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Customers Arriving at A Restaurant
Customers Arriving at A Restaurant
In the following conversation in a restaurant in Portugal, a waiter speaks in English to two customers
who have just arrived and want to eat.
From the context, try to guess what the meaning of the words/phrases in bold are. Then do the quiz at
the end to check if you are right.
1. A polite phrase to use when you give a customer something they have asked for (like a menu or salt
& pepper), is___________________________________________________________________________
2. The two places in some restaurants where people can eat, are __________________________________
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3. The two types of water (with gas or without gas) that people drink in restaurants, are _______________
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4. A politer way to ask a customer 'what do you want to drink?', is ________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. A politer way to say 'no problem' or 'yes' when a customer asks you for something, is _______________
______________________________________________________________________________________
6. When you tell a customer that you are going to find and give them menus to read, is ________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
7. A polite phrase used to ask a customer(s) if they want to drink water with their food, is ______________
______________________________________________________________________________________
8. A polite phrase used to tell a customer(s) that they can't sit at a table because it is for somebody else,
is
______________________________________________________________________________________
9. A phrase used to ask customers(s) what they want to order/drink/eat which includes the word 'for', is
______________________________________________________________________________________
10. A politer way to ask a customer 'do you want to eat?', is _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
11. A polite phrase you say to a customer(s) when you take them to a table, is _______________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
12. A menu for wine, is called a ___________________________________________________________
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13. A phrase you ask a customer to confirm how many people they want a table in the restaurant for, is
______________________________________________________________________________________