Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 12 • Lesson D: Great places to eat

Vocabulary
Eating out
atmosphere (adj)
slow (service) (adj)
special (dinner) (adj)
unfriendly (servers) (adj)

Food
delicious (adj)
tasteless (adj)
tasty (adj)

Other words
hang out (with friends) (v)
recommend (a restaurant) (v)

Writing
Useful expressions
Here are some useful expressions you can use to write about restaurants.

• You can use these adjectives to describe a good restaurant:

The restaurant was good.

The service was excellent.

The servers were friendly.

The meal was delicious.

The food was tasty.

The potatoes were hot.

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• You can use these adjectives to describe a bad restaurant:

The restaurant was terrible.

The service was slow.

The servers were unfriendly.

The meal was awful.

The food was tasteless.

The potatoes were cold.

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