Cook (A2)
Cuisinier, cuisinière : un métier accessible avec un CAP Cuisine (2 ans, au lycée ou en apprentissage).
What do cooks do?
Listen to a description of the job, then answer the questions.
- General comprehension The main ideas: where cooks work, what they do, and why the job is tiring.
- Detailed comprehension Listen again and find the exact words: deliveries, recipes, safety shoes…
Cooks in action
Look at the pictures and learn the actions of the job.
- Match the pictures and the actions Peel, cut, cook, clean… listen to ten actions and find the right picture for each one.
What don't cooks do?
Listen: what is NOT part of the job?
- General comprehension Who serves the customers? Who chooses the menu? Find out what cooks don't do.
- Detailed comprehension Listen again and find the exact words: dining room, alone, days off…
- Grammar: they don't… Cooks don't serve the customers: practise the negation with “they”.
Lucy and Tom are cooks
From “they” to “he” and “she”.
- Grammar: he / she She works, he washes, she doesn't serve… don't forget the -s!
- Pronunciation: /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/? Works, days, washes: three ways to say the -s. Can you hear them?
Rules in the kitchen
What do cooks have to do? What mustn't they do?
- General comprehension Safety shoes, clean hands, no rings: the rules of the kitchen.
- Detailed comprehension Listen again and find the exact words: rules, on time, smoke…
What can cooks do?
Travel, become a chef, open a restaurant… but not work from home!
- General comprehension Where can cooks work? What can they become one day?
- Detailed comprehension Listen again and find the exact words: abroad, easily, experience…
How to become a cook
School, internships, apprenticeship, exams: the way to the job.
- General comprehension School or apprenticeship? How long does it take?
- Detailed comprehension Listen again and find the exact words: internships, employer, cover letter…
- From school to work: the vocabulary 56 words for all jobs, with ▶ to listen. Hide a column and test yourself!
- From school to work: listen and match Pass an exam, apply for a job, an internship… match the words and their translation.
Money: how much do cooks earn?
Listen to the numbers: salaries in France and in the UK.
- General comprehension How much does an apprentice earn? And a head chef?
- Detailed comprehension 1,800 or 8,100? Listen carefully and find the right numbers.
Check what you know
The whole job profile: translate, then test yourself.
- Say it in English! 20 sentences in French: say them in English, then click to check.
- Test: mark out of 20 They work, she doesn't serve, they mustn't smoke… 20 questions. What's your mark?