Reading and Writing Portfolio 4

Reading restaurant adverts

Writing messages (1): an email
Going out Review Present Simple; suggestions;
requests
1 a Read adverts A–C for places to eat in Bristol, England. Then fill in the table.

place opening times type of food type of music

La Trattoria 1 Tues–Sun 12–11.30 p.m. 2 3

The Goodwood Hotel 4 5 6

The Boston Bar 7 8 9

b Read the adverts again. Then answer the questions.

1 Is the Italian restaurant open on Mondays?

A
No, it isn’t. La Trattoria
2 What’s the phone number of the hotel? Restaurant
Traditional Italian
pizza, pa sta , sa lads
–11.30 p.m.
Is The Boston Bar open at lunchtime? Open Tues –Sun 12 .
ening from 8 p.m
3
Live jazz ever y ev
BS22 2RG
2 Elm St, Br istol,
4 Does the Italian restaurant have music on Sundays?
Tel: 0117 496 3455

5 How many rooms has the hotel got?

B THE GOODWOOD
6 What time does the music start in The Boston Bar? HOTEL
67 Goodwood Rd, Bristol, BS13 4RS
Stay in one of our 34 luxury rooms
or have
7 What’s the address of the Italian restaurant? dinner in our traditional English rest
aurant
(open 6.30 –11 p.m. ever y day).
WEDDINGS | ANN IVER SAR IES
| CON FER ENCES
2 Teresa, Robbie and Sarah live in Bristol. Read about their
For reser vations call 08081 570
plans for the weekend. Choose a restaurant A–C for each 848
or email us at enquiries @goodw
person. oodbristo l.com

TERESA It’s my husband Derek’s birthday on Saturday.

We want to go to a nice quiet restaurant with our children,

THE BOSTON BAR

Jenny and Liam. Jenny doesn’t like Italian food and Liam
only eats English food. My husband isn’t a problem – he eats C
anything!
Have a drink and relax in our friendly
American-style bar.
ROBBIE My friend Ian wants to go out on Saturday Try our world-famous burgers!
evening. He really likes going to places with music, but he Open 7 days a week 6 p.m.–2 a.m.
p.m.
hates jazz. And I don’t want to go to a restaurant that closes
Live rock music every night from 10
before midnight.
0117 496 1097
23 Clif ton Rd, Bristol, BS8 6RT Tel:
ple !
SARAH I want to go out on Saturday night with my friend Great food, great music, great peo
Gloria. We’d like to go to a nice restaurant with good food.
Gloria loves pizza and I want to go to a place with live music.

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3 Robbie and Ian email each other about Saturday 5 Complete Sarah and Gloria’s emails. Use the phrases
night. Put their emails in the correct order. in 4a to help you.

A C Hi Sarah
That sounds good. Where Let’s meet at the bar at nine. How are you? 1 What do you want to do on
shall we meet? The address is 23 Clifton Rd. Saturday? 2 I’d like to go to a restaurant.
Ian See you there. 3 any ideas?
R
Gloria

B 1 D
Hi Gloria
Hi Robbie Hi Ian Yes, 4 La Trattoria?
What do you want to do What about The Boston Bar?
It’s in Elm Street. It’s an Italian restaurant – and
on Saturday night? Shall we It’s got live music and it
go to a bar? I’d like to go it’s got live jazz.
closes at 2 in the morning.
to a place with music. Have Robbie Sarah
you got any ideas?
Ian

Italian food and jazz? Yes, that

HELP WITH WRITING 5 .
Messages (1): an email 6 we meet?
4 a Look at the emails in 3 again. Fill in the gaps in
G
these sentences with one word.
MAKING SUGGESTIONS

1 What do you want to do?

7 at the restaurant.
2 we go to (a bar)? 8 there at about
3 Have you got any ? eight.
4 like to go to (a place with music). S
5 What (The Boston Bar)?
6 That good. 6 a You want to go out on Saturday night with
a friend. Make notes on these things.
PLANNING TO MEET
● the place you want to go to
7 shall we meet? ● why you want to go there (food, music, etc.)
8 meet at (the bar) at (nine). ● time and place to meet
9 See you . b Write an email conversation between you and
your friend. Write four messages.
b Notice what we say in emails to friends.
● Use your notes from 6a.
● We often begin emails to friends with Hi + name.
● Use phrases from 4a in your emails.
● We usually end with our first name (Robbie) or the
initial of our first name (R). ● Read and check for mistakes.
● We don’t write emails in capital letters. It’s not very ● Give your emails to your teacher next class.
polite.
Tick the things you can do in English in the
Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.

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