cook lunch

Meaning

This expression means to prepare a midday meal using heat, such as a stove or oven. It is used when talking about daily routines, meal planning, or hosting friends. It is a very common collocated verb-noun pair.

Examples

• I usually cook lunch around noon on Sundays.

  I usually cook lunch around noon on Sundays.

• What are you going to cook lunch with today?

  What are you going to cook lunch with today?

• She offered to cook lunch for the whole family.

  She offered to cook lunch for the whole family.

• We decided to cook lunch at home instead of eating out.

  We decided to cook lunch at home instead of eating out.

• He is in the kitchen learning how to cook lunch.

  He is in the kitchen learning how to cook lunch.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ make cook lunch

  ✓ cook lunch

  'Cook' is a verb on its own. You do not need to combine it with 'make' in this context.

• ✗ cook the lunch

  ✓ cook lunch

  In English, we do not use the article 'the' before names of meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) unless referring to a specific, previously mentioned meal.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I have some vegetables, so I will ___ at home.

  💡 prepare the midday meal

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  cook lunch

• Would you like me to ___ for us today?

  💡 make food for midday

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  cook lunch