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At the Café: I'd like
Students practise I'd like, Would you like…? and Can I have…? to order food and drink, then write a short café conversation.
Would like · Cafe · Food drink
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use I'd like / would like accurately
- Learn and use 21 words and phrases in 2 sets: Ordering in a café, Food and drink
- Read for detail: At the café
- Writing task: In a café
Stages · 40 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about cafe and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 10 minControlled practice: Ex. 2–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Download all (ZIP, 2 PDFs)Grammar notes
I'd like = I want (polite)
- I'd like a coffee, please. (I'd like = I would like)
- I like coffee = always, in general. I'd like a coffee = I want one now.
- I'd like + a thing: I'd like a glass of water (not I'd like to a glass of water).
Offers and requests
- Would you like a drink? — Yes, please. / No, thank you.
- Can I have the bill, please? (not Can I to have the bill?)
Drinks
- a cup of tea · a cup of coffee · a glass of water · a glass of juice
- Don't forget of: a cup of coffee (not a cup coffee).
Study tips
- Practise with a partner: one person is the waiter, one is the customer.
- Learn the café questions as whole phrases: Would you like…? Can I have…?
Glossary
- Ordering in a café11 items
- Food and drink10 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Café words
Choose the correct word.
- a
Can I see the ___, please? I want to choose my food.
- b
We want to pay. Can we have the ___, please?
- c
I'd like a ___ of hot tea, please.
- d
Can I have a ___ of cold orange juice, please?
- e
I'm hungry. I'd like a cheese ___, please.
- f
Excuse me, we'd like to ___ our food now.
2
I like or I'd like?
Choose the correct words.
- a
___ a coffee, please.
- b
___ coffee. I drink it every day.
- c
___ a sandwich?
- d
Do you like tea? — Yes, I ___.
- e
Would you like some water? — Yes, ___.
- f
She ___ a glass of milk, please.
- g
What ___ to drink?
- h
We ___ to order now, please.
3
Asking politely
Choose the correct words.
- a
___ the bill, please?
- b
I'd like ___ water, please.
- c
Can I have ___ coffee, please?
- d
Would you like ___?
- e
Two cheese ___, please.
- f
Can we see ___, please?
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: At the café
Read the conversation. Then choose the correct answer.
Waiter: Good morning. Here's the menu. Would you like a drink? Kate: Yes, please. I'd like a cup of tea. Waiter: And for you? Ben: Can I have a glass of orange juice, please? Waiter: Of course. And what would you like to eat? Kate: I'd like a cheese sandwich, please. Ben: I'm not very hungry. I'd like a small salad. Waiter: Would you like some water too? Kate: Yes, please. A bottle of water for the table. Later… Ben: Excuse me, can we have the bill, please?
- a
Kate would like ___.
- b
Ben would like a glass of ___.
- c
Kate orders ___.
- d
Ben isn't very ___.
- e
At the end, Ben asks for ___.
6
Write: In a café
Write a conversation in a café.
Write a conversation in a café (6–8 lines). One person is the waiter. Use I'd like, Would you like…? and Can I have…? Word box: menu · bill · cup · glass · water · sandwich · order Example: Waiter: Would you like a drink? You: Yes, please. I'd like a cup of coffee.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
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Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 21 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 2 sets.
Ordering in a café
- I'd like
- you say this politely when you want something
- would you like
- you say this politely when you offer something
- Can I have
- you say this politely when you ask for something
- excuse me
- you say this politely when you want someone's attention
- please
- a polite word when you ask for something
- menu
- a list of food and drinks in a café
- bill
- the paper with the price of your food and drinks
- order
- to ask for food or a drink in a café
- waiter
- this person brings food and drinks in a café or restaurant
- pay
- to give money for something
- table
- you sit at it and eat
Food and drink
- cup
- a small thing for hot drinks, like tea
- glass
- a thing for cold drinks, like water
- water
- a clear drink with no colour
- sandwich
- two pieces of bread with food between them
- coffee
- a hot brown drink
- tea
- a hot drink; you make it with leaves and hot water
- juice
- a drink from fruit, for example orange juice
- cheese
- a food from milk
- salad
- a cold mix of vegetables
- milk
- a white drink from cows
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