EFL REAL Conversation | Ordering Fast Food

Many EFL students are learning English in order to travel, live, or work abroad. Chances are, if they are in a foreign country, they will eat some fast food at some point. In this lesson, we will work with some useful expressions to order fast food, specific vocabulary, and grammar that will help their conversation skills.

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 Conversation

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 _____.

Useful 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?

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Practice:​ Ask Questions

Ask “what” or “which” questions using nouns and verbs.
 
Question                              Speak                                          Play                                     Color                  
Go                                         Ask                                               Do                                       Food

 

1. _______________________________________________________________?
2. _______________________________________________________________?
3. _______________________________________________________________?
4. _______________________________________________________________?
5. _______________________________________________________________?
6. _______________________________________________________________?
7. _______________________________________________________________?
8. _______________________________________________________________?

​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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