In a restaurant

READING

1 Read the menu. What would you choose to eat?

2 Read and listen to the dialogue. What doesn’t Jack like?

WAITRESS Hello.
ANNA Hi.
WAITRESS Would you like a table for two?
ANNA Yes, please.
WAITRESS Here are the menus. Two minutes later …
WAITRESS Are you ready to order?
ANNA For me, the potato salad, please. And then the pasta with tomato sauce.
WAITRESS OK, and what would you like to drink?
ANNA A cola, please.
WAITRESS OK. And what would you like?
JACK I’d like the tuna salad, please. But without the tomatoes.
WAITRESS I’m sorry, the salads are ready. We can’t take the tomatoes out.
JACK I see. I don’t like tomatoes. Erm … I’d like the vegetable soup, then.
WAITRESS Excellent. And for the main course?
JACK I’d like fish and chips, please. And a cola, too.
WAITRESS Lovely.

One hour later …

JACK We’d like the bill, please.
WAITRESS Of course. Everything OK?
JACK Great, thanks.
WAITRESS Thanks very much. Here’s your bill.
ANNA Thank you.

3 Read the dialogue again and answer the questions.

4 Who says these things in a restaurant? Choose Waiter/Waitress or Customer.

GRAMMAR
I’d like … / Would you like …?

1 Complete these sentences from the dialogue. Then complete the rule.

2 How do you say I’d like … and Would you like …? in your language?

3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

4 Complete what the people are saying.

5  SPEAKING  Work in groups. One of you is the waiter at Zoe’s café, the others order food and drinks. Act out the situation.

Pronunciation

Intonation – giving two choices

Get it right!

must / mustn’t / can / would

VOCABULARY
Meals

1 Match the words in the list to the items in the picture. Listen and check.

2  SPEAKING  Copy the table into your notebook and complete it. Then tell the class.

Extra exercises

Meals

WRITING
A meal plan for your friend

1 Ask a partner to give you his/her table from Vocabulary Exercise 2. Imagine he/she is staying at your home for the weekend. You want to make meals that he/she likes. Write a menu for him/her.

2 Show your ideas to your partner. Is he/she happy with the meals?