ESL ALS Food preferences| speaking| surveys

Looking for interactive and low-prep speaking activities for your ESL or ELL classroom? This beginner-friendly food themed resource gets students speaking, writing, and building confidence with essential food vocabulary while having fun.

What’s Included:

Speaking Practice Sheets – Students practice asking and answering questions with a partner.
Dialogues & Skits – Three short skits to rehearse, modify, and expand. Perfect for building fluency and confidence in pairs.
Class Survey – Students practice food-related vocabulary while collecting answers and creating their own surveys.
Taste Test Activity – Students share preferences using “I like…” / “I don’t like…” while expanding descriptive vocabulary (sweet, salty, spicy, crunchy, delicious).
My Food Experience – Daily question prompts about food preferences. Students build a bank of sentences over 1–2 weeks, then use them for a short paragraph, oral presentation, or creative template (included chef’s hat).
Mystery Lunch Game – A fun detective-style speaking game where students ask yes/no questions to match classmates with their secret lunches.

Photo Gallery Walk or Question of the Day
Twelve food-themed images are included for flexible speaking and writing practice. Use as a gallery walk to get students moving, or choose one image per day as a quick warm-up or “Question of the Day.”

Skills Practiced:

✔️ Food vocabulary
✔️ Expressing likes, dislikes, and preferences
✔️ Asking and answering questions
✔️ Speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English

This resource is perfect for ESL and ELL students. Activities are flexible for pair work, small groups, or whole-class participation, and they encourage students to speak English with confidence in a fun, low-stress way.

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**