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Order at a café
After this class, you'll be able to order something in
a café.

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Let’s talk about food and drink

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Put the words in the box in the correct column

We eat... We drink... orange juice

tea
eggs
eggs

coffee

pancakes

toast

water

yogurt

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Match the items

A D
1. fish

2. chicken

3. sandwich

4. pasta B E

5. vegetables

6. rice

C F

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Read the texts and practice
Rita
What do you eat for breakfast?
I don’t eat much in the morning – I have a cup
of coffee (essential!) and a small bowl of
muesli. At the weekend, I have a croissant.
What about lunch and dinner?
I’m vegetarian so I have a cheese or hummus
sandwich for lunch. Or maybe a falafel
sandwich if I eat out. Then for dinner it’s pasta
or a veg curry with rice.
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Mohamed
What do you eat for breakfast?
A lot! Fried eggs on toast with beans or
avocado, a bowl of cereal or yogurt, a fruit
salad and a pot of tea to go with it!
What about lunch and dinner?
I have a smaller lunch. Maybe a wrap or a
couscous salad. For dinner I have grilled meat
or fish with chips and vegetables. Then ice
cream or cheesecake for dessert. Yum!
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Your turn!

Tell your partner what you eat for breakfast,

lunch and dinner.

I eat cereal and drink orange juice for breakfast.

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Put the sentences in the correct order

Server: Breakfast tea?

Server: OK. So that’s one lemonade, one cup of

regular tea, one OJ, the eggs and avo on
toast and the pancakes… Coming right up!

Customer #1: A lemonade for me, please.

Server: Hi! What would you like to drink? 1

Customer #2: And I’ll have the American pancakes.

Customer #1: Thanks!

Server: Anything to eat?

Customer #1: I’d like the eggs and avocado and toast.

Customer #2: Yes, please.

Customer #2: And I’ll have a cup of tea and an orange juice.

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A, an and the

We use the articles a and an with singular nouns.

We use a with nouns that start with consonant sounds (/b/, /d/, /f/ etc.)
and an with nouns that start with vowel sounds (/e/, /æ/, /ɒ/):

A coffee. An orange juice.

/k/ /ɒ/

the is also an article but is used in a different way:

a, an Indefinite, for nonspecific things or people

the Definite, for specific things or people

I’ll have a pizza. (Any pizza that you make, not a specific one.)
The pizza looks good. (The specific pizza I’m looking at, not any other pizza.)

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Complete the sentences

Server: Hi! What would you like to drink?

Customer #1: A lemonade for me, please.

Customer #2: And I’ll have ___ cup of tea and ___ orange juice.

Server: Breakfast tea?

Customer #2: Yes, please.

Server: Anything to eat?

Customer #1: I’d like ___ eggs and avocado and toast.

Customer #2: And I’ll have ___ American pancakes.

Server: OK. So that’s one lemonade, one cup of regular tea, one OJ,
the eggs and avo on toast and the pancakes… Coming right up!

Customer #1: Thanks!

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Complete the sentences to create a dialogue

Server: Hi! What would you like ___________ ?

Customer #1: A(n) ___________ for me, please.

Customer #2: I’ll have ___________ and ___________.

Server: ___________?

Customer #2: Yes, please.

Server: Anything ___________?

Customer #1: I’d like ___________.

Customer #2: And I’ll have ___________.

Server: OK. So that’s ___________________________

___________________… Coming right up!

Customer #1: Thanks!

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Plurals

We add -s to make regular plural nouns:

a cup two cups

/s//s/
When a noun ends in -ch/-sh/-s/-x we add -es:

a glass two glasses

/ɪz//ɪz/
When a noun ends in -y we add -ies:

a country two countries

/z/ /z/

Some plurals are irregular:

person people child children

woman women man men

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Complete with the correct plural noun

A cup of tea Two cups of tea

1. A pot of coffee

2. A glass of lemonade

3. A portion of chips

4. A plate of salad

5. A bottle of wine

6. A pint of beer

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Your turn!
What would you like to order?

Dimitra’s Café- Menu

Drinks Breakfast

Americano £2.00 Toast & Jam £3.00

Cappuccino £2.20 English Breakfast £9.00
Latte £2.20 Omelette £6.50
Orange/apple juice £2.00 Sausage sandwich £4.00
Still/sparkling water £1.50 Avocado on toast £4.00

Lunch Dessert

Ham/Cheese Panini £6.00 Ice cream scoop (ask for flavours) £1.50
Soup £6.00 Chocolate brownie £3.00
Mediterranean salad £8.50 Fruit salad £4.00
Burger & chips £9.00 Victoria sponge cake £3.50
Veggie burger & chips £9.00 Tiramisu £4.00
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