Home Economics – Primary 6 Weekly Short Class Lesson Notes for Second Term

WEEK 8 – TYPES OF KITCHEN

MEANING OF KITCHEN

A kitchen is a special room or place in the home where food is prepared, cooked, and sometimes stored.

 

TYPES OF KITCHEN

Kitchens can be grouped based on where they are located:

1. Indoor Kitchen – This is a kitchen located inside the house. For example: Modern house kitchen.

2. Outdoor Kitchen – This is a kitchen built outside the main house.  For example: Traditional cooking area.

3. Open Kitchen – This is a kitchen that is not separated by walls and opens into the living or dining area.

 

DIFFERENT TYPES OF KITCHEN ARRANGEMENTS

Kitchen arrangement means how kitchen equipment and furniture are placed.

1. Single-Line Kitchen – All kitchen items are arranged in one straight line.

2. L-Shaped Kitchen – Kitchen units are arranged in the shape of the letter “L”.

3. U-Shaped Kitchen – Kitchen units are arranged in the shape of the letter “U”.

4. Galley Kitchen – Kitchen units are arranged on two opposite walls.

 

USES OF THE KITCHEN

1. Cooking food

2. Preparing meals

3. Storing food items

4. Washing plates and utensils

5. Keeping cooking tools and equipment

 

10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)

INSTRUCTIONS – Choose the correct answer from the options A – D.

1. A kitchen is a place where food is ______.

A. eaten only

B. sold

C. prepared and cooked

D. thrown away

 

2. A kitchen located inside the house is called a ______.

A. outdoor kitchen

B. indoor kitchen

C. market kitchen

D. public kitchen

 

3. A kitchen built outside the main house is known as a ______.

A. outdoor kitchen

B. open kitchen

C. indoor kitchen

D. modern kitchen

 

4. An open kitchen is a kitchen that ______.

A. has no roof

B. is inside a bedroom

C. opens into the living or dining area

D. is outside the house

 

5. A kitchen arrangement shaped like the letter “L” is called ______.

A. U-shaped kitchen

B. single-line kitchen

C. galley kitchen

D. L-shaped kitchen

 

6. In a single-line kitchen, equipment are arranged in ______.

A. one straight line

B. a circle

C. a square

D. two lines

 

7. A galley kitchen has units on ______.

A. two opposite walls

B. one wall

B. three walls

D. the ceiling

 

8. Which of the following is NOT a use of the kitchen?

A. Cooking food

B. Washing plates

C. Storing food

D. Sleeping

 

9. Which kitchen arrangement uses three sides?

A. L-shaped

B. U-shaped

C. single-line

D. open

 

10. The kitchen is important because it helps in ______.

A. playing games

B. food preparation

C. watching television

D. sleeping

 

FILL IN THE GAP QUESTIONS

11. A kitchen is a place where food is ______ and cooked.

12. A kitchen outside the house is called an ______ kitchen.

13. A ______ kitchen opens into the living or dining room.

14. In a ______ kitchen, all equipment are arranged in one line.

15. One use of the kitchen is ______ food items.

 

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

16. What is a kitchen?

17. Mention two types of kitchen.

18. What is a kitchen arrangement?

19. Name two types of kitchen arrangements.

20. State two uses of the kitchen.

 

ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. A  8. C 9. B 10. B 11. prepared 12. outdoor 13. open 14. single-line 15. storing

16. A kitchen is a place where food is prepared and cooked.

17. Indoor kitchen and outdoor kitchen.

18. Kitchen arrangement is the way kitchen equipment and furniture are arranged.

19. L-shaped kitchen and U-shaped kitchen.

20. I. Cooking food, II. Washing plates and utensils