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Table for Two: Restaurant role cards
Students role-play ordering food and being a guest, using words for meals and polite phrases like "Enjoy your meal" and "Help yourself".
Food · Restaurant · Eating out · Role play · Speaking · Pair work
Goes with:Enjoy Your Meal: meals and eating out (lesson plan)
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Work in pairs with the two cards with the same number. Step 1: read your card and the phrases. Step 2: act out the conversation from start to finish. Step 3: swap cards and try again.
1 · The waiter
You work at Luca's, a small Italian restaurant. Your customer is very hungry. Take their order: a starter, a main course and a dessert. Bring the food and be polite.
- Start: Are you ready to order?
- Ask: Would you like a starter?
- Finish: Here you are. Enjoy your meal!
1 · The hungry customer
You didn't have lunch today, so you're very hungry. Order a starter, a main course and a dessert. Ask the waiter what is good today.
- Ask: What's good today?
- Order: For my starter, I'd like…
- Order: Can I have…, please?
2 · The café assistant
You work in a busy café. A customer wants a snack. Tell them about the cakes and sandwiches and ask what they want to drink.
- Start: What would you like?
- Offer: We've got… and…
- Ask: Anything to drink?
2 · The customer
It's four o'clock and you're a bit hungry, but dinner is at seven. Order a small snack and a drink. You're very thirsty!
- Order: Just a small snack, please.
- Drink: I'd like a glass of…
- Pay: How much is that?
3 · The host
You made dinner for a friend at your home. Offer them food and drink, and ask about the meal. At the end, offer them dessert.
- Offer: Help yourself to some…
- Ask: Does it taste good?
- Finish: Would you like some dessert?
3 · The guest
You're having dinner at a friend's home. Say nice things about the food, ask for more of something and answer your friend's questions.
- Say: This is delicious!
- Say: It tastes really good.
- Ask: Can I have some more…, please?
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