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Eating out

A server taking an order in a restaurant

Listen carefully to the conversation in a restaurant and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you listen.

Reading
Boat
The Boat Restaurant
★★★★☆
489 reviews
Lunch served 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Dinner served 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
 
Menu
Reviews
Info
Starters
All starters are served with bread and butter
Tomato soup
£2.00
French onion soup
£2.50
Tomato salad
£2.90
Chicken Salad
£3.30
Snacks (lunchtime only)
All snacks are served with salad and chips
Cheese omelette
£3.50
Vegetable omelette
£3.25
Cheese & tomato sandwich
£3.25
Burger
£2.90
Cheese burger
£3.20
Chicken sandwich
£3.50
Chocolate cake
£2.25
Main courses
German sausage and chips
£6.50
Grilled fish and potatoes
£6.25
Italian cheese & tomato pizza
£4.85
Thai chicken and rice
£5.95
Vegetable pasta
£4.85
Roast chicken and potatoes
£5.95
Desserts
Fruit salad and cream
£2.25
Ice cream (choose from chocolate, coffee or lemon)
£2.00
Lemon cake
£2.25
Chocolate cake
£2.25
Cheese and biscuits
£2.50
Drinks
Mineral water
£1.00
Fresh orange juice
£1.25
Soft drinks
£1.30
English tea
£0.90
Irish cream coffee
£0.90
Audio file

Transcript

Waiter: Hello.
Jamie: Hi. A table for two, please.
Waiter: Of course. Over here, please. Here’s the menu.
Sally: Thank you.
(pause)
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Sally: Yes, we are.
Waiter: What would you like for your starter?
Jamie: I’d like French onion soup, please.
Sally: And I’ll have a tomato salad, please.
Waiter: And for your main course?
Jamie: Mmm, I’m not sure. I don’t know whether to have the steak or Thai chicken.
Sally: Oh, I’d like the Thai chicken and rice please.
Jamie: OK, me too.
Waiter: So that’s two Thai chicken and rice. What would you like to drink?
Jamie: I’ll have a fresh orange juice and ...
Sally: I’d like some mineral water, please.
Waiter: OK, thank you.

Worksheets and downloads

Eating out - exercises498.42 KB
Eating out - answers415.9 KB
Eating out - transcript255.41 KB
Discussion

What food and drink from this menu would you order?

Language level
A2 Pre-intermediate
Topics
restaurants
food
Average: 3.8 (91 votes)
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Comments

Submitted by vy08 on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:15

borring because my teacher (-) my point. ( hate it)

Submitted by nguyenninh on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 04:04

Dear admin, I had followed and study in here, it is very good for me but you can upload many lessons to everyone together study by online. really, I don't need money go to school (attend in British council). So, I am only myself study English in the web site free. Thank you for your support! Yours sincerely, Ninh

Submitted by Patrick1966 on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 16:11

And how are we supposed to know if the drinks they ordered were or not cold???
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Submitted by JoModerator on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 09:05

Hi Patrick1966,

The drinks they order are fresh orange juice and mineral water. These are cold drinks.

Soft drinks are also cold, but English tea and Irish cream coffee are hot drinks.

I hope that helps!

 

Best wishes,

Jo (LearnEnglish Teens team)

Submitted by AbdlrahmanMohamed on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 16:13

The sound track is not working

Submitted by editor_rachael on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 09:58

Hi AbdlrahmanMohamed,

 

Sorry you're having problems with the audio. I've just tested it and it's working fine for me. What browser and device are you using? Try using a different browser and device, if possible, to see if that helps. Is this the only audio that doesn't work for you or are you having problems on other pages too? If so, can you tell us what pages? 

 

Best wishes,

 

Rachael
LearnEnglish Teens team

Submitted by PinkyT on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 12:22

Hi, there is an error in one of the downloads. It is on the exercise page, number 2, where you must select a word from the word bank to fill in the gaps, but the word bank is missing.
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Submitted by Tina - coordinator on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 15:51

Hi PinkyT,
Thanks so much for letting us know! I'll pass it on to our Teens Team and add the missing 'word bank'! :)
Best wishes, Tina (LearnEnglish Teens Team)

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Submitted by khanhlinh92004 on Fri, 07/20/2018 - 15:17

I will eat all the food. Come on! Let's eat all you like. Eating is the best. I love eating.
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Submitted by iiLavenderii on Sat, 04/14/2018 - 20:15

i like fresh orange juice, salad and rice
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Submitted by SLMT on Fri, 04/06/2018 - 00:31

I would like to have chicken salad for starter,Grilled fish and potatoes for main course,lemon cake for dessert. For a drink,I would like a glass of fresh orange juice.

Submitted by cat28 on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 13:40

I'd like spring rolls, Thai curry with rice, and Beer please!

Submitted by Athony on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 15:58

Mom's food is best
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Submitted by Danganhminh2007 on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 12:17

My mother's food is the best
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Submitted by bilko on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 11:45

I prefer döner(Turkish kebap) instead of chicken or fish for main menu. I'd like ice cream for dessert and I'll have coke to drink. BON APPETİTE! Guys...

Submitted by Levita2018 on Mon, 01/01/2018 - 18:54

I'd like to order a green salad, a steak and ice cream for dessert, please!

Submitted by David (not verified) on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 03:43

Hi...I would like to swimming...

Submitted by phuong (not verified) on Tue, 09/01/2015 - 15:06

Potato soup, cappuchino, cheese pizza :v
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