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At The Restaurant British English Student
At The Restaurant British English Student
RESTAURANT
How many types of meat/fish/seafood, fruit/vegetable and cooking methods do you know?
2 Restaurant vocabulary
Explain the difference between the following words, and then complete the sentences below.
2. main course b. a small amount of food that you eat before a meal
4 Listening
Listen to the dialogue. Write down what Simon orders for lunch.
Starter:
Main course:
Drink:
Dessert:
5 Ordering a meal
Listen again and complete the missing words from the dialogue:
Read the dialogue again and find expressions for each of the categories below:
1. Taking an order:
2. Ordering:
3. Changing an order:
5. Tipping:
I’d like the .... Can I take your order? This is for you. Do you serve vegetarian dishes?
Work in pairs. Practise ordering a meal from the menu on page 5. Take turns turns to be waiter and
customer.
6 Restaurant dialogue
Put the following phrases in the correct order to form a dialogue between two people having a meal
in a restaurant.
Cheers, here’s to our new friendship.
It’s a local speciality. It’s a stew made of different kinds of cooked fish, seafood and vegetables.
OK, that sounds fine. I’ll have it. And what are you having?
Yes, please.
No problem.
7 Role play
Work in pairs. Prepare a menu of 3 typical dishes from your country and give them to your partner.
Have a conversation in a restaurant similar to the one in the previous exercise. Take turns to be host
and guest.