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The document provides instructions and examples for practicing ordering food and drinks in a restaurant dialogue. It includes sample dialogues and exercises to practice key phrases used at a restaurant, including asking for a table, menu, placing an order, asking for the bill and checking if service is included.

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4 Functional Language Practice-Students

The document provides instructions and examples for practicing ordering food and drinks in a restaurant dialogue. It includes sample dialogues and exercises to practice key phrases used at a restaurant, including asking for a table, menu, placing an order, asking for the bill and checking if service is included.

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  • Functional Language Practice: Ordering food and drink in a restaurant: This section provides practical exercises for practicing language used in ordering food and drinks at a restaurant, including dialogue and menu-based activities.

Functional Language Practice:

4 Ordering food and drink in a restaurant


1 Put the sentences in the correct order to make a dialogue.
 Teresa Can we have some water, please?
1  Waiter Hello. Are you ready to order?
 Waiter Thank you. Would you like anything to drink?
 Teresa Yes, we are. I’d like the cucumber salad to start, please.
 Waiter Roast lamb with vegetables. Thank you. And what would you like, sir?
 Victor I’d like the mushroom soup to start. Followed by the fish and chips.
 Waiter And for your main course?
 Waiter Of course.
 Teresa Roast lamb with vegetables.

2 Work in groups of three. Practise the dialogue. Change the underlined words using the menu at the
bottom of the page.

3 Put these key phrases in the order that you say them at a restaurant.
  Does it include service?
1   Can we have a table for two, please?
  Would you like coffee?
  Can we see the menu, please?
  Can we have the bill, please?
  Is everything OK for you?

4 SPEAKING   Work in groups of three: two customers and a waiter. Look at the menu below. Prepare
a dialogue. Use the dialogue from exercise 1 as a model. Make sure you include some of the key
phrases in exercise 3. Include the following:
•• Ask for a table.
•• Ask for the menu.
•• Order food and drinks.
•• Ask for coffee.
•• Ask for the bill and check if it includes service.

The Oak Tree Restaurant


Starters Desserts
Cucumber salad  £4.95 Strawberries and ice cream   £4.95
Mushroom soup  £3.95 Orange cake  £3.95
Tomato and cheese salad   £5.50 Fruit pancakes and ice cream   £3.95
Cheese and mushrooms on toast   £4.50

Main courses Drinks


Fish and chips   £9.95 Water  £1.50
Roast chicken and potatoes   £10.95 Orange juice  £2.50
Burger and chips   £9.50 Apple juice  £2.50
Roast lamb with vegetables   £11.95 Cola  £2.50
Cheese and tomato pizza   £8.50 Tea and coffee   £1.90
Pasta with mushrooms   £8.00

Solutions Third Edition Elementary photocopiable © Oxford University Press

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