Choose one of the things below and explain what you are thinking of without say any part of its name (so you can’t say “bean” and you can’t say “curd” if you are explaining “bean curd”). Continue explaining until your partner guesses what you are talking about.
| Useful phrases for defining what something is
“It’s an action which…”/ “It’s an action that…” “It’s a place where…”/ “It’s a place which…” “It’s a person/ man/ woman who…”/ “It’s a person/ man/ woman whose…” “It’s a time when…” “It’s a (Chinese/ Japanese) food/ drink/ vegetable/ fruit/ dish/ ingredient/ animal/ tool/ (cooking) implement/ sea creature/ meal which/ that…” “It’s an animal/ sea creature whose…” |
Vocabulary related to food to define
akachochin bar
amazake
barman
bean curd
beansprout
chawan mushi
cha-ya
chef
chewy rice cake
Chinese cabbage/ Chinese lettuce
Chinese dumplings
Chinese meat bun
chuhai
cinema (= movie theater)
cocktail bar
coffee shop
conveyor belt sushi bar
cream tea
crème caramel
curry donut
daikon
dim sum
dinner time
Easter egg
Easter Sunday
elevensies
English breakfast
family restaurant
fish eggs
G&T
girlie bar
gobo
goya
green soy beans
hanami
happoshu
happy hour
hayashi rice
hina matsuri
horse
hostess bars
izakaya
Japanese horseradish
Japanese-style curry
Japanese-style pickles
Japanese-style sweets
karaoke bar
karaoke box
kitchen knife
Korean barbecue
landlady
landlord
liver
lunchtime
maid café
maître d’
mama-san bar
matsutake
miso soup
nabe
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
night market
October
oden
okonomiyaki
omuraisu
pickled plum
ponzu
pork cutlet
powdered green tea
pub
puffer fish
quail
rice ball
rice cracker
rice wine
salmon
sea urchin
seaweed
shabu-shabu
shaved ice
shochu
slurping
soba-ya
somen
sommelier
sous-chef
soy sauce
street stall
summer festival
Sunday lunch
supper time
sweet plum liqueur
sweet potato
sweet red bean jam
sweet rice wine vinegar
tea shop
tempura
theme bar
tonjiru
Valentine’s Day
waiter
waitress
White Day
white tea
wine bar
wok
Xmas day
yakatabune
yakitori
yuzu
Ask about any words above which you don’t understand or couldn’t explain, working together as a class to explain using phrases like those at the top of the page.
Without looking above, brainstorm relative pronouns.
Compare with the ones in the box above. What are the differences between them?
Are the ones on one line below the same or different?
A place which…/ A place where…
who/ that
that/ which
who/ whose
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