Check out this video entitled ‘How animals eat their food’, that I sure hope makes you laugh or at least puts a smile on your face.

Okay, now I want to present some vocabulary related to how we eat and eating in general.

First let’s look at how we eat, and to do that we need to look at the mouth.

In the mouth we have teeth, which are held in place by gums. We also have a tongue. We use our teeth to bite and chew and we use our tongue and palate to swallow. As we swallow food travels down our throat and esophagus to get to the stomach. In the stomach the food is broken down during the process of digestion. Then the food moves on the small intestines where food is broken down even more before it moves on to the large intestine. Food moves through the large intestine to the end where you find the anus. It is from here that the food material that was not be broken down or digested is removed from the body.

Now, let’s look at some words you can use to talk about eating:

to dine – to eat, specifically to eat dinner

Example: What time are we going to dine tonight?

to devour – to eat quickly due to hunger

Example: After his 10 mile run, Ben devoured his lunch.

to munch – to eat something continuously or over a period of time

Example: Sally munched on chips all afternoon.

to nibble – to take small bites of something

Example: Ezra took a nibble of his dinner and said he didn’t like it.

to nosh – to eat enthusiastically

Example: Everyone is here, it is time to nosh!

to scarf (to scarf down) – to eat something hungrily

Example: I scarfed down the last piece of cake before anyone else could get it.