Your learning goal
Describe meals, food and drink, express preferences and explain your choices.
Notice and understand
Read the examples aloud. Notice the target vocabulary or grammar and connect each sentence to its meaning.
I prefer rice to pasta.
I like fruit because it is delicious.
Learn and practise
Work through the core lesson first. Use the remaining lessons to extend or revisit the same topic. Your original pathway lessons remain available for independent revision.
Start here · Food and Drinks
Retrieve the core food and drink vocabulary.
Continue learning · Meals and Eating Routines
Describe meals and eating routines.
Continue learning · Likes, Dislikes and Preferences
Express and compare preferences.
Continue learning · Giving Reasons: Taste and Health
Give reasons connected to taste and health.
Quick self-check
Choose your answer, then reveal the explanation. You can repeat this check after completing the linked lessons.
Which verb means “I prefer”?
Aأُفَضِّلُ
Bأَفْضَلُ
Cيُفَضِّلُ
Show answer and explanation
Answer A: أُفَضِّلُ
أُفَضِّلُ is the first-person present-tense verb.
Apply and review
Write four to six connected sentences about this module's topic, or prepare a one-minute spoken response. Use at least two target expressions from the examples and extend your answer with a reason, comparison or time expression where appropriate.