25 Food Conversation Questions + Picture Practice

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25 Food Conversation Questions + Picture Practice
Warm-up:
1. What did you have for breakfast today?
Favourite foods and preferences
2. What are some of your favourite foods?
3. Do you have a favourite type of international food (for example: Italian, Mexican,
Japanese)?
4. What foods did you like the most when you were a child?
5. What are your favourite comfort foods? (Comfort food is usually food from your
childhood or food that is warm and filling. It makes you feel happy and safe.)
6. Do you like spicy food? How often do you eat it? (Spicy means hot. Spicy foods have
an ingredient like chili peppers, chili powders, or hot sauces.)
Eating habits
7. What do you usually eat for breakfast?
8. What time do people usually eat lunch and dinner in your country?
9. Do you usually buy snacks at the cinema? If so, what do you buy?
10. After dinner, do you sometimes have extra food? This extra food is called leftovers.
Do you eat the leftovers on the next day?
Eating out / Eating at restaurants
11. How often do you eat out? (Eat out means to eat at restaurants or other places
outside of your home.)
12. Do you have a favourite restaurant? What is it?
13. Is it expensive to eat out in your city? Where can you eat well but not spend too
much money?
14. When you eat out, what do you usually drink?
15. What food or drink should tourists try if they visit your region?
Food and family
16. Who is the best cook in your family? What do they make that you love?
17. When you were a child, did you have to finish all the food on your plate, or could
you leave some food?
18. Do you sometimes throw food away today? This means you put the food in the
garbage.
19. In some cities, people can put food waste in a special bin, called compost. Does
your city have a compost program?
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Healthy eating
20. How often do you eat junk food, like chips, chocolate, or French fries?
21. Do you prefer salty snacks or sweet snacks?
22. Do you drink enough water every day? Do people in your country usually carry water
bottles when they go to work or school?
23. Do you think it is easy to eat a healthy diet? Why or why not?
24. What foods should people eat to be healthy? What foods should they avoid?
Special occasions
25. Are there foods you only eat on holidays or on other special days? Do you like these
foods?
Food conversation picture practice
Look at the food options. Which one do you prefer? Why? Here are some structures you
can use:
I prefer _____ to _____. (Example: I prefer salad to pizza.)
I like _____ more than _____. (Example: I like ice cream more than French fries.)
I prefer _____ because _____. (Example: I prefer chocolate because I like sweet snacks.)
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