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GENERAL ENGLISH · IELTS SPEAKING PART 2 · INTERMEDIATE (B1-B2)

A RESTAURANT
(IELTS SPEAKING
PART 2)
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1 Warm-up

Study the types of restaurants below. Where do you prefer to eat out?

a fast food outlet an upmarket restaurant a pizzeria a self-service restaurant a canteen

2 Describing dishes

Study the adjectives below and put them into the correct category.

bland delicious filling fresh heavy light mouthwatering

nutritious pricey spicy tasteless tasty unhealthy wonderful

Positive:

Negative:

Work in pairs. Think about a restaurant you have been to recently. Give one or two sentences about
the food like in the example below. Make your descriptions more natural and interesting by using
qualifying adverbs such as ‘a bit’, ‘a little’, ‘slightly’, ‘quite’, ‘fairly’, ‘very’, ‘really’, ‘extremely’.

I found the dishes extremely tasty and light. The food was a bit bland, to be honest.

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3 Describing service

Study the adjectives below and put them into the correct category.

efficient excellent fast friendly

poor slow terrible unfriendly

Positive:

Negative:

Now repeat the activity in Ex2, but talk about the service.

4 Describing a restaurant

Complete the sentences below.

bare book crowded huge reasonable tiny

1. It is a place — it has a seating capacity of about 300 people.

2. The interior is very — there’s hardly any decoration at all.
3. The prices are very — much better value than most other restaurants in my town.
4. The portions were . It was like we had a light snack rather than a full meal.
5. The restaurant is usually very — it’s difficult to find a free table.
6. You have to a table in advance because the place gets very busy.

Are there any restaurants in your hometown that can be described with the sentences above?

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5 Practice

Work in pairs. Take turns to answer the cue cards below. Try to use vocabulary from this lesson.
Remember, you have 1 minute to take notes and 1-2 minutes for talking.

Describe your favourite restaurant. You should say:

- where it is

- what kind of food they serve

- how often you go there

And explain why it is your favourite restaurant.

Describe a restaurant you know. You should say:

- where the restaurant is

- what type of food it serves

- how often you go there

And explain why you would recommend this restaurant.

Describe a restaurant you recently visited. You should say:

- what type of restaurant it was

- where it was

- what you ate

And explain whether or not you would recommend this restaurant.

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