Eating Out: Lower Intermediate Listening

• Listen to the three restaurant conversations.

• Fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases.
• The tracks shall be played twice.
• Answers shall be revealed at the end of the second play.

This exercise is scored out of 10 with a pass mark of 7.

Conversation 1

1. The customer believes that he has been ________________ for some sparkling water.
2. The waiter is going to resolve the problem by getting the cashier to _________________ one bottle from the
bill.

Conversation 2

3. The group booking is made up of 12 actors from the theatre, and they are _______________ customers.
4. The waitress needs to take their ___________ ____________.
5. The waitress says that she hasn’t taken their orders yet because they are ___________ ___________ this
evening.

Conversation 3

6. The diner likes his steak cooked ______________ instead of _______________.

7. When the steak comes back, the diner complains that the steak is ______________.

Adapted from English for International Tourism Pre-Intermediate by Iwonne /10

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Dubicka and Margaret O’Keeffe (Pearson: 2002)
Answers

Conversation 1

1. The customer believes that he has been overcharged for some sparkling water.
2. The waiter is going to resolve the problem by getting the cashier to deduct one bottle from the bill.

Conversation 2

3. The group booking is made up of 12 actors from the theatre, and they are regular customers.
4. The waitress needs to take their drinks orders.
5. The waitress says that she hasn’t taken their orders yet because they are very busy this evening.

Conversation 3

6. The diner likes his steak cooked medium instead of rare.

7. When the steak comes back, the diner complains that the steak is overdone/burnt.

What was your score out of 10?

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