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    The document provides examples of useful phrases for customers and waiters/waitresses to use in a restaurant setting. It includes phrases for ordering meals, drinks, asking about preferences, offering food, accepting or refusing offers, deciding on drinks, and asking for the bill. It also provides a multiple choice exercise ordering common restaurant events and sentences to complete using rearranged words.

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    The document provides examples of useful phrases for customers and waiters/waitresses to use in a restaurant setting. It includes phrases for ordering meals, drinks, asking about preferences, offering food, accepting or refusing offers, deciding on drinks, and asking for the bill. It also provides a multiple choice exercise ordering common restaurant events and sentences to complete using rearranged words.

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    Do you know what to say when you are eating out?

    Below there are some examples


    of useful language used in this situation.

    WAITER / WAITRESS CUSTOMER


    Taking notes about the order: Ordering a meal:
    ⇨ Would you like to order? ⇨ Excuse me, waiter, we’d like to order.
    ⇨ Can I help you? ⇨ We are ready to order now.
    ⇨ Are you ready to order? ⇨ I’d like a / an / some…and…
    ⇨ Are you going to try any of our…? ⇨ I want a / an / some…and…
    ⇨ I’ll go for a / an / some…
    Offering Food ⇨ Please bring me a / an / some…
    ⇨ Would you like a / an / some…?
    ⇨ What about a / an / some…? To accept / refuse the offer:
    ⇨ Can I get you a / an / some…?
    ⇨ Yes, please.
    ⇨ Won’t you go for a / an / some…?
    ⇨No, thanks. I’d like/ prefer a / an / some…
    Asking about preferences:
    Deciding about drinks:
    ⇨ Do you prefer…?
    ⇨ I’d like…
    ⇨ How would you like it?
    ⇨ Could you bring me.., please?
    Asking about drinks:
    Asking about the bill:
    ⇨ What would you like to drink?
    ⇨ Could I have the bill, please?
    ⇨ Anything to drink?
    ⇨ Could you bring me the bill, please?
    ⇨ To drink?

    A. Put the following events in the correct order:

    _______ have the main course


    _______ ask for the bill
    _______ sit down
    _______ look at the menu
    _______ book a table
    _______ have the starter
    _______ decide to go out for dinner
    _______ pay the bill
    _______ tip the waiter
    _______ have a dessert
    B. Complete the restaurant menu with words from the box.

    Menu
    Starters Drinks

    Main Courses Desserts

    C. These are sentences commonly used in a restaurant when ordering a meal. Put the
    words in the correct order.

    1. pay / can / with / I / a debit card?


    ______________________________________________________________________
    2. a table / we’d / like / for two.
    ______________________________________________________________________
    3. have / the soup of the day / first / I’ll.
    ______________________________________________________________________
    4. the menu / have / please / we / can?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    5. have / please / can / the bill / we ?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    6. vegetables/ what / like / you / would?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    7. coffee / like / some / you /would?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    8. course / the salmon grill / for / I’d / main / like / my
    ______________________________________________________________________
    9. to drink / what / like / you /would?
    ______________________________________________________________________

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