Eating Out
1.- Vocabulary – Restaurants
Waiter: camarero
Customer: cliente
Menu: menú
Starters: primer plato
Main course: plato principal
Dish of the day: plato del día
Dessert/pudding: postre
The bill: la cuenta
Knife: cuchillo
Fork: tenedor
Spoon: cuchara
Plate: plato
Glass: vaso
To book: reservar
To wait: esperar
To recommend: recomendar
To choose: elegir
To order: pedir
To owe: deber
Useful Expressions
Can I reserve a table?: ¿Puedo reservar una mesa?
Waiter, bring me the menu, please: Camarero, traiga la carta, por favor
What do you recommend?: ¿Qué recomienda usted?
To drink, a bottle of red wine: Para beber, una botella de vino tinto
Is the service charge included?: ¿Se incluye el servicio?
I’m hungry: Tengo hambre
I’m thirsty: Tengo sed
What would you like?: ¿Qué quieres?
I would like….: Quiero
Can I have the bill please?: ¿Puedes traerme la cuenta?
Cheers!: ¡Salud!
Enjoy your meal!: ¡Qué aproveche!
1.A.- Practice
Find the following words in the word search.
Customer / Thirsty / Waiter / Hungry / Cheers / Knife / Spoon / Plate / Glass / Fork
2.- Grammar - Would like
The English are polite when they speak. Usually, in a restaurant the waiter will ask you:
- What would you like to drink? Que le gustaria beber?
- What would you like to eat? Que le gustaria comer?
You respond:
- I would like…… or I’d like a coke, please Me gustaría un coca cola.
- I’d like a club sandwich, please. Me gustaría un sandwich club.
I’d like = I would like
2.A.- Make sentences with "like" or "would like"
Example:
- I have more than 1000 books at home.
- I like to read
1) | My car es thirty years old (buy a new car) | |
2) | Carly´s house is very small (buy new house) | |
3) | John buys a lot of clothes (clothes) | |
4) | We eat chocolate every day (chocolate) | |
5) | I don´t want to go out tonight (stay at home) | |
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3.- Grammar – The Past Simple (Regular Verbs)
Form: Bare Infinitive + ed
WORK
- Present: I work every day.
- Past: I worked every day
WATCH
- Present: I watch television at the weekend.
- Past: I watched television at the weekend.
PLAY
- Present: I play football at school.
- Past: I played football at school.
Use:
1. To talk about things that happened in the past:
- I stayed in that hotel last week.
- He worked all night and finished the project.
2. To talk about the general past and about regular actions:
- We lived in Rome for a year when I was a child.
- Our friends often visited us in Madrid.
3.A.- Practice
Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple.
1) | I very long hours (work) | |
2) | I in London in 1920 (live) | |
3) | My mother when I was 12 years old (die) | |
4) | I work at 09:00am and I at 19:00pm (start/finish) | |
5) | In the 1920s I after five children (look) | |
6) | He me just last month (visit) | |
7) | Las night I my bedroom (clean) | |
8) | My grandmother last year (retire) | |
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4.- Reading
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4.A.- Practice
True or False. Correct the false statements
1) | The customer orders a lemonade | |
2) | The customer order soup as a started | |
3) | The waiter offers the customer some bread | |
4) | The customer has a steak for main course | |
5) | The custumer has a dessert | |
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