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New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish? Present simple questions with Do you like…?

This A1 ESL lesson plan teaches present simple questions and short answers, asked about New York and Chicago pizza.

Grammar
Present simple questions with do and short answers for I, you, we and they (Do you like pepperoni? Yes, I do.), and when to ask Are you…? instead.
Topic
Thin New York pizza and tall Chicago deep-dish, with taste adjectives such as spicy, salty and cheesy and pizza words like crust and topping.
Activities
Liam's post and its comments to read, a tasting dialogue and Kofi's voice message to hear, self-checking drills, a pizza poll in a chat, partner questions in open boxes and a comment to write.

What's inside

  1. Chapter 1Pizza time!

    • PictureUnlock
    • Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock
    • Study the pizza wordsVocabularyTry it
    • Look at the pictures and chooseChoose by pictureUnlock

  2. Chapter 2Let's read: Team New York or Team Chicago?

    • Look at the photo: New York and Chicago pizzaPictureUnlock
    • Read Liam's postReal-life documentTry it
    • Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Read again and choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  3. Chapter 3Let's listen: thin or tall?

    • Listen to Olivia and KofiListeningTry it
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and choose the right answerQuizUnlock
    • Listen to Kofi's voice messageListeningUnlock
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen to Kofi and choose the right wordChoose the optionUnlock

  4. Chapter 4Grammar: Do you like…?

    • Study the scheme: Do you like…?Grammar schemeTry it
    • Choose the right wordChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps: questions and short answersFill in the gapsTry it
    • Drag the words into the gapsDrag and dropUnlock
    • Choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  5. Chapter 5Let's talk: a pizza poll

    • Choose the right replies: Liam's pizza pollChatTry it
    • Open a box and ask your partnerOpen the boxUnlock

  6. Chapter 6Homework

    • Put the words in the right orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
    • Write a comment for Liam's postWriting, checked by the teacherUnlock
    • Record a voice message for KofiSpeaking, checked by the teacherUnlock

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Taste adjectives and pizza words

10 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+7 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

  • cheese
  • sauce
  • topping
  • pepperoni
  • spicy
  • salty
  • cheesy

Grammar: present simple questions and short answers

A friendly pizza rivalry gives learners real questions to ask: Do you fold your slice? Do you like deep-dish? After I like in lesson 17, they turn statements into questions with do and answer in a few words, and five taste words give them something to say about each pizza.

Do you like…? Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

Put do before you, we or they: Do you like pizza? What toppings do you like?

Do + you, we or they + the verb

A present simple question starts with do, then the person, then the verb with no -s: Do you like spicy food? Do they eat the crust? A question word goes before do: What toppings do you like?

Doyou / we / theylike / eat / have…?

Do you like spicy food?

Do they eat the crust?

What toppings do you like?

Short answers: Yes, I do. No, I don't.

Learners answer with do or don't, never with the main verb: Do you like cheese? Yes, I do. The table also shows Does she like cheese?, labeled A1.2, so the drills keep to I, you, we and they.

QuestionYes ✓No ✗
Do you like cheese?Yes, I do.No, I don't.
he, she, it → A1.2: Does she like cheese?Yes, she does.No, she doesn't.
Do we have cheese?Yes, we do.No, we don't.
Do they eat the crust?Yes, they do.No, they don't.

Are you…? or Do you…?

Learners now have two kinds of questions. With be, the question starts with are: Are you hungry? Yes, I am. With any other verb, it starts with do: Do they eat deep-dish? No, they don't.

be: Are you…?

  • Are you hungry? – Yes, I am.
  • Are they from Chicago? – No, they aren't.

a verb: Do you…?

  • Do you like pizza? – Yes, I do.
  • Do they eat deep-dish? – No, they don't.

Taste words: spicy, sweet, salty, cheesy, hot

Each taste word comes with food learners know: chili peppers are spicy, cookies are sweet, fries are salty, deep-dish is cheesy. Hot has two meanings: very warm, or very spicy.

WordExample
spicy 🌶️Chili peppers are spicy.
sweet 🍪Cookies and candy are sweet.
salty 🍟Fries and potato chips are salty.
cheesy 🧀Deep-dish is very cheesy. It's got lots of cheese.
hot 🔥1. very warm: Careful! The pizza is hot. 2. very spicy: Chili peppers are hot.

Food in general: no a

Talk about food in general without a: Do you like pizza? I like cheese. With mushrooms, toppings and cookies, say the plural: Do you like mushrooms?

Common mistakes

  • Are you like pizza?

    Do you like pizza?

    like is a verb: ask with Do

  • Do you likes cheese?

    Do you like cheese?

    no -s after Do you

  • Yes, I like.

    Yes, I do.

    short answer: do or don't

  • Do you like a cheese?

    Do you like cheese?

    food in general: no a

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What's in the lesson

  • 10 auto-checked exercises
  • 4 games
  • 2 teacher-checked tasks
  • 1 real-life document
  • 1 grammar scheme
  • 1 set of word cards
  • 2 audio clips
  • 2 pictures
  • 2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • ask present simple questions with do: Do you like pepperoni? Do they eat the crust? What toppings do you like?
  • answer with short answers, Yes, I do and No, we don't, instead of repeating the main verb
  • choose Are you…? for be and Do you…? for other verbs: Are you hungry? Do you like pizza?
  • describe food as spicy, sweet, salty or cheesy, and use hot for very warm or very spicy
  • say how New York pizza and Chicago deep-dish are different: New York pizza is thin. Deep-dish is tall.

Lesson 18 of English A1.1 · Hello, World, in the unit Food I love, turns the I like of lesson 17 into questions and sets Do you…? beside the yes/no questions with be from lesson 3. Lesson 20 reviews them at the end of the unit. Every student can join Team New York or Team Chicago, then ask the others Do you like deep-dish?

The warm-up is a spin wheel of food questions, ten pizza words, each with a picture and audio, from eat and try to cheesy, and a picture exercise. Students read Liam's post with its comments and answer questions on it, then listen to Olivia and Kofi share their pizzas (an AI-voiced dialogue) and to Kofi's voice message about pizza night. After the scheme, students choose the right word in questions and short answers, write questions from prompts, drag taste words and short answers into gaps, and take a quiz that ends with both meanings of hot, with every answer checked as they give it. For speaking, they answer Liam's pizza poll in a chat; after that, they open boxes with questions to ask a partner.

Homework starts with two games that check themselves: putting words in order, mostly to build questions like What toppings do you like?, and an anagram of pizza words. Students then write a comment on Liam's post and record a voice message back to Kofi; the teacher reads one and listens to the other.

Grammar:
present simple questions · short answers · Do you like…? · taste words
Topic:
pizza · New York · Chicago · deep-dish · food

Teaching tips

  • Answer the spin wheel questions yourself first, with Yes, I do or No, I don't and a reason, so students hear short answers before they see the scheme.
  • Draw two columns on the board, Are you…? and Do you…?, and write each question students ask in the right one. Hungry and from Chicago go left; like, eat and fold go right.
  • Ask how students eat pizza before the listening: with their hands, or with a knife and fork? Olivia and Kofi answer the same question in the dialogue.
  • Contrast the two meanings of hot before the quiz: a pizza from the oven is hot, and so is a sauce full of chili peppers. The quiz's last two questions test exactly this.
  • End with the vote Kofi asks for in his voice message, Team New York or Team Chicago, and have each student give one reason with I like… or I don't like…

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    1. Lesson 1Hi, hey, howdy or aloha?The verb to be with I and you
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    3. Lesson 3Six languages at the UNYes/no questions with be and short answers
    4. Lesson 4Review: hello from the Statue of LibertyThe verb to be and yes/no questions, reviewed

  2. Unit 2 My people

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    1. Lesson 5Why is Mother's Day in May?Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her
    2. Lesson 6Best in show!Have got and the possessive 's
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    3. Lesson 15Can a dorm room be cozy?Opposite adjectives and have got
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    2. Lesson 18 · you're hereNew York pizza or Chicago deep-dish?Present simple questions and short answers
    3. Lesson 19A coffee to go, please!Ordering food with I'd like and Can I have…?
    4. Lesson 20Review: lunch from a food truckI like, Do you like and I'd like, reviewed

  6. Unit 6 My day

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    1. Lesson 21What time is it in Times Square?Telling the time and daily routines
    2. Lesson 22Who brings the mail?The present simple with we and they
    3. Lesson 23Is it morning in Hawaii?Prepositions of time with parts of the day
    4. Lesson 24Review: a New York morningTime, routines and days, reviewed

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Questions about this lesson

How do you make present simple questions in English?
To make a present simple question, put do before the person and the verb: Do you like pizza? Do they eat the crust? The verb never takes -s after do, so Do you likes cheese? is wrong, and with he, she and it the question takes does: Does she like cheese? These questions run through New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai.
Where does the question word go in a present simple question?
In a present simple question, the question word comes first, before do, the person and the verb: What toppings do you like? Where do you eat pizza? A question with what or where needs a full answer, not yes or no: I like pepperoni and mushrooms. Yes, I do answers only the questions that start with do.
Is it "Are you like pizza?" or "Do you like pizza?"
It's Do you like pizza?, because like is a verb, and a present simple question with a verb other than be starts with do. Are you…? is for be, before a word like hungry or a place: Are you hungry? Are they from Chicago? The answer matches the question, too: Yes, I do after Do you…?, but Yes, I am after Are you…?
Is it "Yes, I like" or "Yes, I do"?
The short answer is Yes, I do, not Yes, I like, because do or don't stands in for the main verb: Do you like pepperoni? Yes, I do. To say more, add a full sentence: Yes, I do. I love it! In the pizza poll of New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, Yes, I like! and Yes, I am! are wrong replies.
What are taste adjectives in English?
Taste adjectives describe how food tastes, and good first ones are spicy, sweet, salty and cheesy: a spicy sauce, sweet cookies, salty fries, a cheesy pizza. They also work after be: Chili peppers are spicy. Cookies and candy are sweet. For a question about taste, keep be: Is the sauce spicy?
What does "hot" mean when you talk about food?
When you talk about food, hot means very warm or very spicy, and the context shows which. In Careful! The pizza is hot, it means just out of the oven; in This sauce is hot, it means full of chili peppers. To make the second meaning clear, say spicy instead: Do you like spicy food?
What "Do you like…?" questions can you ask about food?
Good Do you like…? questions about food ask about everyday dishes and tastes: Do you like pizza? Do you like pepperoni? Do you like spicy food? Do you like sweet food? Each takes a short answer, Yes, I do or No, I don't, and a reason can follow: No, I don't. I don't like spicy food. For more than yes or no, ask What toppings do you like?
How do I teach present simple questions to beginners?
Teach present simple questions with Do you like…? and a food people argue about, so the answers are real. The edio.ai lesson New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish? first shows the questions in a post and a dialogue, then has students write them from prompts like (they / eat) and drag short answers into gaps. Its scheme sets Are you…? beside Do you…?, so the old pattern isn't lost.
What's a good game for practicing present simple questions?
A question-box game for pairs works well: one partner opens a box and asks the question inside, such as Do you eat pizza with your hands?, and the other answers Yes, I do or No, I don't. Eight boxes make up the game in New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish? on edio.ai: seven hold a question, and the last asks for two toppings you like and one you don't.
How do you practice present simple questions one-to-one?
One-to-one, swap roles so the student asks too: they ask Do you eat the crust?, you answer No, I don't, and then you ask back. In the chat, the student answers a pizza poll alone, choosing each reply. After it, the open-the-box questions work for two, with the student asking first.
What's good homework for practicing present simple questions?
A short written reply that ends with a question makes good homework: the student gives an opinion, then asks one Do you like…? back. On edio.ai, the homework of New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish? is a comment on a pizza post, written after a self-checking word-order game and a pizza-word anagram. A voice message answering Do you like spicy food? goes to the teacher along with it.
Are there interactive exercises for present simple questions?
Yes, interactive gap-fills and chats can check each question and answer as students give them. With no account needed, the page of New York pizza or Chicago deep-dish?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, plays a post about the two pizzas, a tasting dialogue, a gap-fill that turns prompts like (they / eat) into Do they eat…?, and a pizza poll in a chat. Its other exercises unlock with an account.
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