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Video: Talking about restaurants – Real Easy English
About this lesson
An A2 lesson on eating out, built on a short BBC Learning English conversation about restaurants. Students learn everyday phrases for talking about meals and restaurants, guess what two presenters say about eating out, check how they order food, and practise ordering a meal in a restaurant.
- Learn seven everyday phrases for talking about food and eating out.
- Guess what two presenters say about restaurants, then watch and check.
- Complete notes on how to order food, then watch and check.
- Talk about your own eating habits and favourite food.
- Act out a conversation in a restaurant.
Target vocabulary
eat outonce a monthspend time with someoneknow how to cookspicy foodI'll have somethingready to order
Lesson activities
Let's get started with a warm-up
1
Food and you
Discuss the questions.
- What did you have for lunch yesterday?
- What is your favourite food? Do you make it at home?
- Do you like going to restaurants and cafés? Why or why not?
- What food from another country do you like?
Let's learn some vocabulary!
2
Eating out
Read the sentences and match the phrases in bold with the correct meanings below.
a)We don't eat out very often, because cooking at home is cheaper.
b)I visit my aunt once a month, usually on a Sunday.
c)At the weekend, I like to spend time with my cousins in the park.
d)My brother knows how to cook a really good curry.
e)I love spicy food, so I always put a lot of chilli on my pizza.
f)The waiter smiled and said, "What would you like?" I said, "I'll have the soup, please."
g)The waiter came to our table and asked, "Are you ready to order?"
MEANINGS:
- a polite way to say what you want in a restaurant or café
- one time every month
- able to say now what food and drinks you want
- have a meal in a restaurant or café, not at home
- food with a strong, hot taste, for example from chilli
- be with someone and do things together
- be able to make a kind of food or a meal
3
Questions about food
Complete the questions with the phrases from ex. 2. Then, ask a partner four of the questions.
You may need to change the form of the verb.
a)How often do you with your family or friends?
b)Is there anything you do only , for example a sport or a club?
c)At the weekend, do you prefer to or to be on your own?
d)What is one dish you really well?
e)Do you like , or do you prefer food without chilli?
f)In a café, what do you usually say? " a coffee, please" or "Can I have a coffee, please?"
g)In a restaurant, do you usually take a long time before you are ?
Now, we'll put it into practice!
4
Food in pictures
Look at the four photos. Then, discuss the questions, using the phrases in the box.
A
B
C
Deat outonce a monthspend time with someoneknow how to cookspicy foodI'll have somethingready to order
- Which photo shows something you do often? Which shows something you never do?
- Who do you usually eat out with? Where do you go?
- Do you like spicy food? What is the spiciest food you know?
- Which is better: cooking at home or eating out? Why?
5
Find someone who …
Look at the questions in ex. 3 again. Then, ask other students and find a person for each point below.
- someone who eats out more than once a month
- someone who knows how to cook a dish from another country
- someone who always knows what they'll have before they look at the menu
- someone who loves really spicy food
- someone who likes to spend time with their family at the weekend
Let's watch!
6
Neil and Georgie
Watch to 02:29
Read the sentences about Neil and Georgie and guess if they are true or false. Then, watch the first part of a video [https://youtu.be/bVRIpmjTSxM] (to 02:29) and check your answers. Correct the false ones.
a)Georgie had pasta for lunch.
b)Neil goes to restaurants very often.
c)Georgie goes to a restaurant about once a month.
d)For Georgie, the best thing about a restaurant is the food.
e)Neil likes restaurants that serve food Neil knows how to cook.
f)When you eat out, you don't have to cook or clean the plates.
g)The BBC Learning English team usually has its Christmas party at the office.
7
How to order
Watch 02:29–04:54
Read the notes about the second part of the video and guess the missing words. Then, watch the second part of the video (from 02:29) and check your answers.
a)Neil really likes food, for example Indian curries.
b)Neil likes fish, so a favourite order is fish .
c)To order, you can say: I'll the fish curry, please.
d)Georgie usually orders the fish or a .
e)In the role play, Neil is the and Georgie is the customer.
f)Neil asks Georgie: Are you to order?
g)When you order, say the risotto, not risotto.
Let's talk!
8
What about you?
Discuss the questions.
- Neil likes eating food that you don't know how to cook at home. Do you feel the same? Why or why not?
- What do you usually order when you eat out?
- Do you prefer a busy restaurant or a quiet one? Why?
- Is it better to eat out or to eat at home with friends? Why?
- Which country's food would you like to try? Why?
9
In a restaurant
Read the roles and act out a conversation in a restaurant, using the phrases in the box. Then, change roles.
Student A
You are a waiter in a small restaurant. Say hello, ask if the customer is ready to order, answer their questions about the food and take their order.
Student B
You are eating out with a friend. Ask the waiter one question about the food (for example: Is it spicy?). Then, order a main dish and a drink.
eat outonce a monthspend time with someoneknow how to cookspicy foodI'll have somethingready to order
Example
- A: Good evening. Are you ready to order? B: Yes, I think so. Is the chicken curry very spicy? A: Yes, it's quite hot. The fish curry isn't spicy at all. B: OK, I'll have the fish curry and a glass of water, please.
- After you order, talk to your friend: How often do you eat out together? Do you know how to cook this dish at home?
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Glossary
The 7 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in one set.
Eating out
- eat out
- have a meal in a restaurant or café, not at home
- We usually eat out on Friday evenings.
- once a month
- one time every month
- I go to the cinema about once a month.
- spend time with someone
- be with someone and do things together
- I love spending time with my grandparents.
- know how to cook
- be able to make a kind of food or a meal
- Do you know how to cook rice?
- spicy food
- food with a strong, hot taste, for example from chilli
- My friend doesn't like spicy food at all.
- I'll have something
- a polite way to say what you want in a restaurant or café
- I'll have the chicken salad and an orange juice, please.
- ready to order
- able to say now what food and drinks you want
- We aren't ready to order yet. Can we have five more minutes?
Also in the video
Other words and phrases you'll hear, to help you follow the video. The lesson doesn't practise them.
- a good atmosphere
- a nice feeling in a place, for example friendly and lively
- That's a good point.
- You're right, I agree with that idea.
- wash up
- wash the plates, cups and pans after a meal (British English)
- a special occasion
- an important day or event, for example a birthday
- a celebration
- a party or meal for a happy event
- Can I get the …?
- an informal way to order food, like Can I have the …?