PRACTICAL ENGLISH- RESTAURANT PROBLEMS
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USEFUL PHRASES
1) The waiter
What can I do for you?
Can I help you?
Can I take your coat?
Have you booked a table?
How many are you?
Would you follow me, please?
Can I take your order, sir/madam?
What would you like to start with?
What would you like to drink?
What would you like for dessert?
How would you like your steak? (rare, medium, well done)
Do you want a salad with it?
What kind of dressing? (dressing= aliño)
Anything to drink?
Do you want a dessert?
The burgers are very good.
Sorry, the hamburgers are off. (to be off= estar pasado/en malas condiciones)
Is everything all right?
Did you enjoy your meal?
Are you paying together?
May I show you to a table?
If you wait, there'll be a table for you free in a minute.
Do you want vegetables with it?
Why don't you try the pizza?
It'll take about 20 minutes.
2) The guest
A table for two, please.
May we sit at this table?
The menu, please.
What's on the menu?
Do you want fish?
What's Irish Stew like?
We're not ready yet.
The steak for me, please.
Can you bring me the ketchup, please?
A salad, please.
I'll have the same.
That's all, thank you.
Can I have the bill (AE: check), please?
This is on me. (esto lo pago yo/ a esto invito yo)
Here you are.
The rest is for you.
Have you got wine by the glass?
I'd prefer red wine.
Please bring us another beer.
Could I have chips (AE: French Fries) instead of salad?
What can you recommend?
Please bring me the bill (AE: check) with my coffee.
I think you've made a mistake.
PROBLEMS AT A RESTAURANT
Sorry but I asked for my steak well-done and this is rare
Excuse me, there's a hair in my soup.
Sorry but I asked for a baked potatoe and these are fries
Excuse me, I ordered one glass of wine not a bottle.
My meat is really/very/quite cold.
This steak is as tough as old boots (este solomillo esta tan duro como una suela de zapato)
1) The waiter
What can I do for you?
Can I help you?
Can I take your coat?
Have you booked a table?
How many are you?
Would you follow me, please?
Can I take your order, sir/madam?
What would you like to start with?
What would you like to drink?
What would you like for dessert?
How would you like your steak? (rare, medium, well done)
Do you want a salad with it?
What kind of dressing? (dressing= aliño)
Anything to drink?
Do you want a dessert?
The burgers are very good.
Sorry, the hamburgers are off. (to be off= estar pasado/en malas condiciones)
Is everything all right?
Did you enjoy your meal?
Are you paying together?
May I show you to a table?
If you wait, there'll be a table for you free in a minute.
Do you want vegetables with it?
Why don't you try the pizza?
It'll take about 20 minutes.
2) The guest
A table for two, please.
May we sit at this table?
The menu, please.
What's on the menu?
Do you want fish?
What's Irish Stew like?
We're not ready yet.
The steak for me, please.
Can you bring me the ketchup, please?
A salad, please.
I'll have the same.
That's all, thank you.
Can I have the bill (AE: check), please?
This is on me. (esto lo pago yo/ a esto invito yo)
Here you are.
The rest is for you.
Have you got wine by the glass?
I'd prefer red wine.
Please bring us another beer.
Could I have chips (AE: French Fries) instead of salad?
What can you recommend?
Please bring me the bill (AE: check) with my coffee.
I think you've made a mistake.
PROBLEMS AT A RESTAURANT
Sorry but I asked for my steak well-done and this is rare
Excuse me, there's a hair in my soup.
Sorry but I asked for a baked potatoe and these are fries
Excuse me, I ordered one glass of wine not a bottle.
My meat is really/very/quite cold.
This steak is as tough as old boots (este solomillo esta tan duro como una suela de zapato)
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- Now pratice your dialogue with this example of 'At a restaurant'.
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Remember, besides the vocabulary, try to include all the verb tenses and other grammar you have learnt in the dialogues you practise (look at these examples):
Present Simple
Are you ready to order?
Present Continuous
The cook is working on a new dish right now.
Past Simple
I ordered a tomato soup before, not an omellete.
Past Continuous
I was eating my soup when I found a fly.
Time Sequencers and Connectors
I was eating my soup when I found a fly.
Be going to (plans and predictions)
It's very dark today. It is going to rain.
Present Continuous (future arrangements)
I hope it doesn't rain today, I'm riding my bike to go back home.
Defining Relative Clauses
The waiter who lost your reservation will come to apologize.
Comparatives
The meat is better that the fish.
Superlatives
The best choice is the chocolate mousse.
Present Simple
Are you ready to order?
Present Continuous
The cook is working on a new dish right now.
Past Simple
I ordered a tomato soup before, not an omellete.
Past Continuous
I was eating my soup when I found a fly.
Time Sequencers and Connectors
I was eating my soup when I found a fly.
Be going to (plans and predictions)
It's very dark today. It is going to rain.
Present Continuous (future arrangements)
I hope it doesn't rain today, I'm riding my bike to go back home.
Defining Relative Clauses
The waiter who lost your reservation will come to apologize.
Comparatives
The meat is better that the fish.
Superlatives
The best choice is the chocolate mousse.
Remember, you can say:
I would like ...
I will have ..., please.
(I'd like ...)
(I'll have ..., please.)
You may use these sentences (they are not in order):
WAITER
Welcome to Amando's. My name is Tom.
Can I get you something to drink?
I'll be right back with your drink.
Are you ready to order?
Do you need a little time to decide?
Let me tell you about our specials today. We have roasted chicken with a side of mashed sweet potatoes and sauteed spinach.
That comes with either fries or a baked potato. Which would you prefer?
Would you like fries with that, or a baked potato?
Sure. / Of course. / Certainly.
Can I get you anything else?
Enjoy your meal, sir.
How was everything?
I would like ...
I will have ..., please.
(I'd like ...)
(I'll have ..., please.)
You may use these sentences (they are not in order):
WAITER
Welcome to Amando's. My name is Tom.
Can I get you something to drink?
I'll be right back with your drink.
Are you ready to order?
Do you need a little time to decide?
Let me tell you about our specials today. We have roasted chicken with a side of mashed sweet potatoes and sauteed spinach.
That comes with either fries or a baked potato. Which would you prefer?
Would you like fries with that, or a baked potato?
Sure. / Of course. / Certainly.
Can I get you anything else?
Enjoy your meal, sir.
How was everything?