# pot and pan

## Verb + pot or pan

fill a pot (with water)

cover a pot (with a lid)

clean a pot

cook (the potatoes) in a pot

## Common expressions

a set of pots and pans

the bottom of the pot

heat (the soup) in a pot

put a pot on (the cooker)

remove a pot from (the cooker)

## Types of pots and pans

a frying pan

a chip pan

a saucepan

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a soup pot

a cooking pot

a coffee pot

a flower pot

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a teapot

## Exercises:

### Verb + pot or pan

1. ***Fill*** the pot with water, then [*<mark style="color:blue;">bring it to the boil</mark>*](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] before adding the pasta.
2. ***Cover*** the pan with a lid, and let the stew cook slowly until the meat is tender.
3. I hate ***cleaning*** greasy pots and pans.
4. ***Cook*** the peas in that small pot over there.

### Common expressions

1. I’m thinking of buying my mother a new set of pots and pans for her birthday. (c)
2. I put the pot of soup on the cooker to <mark style="color:blue;">heat it up</mark>. (e)
3. The heat was too high and I burnt the bottom of the pot. (a)
4. Remove the pot from the heat, and <mark style="color:orange;">leave it to cool</mark>. (b)
5. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then add the meat and onions. (d)

### Kinds of pots and pans

1. make tea in a ***teapot***
2. fry chips in a ***chip pan***
3. make a stew in a ***saucepan***
4. fry eggs in a ***frying pan***
5. serve the soup straight from the ***soup pot***
6. put the plant in a ***flower pot***
7. serve the coffee in a ***coffee pot***
8. buy a new set of ***cooking pots***

## Notes

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

   *A pot of soup was* [*<mark style="color:red;">simmering</mark>*](#user-content-fn-2)[^2] *on the cooker.*

   *The sausages were <mark style="color:green;">sizzling</mark> in the frying pan.*
2. **Note this expression:**

   *I left the dirty pots and pans in the sink to* [*soak*](#user-content-fn-3)[^3]*.*
3. **A pot plant is one which you grow indoors in a pot - not outside in the garden. And a potted plant can be indoors or outside.**

[^1]: 煮沸

[^2]: 炖，煨

[^3]: 浸泡