English for FunFood and fruit words in English for kids
Tap a picture to hear the word. Fruit, vegetables, drinks and treats: 30 words children use every day.
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Good to know
- You can count apples, but not rice: say "an apple", "two bananas", but "some rice", "some milk", "some bread".
- "An" goes before a vowel sound: an apple, an orange, an egg.
- Strawberry starts with three consonants, "str". Say it slowly first: s-traw-berry.
- Mealtimes are the easiest English lesson: name what is on the plate.
Play at home
- At the table ask "What is this?" and answer together: "It is rice."
- Play shop with real fruit: "Can I have an apple, please?"
- Sort pictures into "fruit" and "not fruit".
Practise with Word Island
Word Island practises all 30 food words on Yummy Kitchen, which opens with full access. Each pack is a set of short games where the child hears, picks and builds the word, says it out loud, and then meets all the pictures again.
Free printable
A one-page A4 chart for "Food and fruit words in English for kids". Print it for the fridge, the classroom wall or pointing practice. Free to share.
Questions
Why do we say "some milk" and not "a milk"?
Milk, rice, bread and juice are usually not counted one by one in English, so they take "some" instead of "a".
Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Scientists call it a fruit; cooks treat it as a vegetable. Either answer is a good conversation with a curious child.
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