Listening: A1

Ordering in a café
Listen to people ordering food and drinks in a café to practise and improve your listening
skills.

Before listening
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation task
Write the words in the correct group.

a piece of a glass of freshly squeezed bottled

take away with ice eat in a slice of

Drinks Food Both

Tasks

Task 1
Are the sentences true or false?

Answer
1. Customer 1 orders a large bottle of orange juice. True False
2. The apple juice costs £3.15. True False
3. Customer 2 is not going to have their tea and cake inside the café. True False
4. Customer 2 pays with a twenty pound note. True False
5. Customer 3 orders something to drink. True False
6. The cookie costs 85p. True False

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Task 2
Complete the sentences with words from the box.

front take away squeezed

instead afraid just

1. I’m ……………………………………… we only have bottled juices.

2. I’ll have an apple juice ……………………………………… .
3. Sorry, I wanted freshly ……………………………………… orange juice.
4. To eat in or ……………………………………… ?
5. Sorry, I think I was in ……………………………………… of you.
6. No, thanks, ……………………………………… the cookie.

Discussion
How often do you buy snacks from cafés?

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Tasks

Task 1
Write a number (1–6) to put the sentences in the order that you hear them.

My name isn’t Alison.

Do you know Alyssa?

Nice to meet you too.

Do you remember?

Alyssa was there.

Would you like a drink?

Task 2
Are the sentences true or false?

Answer
1. Julian remembers Alyssa. True False
2. Ben is Alyssa’s brother. True False
3. They were at Ben’s wedding. True False
4. The wedding was in February. True False
5. Julian says the wrong name. True False
6. Alyssa doesn’t want a drink. True False

Discussion
How often do you meet new people?

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