Takeaway Meeting in the Coffee Shop English > Level A1.

1 Starter > At the Coffee Shop

Instructor: YOLETH VALLE Date: May2020

Learner: EDWIN OROZCO TARAZONA – 17990266

Regional Branch: CESAR

Program: TECNOLOGOMECATRONICOAUTOMOTRIZ–1923909

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

Let’s Start!

Cappuccino? Espresso? Let's order a coffee!

Learning Outcome • What do you order at a cafe?

• How often do you go to a cafe?
Exchange personal information about
the home and family in communicative
situations.

Ask your partner:

1
 Takeaway Meeting in the Coffee Shop English > Level A1.1 Starter > At the Coffee Shop

Can Do Statements
• I can ask for things in a shop.
• I can ask what people are doing.
• I can talk about what people are
doing.

2
 Let’s Explore!

Peter orders coffee in a cafe. How does the barista* greet him?

* “Barista” is the word for a coffee shop clerk.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Barista: Hello. Can I help you?

Peter: Hello. How much is the cappuccino and the espresso?
Barista: The cappuccino is $6.50. The espresso is $5.00.
Peter: That's too much. Can I have a medium coffee, please?
Barista: Sure. I am making a fresh pot of coffee now.
Peter: Great.
Peter: Hello?
Sally: Hi, Peter. It's Sally. What are you doing?
Peter: Hi, Sally. I'm studying at Ned's Cafe. What are you doing?
Sally: Nothing. OK, I'm coming to meet you.
Peter: Great, see you soon. I'm ordering a juice for you. Bye. Can I have a
juice, too?
Barista: Sure. Here you are. That's $3.50, please.
Peter: Thank you. Oh, can I also have a glass of water?
Barista: No problem.
 Let’s Practice!

What does Peter say to order his coffee?

Instructions: Read the dialogue again. Match the information from Column A with the
information in Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Can I have a medium

a. A glass of water?
2. How much
b. juice, too?
3. Can I have a
c. Coffee, please?
4. Can I also have
d. Is a cappuccino?

Let’s Practice!

What is Peter doing?

Instructions: Move the words from the box to correctly complete the sentences.

studying ordering make / is making order / I'm coming

Peter: Can I have a medium coffee, please?

Barista: Sure. I am making a fresh pot now.
Peter: Hi, Sally. I am studying at Ned's Cafe.
Sally: OK. I'm coming to meet you.
Peter: Great, see you soon. I'm ordering a juice for you. Bye.
 Extension Activity

Can I help you? Can I have a medium coffee?

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

Self-Assessment YesNo

I write a dialogue about ordering a coffee.

I ask how much things cost.

I read the dialogue with a partner.

a) Write a dialogue between you and
a barista.
b) Ask how much things cost.
c) Write 6 sentences.
d) Practice the dialogue with a partner.
e) Read the dialogue in class.

Barista: Hello. Can I help you?

Cesar: Hello. How much an orange juice?
Barista: The orange juice is $10.50.
Cesar: Hua, it's very costly. How much a glass of water?
Barista: it’s free.
Cesar: yeah. Can I have a glass of water? Please.
Barista: sure.
Cesar: I drink me the glass of water and I am leaving out here, je je je je
 Target Words
• Can I help you? (expression): what a
sales clerk asks a customer
e.g. Clerk: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, one coffee, please.
• cappuccino (noun): espresso with hot milk
and foam
e.g. I like a cappuccino for breakfast.
• espresso (noun): strong black coffee
e.g. I drink espresso every day.
• medium (adjective): average size
e.g. I drink a medium coffee every morning.
• fresh (adjective): new
e.g. I'm making a fresh pot of coffee now.
• to order (verb): to ask for
something in a restaurant
e.g. I am ordering a coffee.
• juice (noun): liquid from fruit or
vegetables
e.g. This orange juice is delicious.
• glass (noun): a container we use to
drink from
e.g. Can I have a glass of juice please?
• water (noun): H2O; a clear liquid
we drink
e.g. Can I have a glass of water,
please?
 Learning Points

The Present Continuous Tense - I, You

You use the Present Continuous tense to talk about current actions - things that are
happening NOW.

You use the verb to be and verb-ing.

Subject To Verb-ing
be
I am studying.

You are eating.

To ask a question use the structure: What are you doing?

Examples:
• Sally: What are you doing?
• Peter: I am studying.

Asking How Much Things Cost

You use the phrase “How much … ?” to ask the amount of money you have to give when you
buy something.

In a store, you can also ask, "What's the price of ... ?"

Examples:
• Customer: How much is the coffee?
Clerk: It is $3.50.
• Customer: What's the price of this new phone?