Category: English Conversation

Ordering Food in a Restaurant Like a Native Speaker

3/9/2018

Class Objectives

If you visit, study, or live in a foreign country, you will probably go to a restaurant. Many students want to know how to order food in a sit-down restaurant. You will see a typical model conversation between a server and a customer, and then you will practice creating your own conversation.

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By the end of the class, you will have:

learned and used new vocabulary of food and descriptors.
practiced expressions to become more fluent when ordering food
been able to better understand food servers in an English-speaking country
created ordering food conversations

Difficulty:Blue Belt and above

MODEL: Ordering Food

Server:Hi, welcome to _____, I’m Mike and I’ll be serving you tonight. Can I get you a drink to start (out with)?
Customer:Yes, could I have a ______, please?/ What do you have on tap?/I’d like a white wine please.
Server: I’ll be right out with your drinks.
Customer: Can I get you some appetizers while you’re deciding?
Server: Yes, these nachos look amazing. Can I order that, please?
Customer: Sure, that’ll be right out.
Server: (After coming back out) Have you decided?
Customer: Yes, I’d like the _____, please.
Server: (For steaks or hamburgers) How would you like that done?
Customer: Medium rare, please.
Server: Of course. What would you like on the side?
Customer: (If you don’t know) What do you have?
Server: Well, you can choose from mashed potatoes, french fries, mixed vegetables, or rice.
Customer: Mixed vegetable sounds great!
Server: Will there be anything else?
Customer: No, that’s all for now. Thank you. (hand the menu back)
(Server brings food)
Customer: Everything looks |amazing!| Excuse me, do you have any hot sauce?
                                               |incredible|
                                               |fantastic|
                                               |great|
Server: Sure, I’ll go get you some. Anything else?
Customer: No, that’s all. Thank you.
(Cultural help: Server comes to check throughoutthe meal.)
Server: How is everything?
Customer: Everything is great! Can I have some more tea, please?
Server: Of course. I’ll bring that right out.
(After eating)
Server: Can I get you guys anything for dessert?
Customer: What do you have?
Server: I’ll bring you the dessert menu.
(Brings the menu)
Customer: I’ll have the chocolate brownie.
Server: Excellent. I’ll bring that right out.
(After eating dessert.)
Server: Will there be anything else?
Customer: No, |we’ll have the check, please.|
                        |can you bring the check whenever you’re ready?|
(Cultural help:Check your bill. If it says “GRATUITY”, that means tip. Usually for tables more than 6 or 8 people, the restaurant adds this.
A standard tip is usually 20%of your bill total. – If your bill is $100, a good tip is $20.
You can add more tipif the service was exceptional, or lessif it was bad service.)

VOCABULARY

Positive Adjectives
(Extreme adjectives to use when you like something a lot)

Great
Fantastic
Amazing
Incredible
Wonderful

How would you like your steak cooked?
(From least to most cooked)

Rare – very red in the middle
Medium rare –pink in the middle
Medium – a little pink in the middle
Medium well – cooked through, but not completely brown all the way through
Well done – completely brown through the steak or burger
Throughout – during the entire thing (meal, class, year, etc.)

Condiments/ Spices

Extra Challenge: Look these words up in Google Imageif you don’t know what they are.
Write them down if you don’t know the meaning.
Hot sauce –
Steak sauce –
Ketchup –
Mustard –
Mayonnaise –

Salt –
Pepper –
Oregano –
Cinnamon –

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FLUECNY BUILDERS and EXPRESSIONS

These expressions will help you sound more fluent. Brainstorm and see how you can use these in your presentation.

to start out with – a very common thing for servers to say
I’d like… |
I’ll have… |
I’ll be right out (with)…
These _____ look _____.
On the side –
That’s all for now |
That’s it for now |

YOUR TASK: Create Your Order

Now it’s your turn to write your ordering food conversation. I’d like you to find a menu online by typing “*your favorite restaurant* menu” into Google. Choose your meal and write a conversation between a waiter/waitress and a customer(s).

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Talk About The Future

19/8/2018

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Future tenses can be a tricky animal. There are so many different ways to talk about the future- going to, will, we can even use present simple or present continuous to talk about future events! If that's not difficult enough, we can also use FUTURE PERFECT to talk about future events from a reference even farther in the future.

A Simple Rundown of the FUTURE

FUTURE SIMPLE
will + verb
Marty will go to a football match this weekend.
is/are going to + verb
I'm going to make a phone call. Please try to be quiet.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS
will be + (verb)ing
This time next year, I will be living in a house in the country.
is/are going to be + (verb)ing
He isn't going to be in the city very long, so be sure to make an appointment to see him.

FUTURE PERFECT
will have + past participle
is/are going to have + past participle
By this time next year, I will have moved out into the country and be living in a house with a yard.

Future Perfect

SIMPLE: will have + pp
is/are going to have + pp

CONTINUOUS: will have been + (verb)ing
is/are going to have been + (verb)ing

PRACTICE

Form a sentence with the given words in the future perfect (simple or continuous)

1. Jim / 2024 / graduate
2. Next year / Apple / create
3. In 5 years / robots / do
4. By next week / learn
5. By the end of this lesson / practice

CREATIVE PRACTICE

It's the year 2019. I'd like you to think about what the world and your life will look like in the year 2029. Use all different forms of future tense that you can. FIRST, outline your ideas. NEXT, write your paragraphs.

The World

Your Life

Possible topics:
- Technology
- Medicine/Health Care
- Robots
- Politics/Social policy
- Space Exploration
- Etc.

Possible topics:
- Family
- School/Jobs
- Where you will be living
- Success
- Lifestyle
- Etc.

My Example:

The year 2029 will be 10 years from now, and since technology is advancing so rapidly, I see it continuing to do so. Technology might advance a bit too quickly for us to handle. Scientists will have created fully functioning robots and taken them to the next level. I believe some people will fall in love with robots, and this is going to have great consequences on society, and governments won't know how to make policies for this sort of thing.

TV will be completely different than what we see now. It will continue to be moving more and more to an online platform like Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, WWE Network, UFC Fight Pass, and so on. This is why I'm working mostly online.

As far as medicine, I believe people will be wearing chips under their skin for their identity, and even to cure some diseases. Some people won't like this idea, and they will choose to not participate in this activity, much like vaccinations today. I'm not sure how this is going to affect society, I guess we will have to wait to find out.

As for my life, I will have gotten into something new, and tried new challenges. I will have expanded Sweed Academy, and will be working on my new project. Either way, I'm sure I will be working for myself. My daughter will be 13 years old by then, and my son will have just turned 11, which I know I won't be able to believe. I don't know which country my family and I will be living in, but I'm sure we will be together and happy... most of the time ;).

Your Assignment: What do you see in the future?

I'd like you to write about what you see in the future. What will your life look like in the year 2029? You are to use the different forms of the future tense that we've studied in this lesson and write what your life and the world will look like in the future. (150-200 words)

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Ordering Fast Food

18/6/2018

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Class Objectives

Let’s go out and order some food. Where do you want to go? Let’s get some fast food. FAST FOOD?! You mean like McDonalds??? Yes. Ok, let’s look at some typical conversations to order fast food.

By the end of the class, you will have:

learned and used new vocabulary
practiced expressions to become more fluent
become more confident when ordering fast food
created ordering food conversations

Difficulty: Blue Belt and above

MODEL: Ordering Fast Food

Server: Hi, welcome to McDonalds, how can I help you?
Customer: Yes, could I have a |Big Mac, please?|
|number 1 please?|
|number 4 with cheese, please|
|number 3 no tomatoes|
Server: Would you like |to upsize| for $0.99 (99 cents)?
|to super size|
|a large size|
Customer: No, thank you.
Server: |What drink would you like?|
|What would you like to drink?|
Customer: Iced tea, please.
Server: Anything else?
Customer: No, that’s all.
Server: That’ll be $5.44.
Customer: Here you are.
Server: Out of 10? 4 dollars and 56 cents is your change. Your number is 48, thank you have a good day.
Customer: Thank you.

VOCABULARY and EXPRESSIONS

Take notes about the following words so you can understand the meaning. Use context, dictionary definitions, synonyms, explanations, example sentences, pictures, or any other creative way to learn the new words and phrases. NOTE: Please do NOT use your language to understand the concept.

Single order – Big Mac, cheeseburger, fish sandwich, chicken nuggets, etc.
A number of the menu -

An order with ____ - extra cheese, pickles, etc.
An order no _____/ hold the _____. - you don't want something included in the order

GRAMMAR

FORMING QUESTIONS with nouns and verbs.
Ask “what” or “which” questions using n

Question with a NOUN

What <noun> would you like?
|What drink would you like?|

What sport do you like best?
What music do you like?
Which shoes do you want?
What ideas do you have?

Question with a VERB

What would you like <to verb>?
|What would you like to drink?|

What sport do you like to play?
What do you like to listen to?
What shoes do you want to wear?
What ideas did you come up with?

PRACTICE: Ask Questions

Ask “what” or “which” questions using nouns and verbs.

Question Speak Play Color
Go Ask Do Food

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YOUR TASK: Create Your Conversation

Now it’s your turn to practice these expressions to create a conversation of somebody ordering fast food. Create several conversations to practice different expressions.

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Ordering Food in a Restaurant Like a Native Speaker

MODEL: Ordering Food

VOCABULARY

Positive Adjectives
(Extreme adjectives to use when you like something a lot)

How would you like your steak cooked?
(From least to most cooked)

Condiments/ Spices

FLUECNY BUILDERS and EXPRESSIONS

YOUR TASK: Create Your Order

Talk About The Future

A Simple Rundown of the FUTURE

Future Perfect

PRACTICE

CREATIVE PRACTICE

The World

Your Life

My Example:

Your Assignment: What do you see in the future?

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Ordering Fast Food

Class Objectives

MODEL: Ordering Fast Food

VOCABULARY and EXPRESSIONS

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE: Ask Questions

YOUR TASK: Create Your Conversation

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Ordering Food in a Restaurant Like a Native Speaker

MODEL: Ordering Food

VOCABULARY

Positive Adjectives(Extreme adjectives to use when you like something a lot)

How would you like your steak cooked? (From least to most cooked)

Condiments/ Spices

FLUECNY BUILDERS and EXPRESSIONS

YOUR TASK: Create Your Order

Talk About The Future

A Simple Rundown of the FUTURE

Future Perfect

PRACTICE

CREATIVE PRACTICE

The World

Your Life

My Example:

Your Assignment: What do you see in the future?

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Ordering Fast Food

Class Objectives

MODEL: Ordering Fast Food

VOCABULARY and EXPRESSIONS

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE: Ask Questions

YOUR TASK: Create Your Conversation

Blue Belt Lessons

Become a Pro MEMBER(Have access to ALL of our BASIC FLUENCY COURSES.)

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Teaching is MORE THAN about just improvingENGLISH

Positive Adjectives
(Extreme adjectives to use when you like something a lot)

How would you like your steak cooked?
(From least to most cooked)

Become a Pro MEMBER
(Have access to ALL of our BASIC FLUENCY COURSES.)

Teaching is
MORE THAN
about just improving
ENGLISH