B1Premium content · 5 min

Planning to Bake Banana Bread Together

Friends discuss a messy cookbook, plan banana bread, and divide baking and shopping tasks.

Activity topic: Making plans and shopping

B1Premium content · 5 min

Planning to Bake Banana Bread Together

Friends discuss a messy cookbook, plan banana bread, and divide baking and shopping tasks.

Activity topic: Making plans and shopping

Vocabulary in this activity

  • That sounds like a good sign.
  • I can help
  • I should warn you—I’m terrible at measuring flour.
  • we need to check before we start
  • Could you also get chocolate chips?
  • That’s fair.

Excerpt

Audrey

Isaac, you won’t believe what happened at the library today.

Isaac

What happened, Audrey? Did someone return a very old book?

Audrey

Almost. A little boy brought back a cookbook, and he had flour all over it.

Isaac

That sounds like a good sign. Was he trying one of the recipes?

Audrey

Yes, he made banana bread with his dad. He said it tasted great, but the kitchen was a mess.

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What you'll practice

  • Sentence-by-sentence audio
  • 18 lines to say out loud, with feedback

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