Exercise 19

Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.

1. Waiter, could you bring me my account / bill / addition please?

2. It’s a very popular restaurant – we should apply for / book / keep a table.

3. If you’re hungry, why not ask for a large dish / plate / portion?

4. Please help / serve / wait yourself to salads from the salad bar.

5. Waiter, can I see the catalogue / directory / menu, please?

6. This fish is not what I called / commanded / ordered.

7. This dish / plate / serving is a speciality of our restaurant.

8. Have you tried the crude / raw / undercooked fish at the new Japanese restaurant?

9. Paul never eats meat, he’s a vegetable / vegetarian / vegetation.

10. Have you decided what to have for your main course / food / helping?

11. Can you give me the prescription / instructions / recipe for this pie? It’s delicious.

12. Waiter, I can’t eat this meat. It’s under- done / developed / nourished.

13. Is the hamburger for you to eat here or to go out / take away / carry on?

14. That was fantastic! Could I have a second course / service / helping, please?

Listening

You will hear two conversations that take place in a restaurant. In conversation 1, a woman is ordering a meal, and in conversation 2, a man is ordering a meal. Listen to both conversations and answer this question: Who cares more about health, the man or the woman? Fill in the following lists of foods and drinks, writing M next to the foods or drinks that the man orders and W next to the foods or drinks that the woman orders.

Main dishes	Side dishes	Desserts	Beverages
Pork chops	Rice	Lemon cake	Coffee
Fried chicken	Potatoes (mashed or French fries)	Strawberries	Tea
Sole	Sweet potatoes	Apple pie	Milk
Cod	Baked beans	Ice cream	Water
Steak	Biscuits and gravy	Fruit salad	Kefir
Stuffed duck	Green salad	Chocolate pie	Orange juice
	Vegetable beef soup	Jelly

Exercise 20

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions. Then use them to complete the conversation between the waiter and two customers.

coffee you like some Would

order to wine you like some Would

water Fizzy still mineral or

table two a We’d for like

bill have Can the we

menu have we the Could

included service the Is

First pâté I’d the like

like How you steak would the

lamb like course the I’d chops the for main

like vegetables you What would

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Waiter George Waiter George Waiter

Good evening, sir. Good evening, madam. Good evening. A) ______________________________________, please. Certainly. Is this table all right? That’s fine. B) ________________________________________, please? Certainly. The soup of the day is French onion soup.

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Waiter George Linda Waiter George Linda Waiter Linda Waiter Linda Waiter Linda George Waiter George

Are you ready to order? Yes. C) __________________________________________________. And for me the prawn cocktail. Yes, madam. And then D) ______________________________________________. And I’d like a steak. E) ______________________________________________________? Medium, please. That’s fine. F) _____________________________________________? Potatoes and cauliflower, please. G) ______________________________________________________? Yes. Can I see the wine list? A bottle of French red. And some mineral water, please. H) _______________________________________________________. Still, please.

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George Waiter Linda George Waiter George Waiter George Waiter

That was delicious! Thank you very much. I) ____________________________________? Yes. Black, please. And J)___________________________________________________? Of course. K) ______________________________________________________? No, it isn’t, sir. Can I pay by credit card? Yes, that’s fine.

Exercise 21

Make up a twenty-line dialogue called “At the Restaurant.” Use the following words and phrases:

1. a menu-card, 2) wine-list, 3) let me have, 4) what shall I help you to?, 5) to uncork a bottle, 6) what shall we have for ..?, 7) what can you suggest for. .?, 8) here is to . . ., 9) would you care for .. .?, 10) may I trouble you for . .?

 Speaking

What do you say if:

• You want to invite smb to dinner;

• Smb invites you to dinner;

• You want to see the menu;

• You give smb the menu;

• You like a dish very much;

• You want to have a steak (fruit, fish);

• You have enjoyed dinner;

• You want to drink smth.

Exercise 22