ___ them. Choose what Wei says. (chop / bake / stir) Answer: chop — The carrots are too big, so Wei can chop them into small pieces.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
chop
Chop a pepper for me, please.
fry
I fry an egg every morning.
In water, in the oven, with a spoon
You boil food in very hot water. You bake food in the oven. You stir food with a spoon.
Try it: Wei: What are we doing with the chicken? Maya: Let's ___ it. It needs an hour in the oven. Choose what Maya says. (boil / bake / chop) Answer: bake — The chicken needs an hour in the oven, so they bake it.