Children Food

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Type: Vocabulary
Originally published on May 20, 2020 and last updated on February 4, 2023

When I was a child I didn’t like eating fruit or vegetables.

I preferred to eat junk food like cakes, crisps or sweets.

Now that I’m old I realise how important it is to eat fruit and vegetables, so I try to eat them every day and I try to avoid eating junk food.

Instructions:
Go through the vocabulary below with your students and ask them to try and use this vocabaulry where possible when discussing the different conversation questions.

Useful Vocabulary

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  • food (noun)
  • children (noun)
  • popular (adjective)
  • favourite (adjective)
  • eat (verb)

Conversation Questions

  • What food did you like when you were a child?
  • Did you like eating vegetables when you were a child?
  • What was your favourite vegetable when you were a child?
  • Did you like eating fruit when you were a child?
  • What was your favourite fruit when you were a child?
  • What did you like eating when you were a child?
  • What was your favourite thing to eat when you were a child?
  • What do you eat now that you didn’t eat when you were a child?
Gregory
This conversation topic was prepared by Gregory

Gregory is a qualified TEFL teacher who has been teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL) for over a decade. He has taught in-person classes in Spain and to English learners around the world online.