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 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 heat it up. (e)

3. The heat was too high and I burnt the bottom of the pot. (a)

4. Remove the pot from the heat, and leave it to cool. (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 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 .

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.