pot, pan

## Verb + pot / pan

• fill a pot (with water): 把锅（装满水）
• cover a pot (with a lid): 盖上锅盖
• clean a pot: 清洗锅
• cook (the potatoes) in a pot: 把（土豆）放在锅里煮

Common expressions

• a set of pots and pans: 一套锅碗瓢盆
• the bottom of the pot: 锅底
• heat (the soup) in a pot: 在锅里加热（汤）
• put a pot on (the cooker): 把锅放在（炊具）上
• remove a pot from (the cooker): 从（炊具）中取出锅

Types of pots and pans

• a frying pan: 煎锅
• a chip pan: 深平底锅
• a saucepan: 炖锅
• a soup pot: 汤锅
• a cooking pot: 烹饪锅
• a coffee pot: 咖啡壶
• a teapot: 茶壶
• a flower pot: 花盆

1.Verb pot pan

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above verbs:

1. …… the pot with water, then bring it to the boil before adding the pasta.
2. …… the pan with a lid, and let the stew cook slowly until the meat is tender.
3. I hate …… greasy pots and pans.
4. …… the peas in that small pot over there.

2.Common expressions

Match the halves:

1. I’m thinking of buying my mother
2. I put the pot of soup
3. The heat was too high and I burnt
4. Remove the pot from the heat,
5. Heat the oil in a large frying pan,

• a.the bottom of the pot.
• b.and leave it to cool.
• c.a new set of pots and pans for her birthday.
• d.then add the meat and onions.
• e.on the cooker to heat it up.

3.Kinds of pots and pans

Complete the following expressions:

1. make tea in a ……
2. fry chips in a ……
3. make a stew in a ……
4. fry eggs in a ……
5. serve the soup straight from the ……
6. put the plant in a ……
7. serve the coffee in a ……
8. buy a new set of ……

Notes

1. Note these ways of describing food which is cooking in a pot or pan:

   • A pot of soup was simmering on the cooker; the sausages were sizzling in the frying pan.

2. Note this expression:

   • I left the dirty pots and pans in the sink to soak.

3. A pot plant is one which you grow indoors in a pot-not outside in the garden.