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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Let's go out for dinner tonight! Where should we eat?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately use information about food, • I can express preference.

eating and meals in communicative • I can make and respond to offers and
situations. invitations.
• I can talk about food and drink.
Ask your partner:

• Do you like to go out for dinner?

• Who do you go with?
• What's your favorite kind of food?

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Going Out English
English > Level
> Level A1.2
A1.2 Starter
Starter

Let’s Explore!

Peter wants to go out for dinner with Vanessa. What does she feel like* eating?
Let's find out!

* You use “to feel like” with an -ing verb. Example: I feel like going to the park.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Peter: Hello?
Vanessa: Hey Peter, it's me, Vanessa.
Peter: Oh Hi! What's up?
Vanessa: Are you free this evening?
Peter: Yes, I am. Would you like to go out?
Vanessa: Yes! I'd like to try a new restaurant.
Peter: Sounds good! Should we go downtown?
Vanessa: Yeah! There are a couple of new places I would like to try.
Peter: Which ones? I could meet you there.
Vanessa: Well, there is this Mexican place ...
Peter: How about Thai Basil? I hear it's very good. Do you feel like eating Thai?
Vanessa: That's a fab idea. We could also have dessert afterwards.
Peter: Why not? There is a great cheesecake place nearby.
Vanessa: Ok! We should call to make a reservation.
Peter: Yes. Would you like to invite Sally, too?
Vanessa: Sure!

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Let’s Practice!

Let’s talk about food and drink! Did you understand the dialogue?
Instructions: Select the correct answer.

Peter and Vanessa decide to go to a …

 Thai restaurant.
 Mexican restaurant.
 Japanese restaurant.

After dinner, they could …

 go to the library.
 go to a cheesecake place.
 go home.

What should Peter and Vanessa do before they go?

 They should make a conservation.
 They should make a preservation.
 They should make a reservation

Let’s Practice!

Let’s practice! That’s a fab* idea! *“A fab idea” = great idea!

Instructions: Read the sentences. Fill in the blank with the missing word. Use: fab
idea, like to, Do you feel, Would, free, I’d like.

1. Vanessa: Are you ______ this evening?

2. Peter: Yes, I am. _________ you like to go out?

3. Vanessa: Yes! _________ to try a new restaurant.

4. Peter: __________ like eating Thai?

5. Vanessa: That’s a ___________.

6. Peter: Would you __________ invite Sally too?

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TakeawayGoing Out
Going Out English
English > Level
> Level A1.2
A1.2 Starter
Starter

Extension Activity

Let's go out tonight!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Write a dialogue about going out to a

Self-Assessment Yes No
restaurant.
b) Talk about your favorite food.
I express preference when I
c) Express your preferences about food.
talk about food.
d) Choose one restaurant you both agree
on. I write a dialogue about going
e) Practice saying the dialogue aloud. out to a restaurant.

I talk about food.

Target Words

• to go out (verb): to leave the house • cheesecake (noun): in North America, a

e.g. I want to go out tonight. Let's eat
at Thai Basil!
• downtown (noun): the center of the
city
e.g. There are many good places to eat
downtown.
• how about … (expression): what do •
you think about …
e.g. How about eating Thai tonight?
• to feel like (verb): to want to do
something
e.g. I really feel like eating Thai
tonight.
popular cake made with cream cheese
e.g. There is this new cheesecake place
downtown. Let's go!
• dessert (noun): a sweet food served at the end
of a meal
e.g. Dessert is my favorite part of a meal!
reservation (noun): to get a table before you
go to a restaurant
e.g. We really should make a reservation at Thai
Basil.

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Going Out English
English > Level
> Level A1.2
A1.2 Starter
Starter

Learning Points

Using Modals to Express Preferences About Food

You use the modals could, would, and should to express preferences about food.
You ask questions with modals like Would you like to … ? or Should we … ?
You can use the short form of would in an answer, like I'd like to …

Questions Answers

Would you like to … ? Yes, I'd like/love to …

Should we … ? No, I would prefer to …

Could you come? Yes. I would like to.

Examples:
• Andrew: Would you like to eat Thai food tonight?
Beth: Yes! I'd love to try a new restaurant.
• Andrew: Should we make a reservation at Thai Basil? Could you meet me at 7?
Beth: I don't feel like eating Thai. I would prefer to eat Japanese food.

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