British meals (Pre-intermediate level)

• Breakfast: It is usually a packeted cereal (e.g. cornflakes) and / or toast and marmelade. Although this is not the "traditional breakfast" or " "English breakfast" which also includes a "fry-up" (a lot of fried items such as sausages, eggs or bacon) . Only 10% of the population has an "English breakfast".


• Elevenses: They have a cup of tea or coffee (nowadays they drink more coffee than tea) and some biscuits at around eleven o'clock.


• Lunch: It's typically at one o'clock. But it is often a bit earlier for schoolchildren and those who start work at eight o'clock.


• Tea: This is usually considered the evening meal. It is eaten as soon as people get home from work (at around six o'clock). But some people have a snack and tea at around four.


• Supper: For people who have a cup of tea at four, this is the evening meal.


• Dinner: this suggests something big and eaten comparatively late (at around eight o'clock). It is associated with formality. Many people talk about "Christmas dinner" even if they have it in the middle of the day. It is also sometimes used to refer to the midday meal in schools.