Unit Four Lesson 2

Getting started!
What would you like to drink?
Do you know how to read a menu in English?
What do you like to order for dessert?
What is the specialty of your favorite restaurant?

Achievement indicators
I can recognize expressions for ordering in a restaurant in different I can list polite expressions used in a restaurant.
written sources. I can express possession with grammatical accuracy.
I can order food in a restaurant using polite expressions.

Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversation. Look up Activity 1
any new words in a dictionary.
Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
A: May I take your order?
B: Can you tell us what your most popular dish is? 1. The conversation took place at the entrance of the
A: Yes, we are well known for our lasagna here. restaurant.
C: How is it prepared? 2. The customers like lasagna.
A: Well, it is a seven-layer noodle dish filled with
homemade tomato sauce, eggplant and ricotta 3. They use tomato sauce to make lasagna.
cheese. The top layer is covered with melted 4. Sara didn’t show interest in the lasagna.
mozzarella cheese.
C: That sounds tasty. I will take that with a side 5. Rafael didn’t order steak.
garden salad and a glass of water. 6. Rafael and Sara are husband and wife.
A: And for you, sir?
B: I will have a big, juicy steak and a baked potato 7. Rafael and Sara are celebrating their 50th
with a garden salad. wedding anniversary.
A: How would you like your steak to be cooked? 8. They ordered wine.
B: Medium rare, please.
A: Would you care for a beverage tonight?
B: Yes, bring a bottle of wine for my wife and I. We are
celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary tonight.
A: Very good, sir. Congratulations. I will be back
shortly with your wine.
Glossary: Ricotta cheese: a white unripened cheese of Italy that resembles cottage cheese.
Establishment: a place of business. Medium rare: a cooked steak that is still pink in the middle.
Deserve: suitable for some reward. Shortly: in a short time.
Dish: food prepared in a particular way. Well done: a cooked steak that has no pink in the middle.

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Enrich your vocabulary Time to read

There are many key words and phrases to order food in a
restaurant. Study the expressions below.
Activity 3 Read the following customer review for a restaurant in
Suchitoto. Look up any new words in a dictionary.
Activity 4
Can I take your order? Put the following short conversations in the correct order.
No, we are not ready yet.
Restaurant Tipicos El Portal
Listen to the following conversation, and then fill in the
Could you give us more time? Conversation 1 blanks to complete the questions and statements below.
__ May I take your order? This little restaurant offers indoor and outdoor seating.
Could you tell us the specials first? This place is great to spend some time relaxing and to
__ Yes, I will have a glass of water. A: Hello, can I __ you?
What do you recommend? enjoy delicious local and international food.
__ Sure, if you’d like I can take your drink order B: Yes, __ to have some lunch.
Yes, please, we are ready to order. while you decide. A: __ a starter?
Yes, we are ready to order now. __ I need a little more time please. Main dishes include chiles rellenos and gallo en
B: Yes, I’d like a bowl of beef soup, __.
How would you like your steak? chicha. It also includes seafood specialties such as boca
colorada (a meaty local lake-fish) and grilled shrimp. A: And what __ for a main course?
What is the soup of the day? Conversation 2 B: __ a tuna sandwich.
What does it come with? __ Well, everyone always talks about how good Parilla style grills are also on the menu, as are Mexican
antojitos (tacos, tortas, quesadillas, etc.). Perhaps the A: Would you like __ to drink?
What are the choices of sides? the tacos are. B: Yes, __ a glass of Coke, please.
__ It’s your choice of chicken or beef, tomato, sour most tempting and traditionally Salvadoran offerings
Would you like a glass of water?
cream, and fresh cheese, all rolled up in a flour are the hot-off-the-griddle pupusas, available with some A: __ bring you anything else?
tortilla, and served warm. interesting variations such as cheese and chicharron, B: No thank you. Just the __.
__ What do you recommend here? beans, cheese with either spinach, carrots, mushrooms, A: Certainly.
Hands on! 4B __ Really? How are they prepared? or other seasonal vegetables. In the evening, many
customers stop by for a delicious dessert or a drink.
In this part of the project, you will create a dialogue
between you and your server. In the conversation you
Wine is available by the bottle, soda, juice, tea, coffee and
hot chocolate. Activity 5
will use as many polite expressions as possible as your
server takes your order. You will also use as many The service was excellent. The whole staff was very Based on the customer review, answer the following questions.
key words and expressions that would normally be friendly and attentive. Overall it was an excellent
asked when ordering food. You will order a drink, an experience. 1. What is the name of the place?
appetizer, a main course and a dessert from the menu 2. What are the sitting options?
that you created earlier.
3. What do they offer as main dishes?
4. Do they offer pupusas? What kinds?
5. What are the drinking options?
2 Activity

Match the questions on the left with the corresponding responses on the right.

Questions Responses What for?

1 Can I take your order? A It is served with fries and coleslaw.
2 Could you give me more time? B I recommend the peppered steak.
Notice how the waiter asks: “What would you
like?” Katie responds, “I’d like…” Would like is
3 Could you tell us the specials? C Yes, please, bring us a red merlot. the polite form used when asking and requesting.
4 What do you recommend? D Medium rare, please.
5 How would you like your steak? E No, not tonight, I am full.
6 What does it come with? F Yes, I would like a hamburger.
7 What are the choices of sides? G Yes, please, but something light.
8 Would you like wine? H Today’s special is fried flounder.
9 Would you like an appetizer? I It’s a choice of fries or salad.
10 Would you care for dessert tonight? J I’ll take your drink order while you decide. Glossary: Bill: a word with the similar meaning of check.
Starter: another way to say appetizer or soup or salad, which is the first part of
the meal.
Main course: another way of saying entrée, which refers to the biggest part of
the meal.

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Enrich your vocabulary

Conversation and more Study the polite expressions that are commonly used by
waiters in a restaurant.
8 Activity
Listen to and read the following conversation below.
Focus on the polite requests. Look up any new words in
a dictionary. Activity 7 A. Welcome to Joe’s Diner. Match the polite expressions from the vocabulary list on the left
with their corresponding responses below.
B. Do you have a reservation?
A: Good afternoon. My name is Tony, and I will be Write down five polite requests you would normally use C. How many people are in your party? 1. __ Hi, Abigail, nice to meet you.
your server this evening. at a restaurant.
B: Good afternoon, would you mind telling us what D. Hello my name is Abigail, and I will be your 2. __ Yes, the name is Lopez.
server today.
the specials are tonight? 3. __ Yes, please, I would like a refill.
A: Of course, tonight’s special is Chicken Dijon, a E. Can I start you off with some drinks?
tender chicken breast sautéed in a creamy Dijon 4. __ No, we are fine for now.
F. Is there anything else that I can bring you right now?
sauce with scallions and fresh tomatoes and G. How is everything? 5. __ Thank you, we are glad to be here.
served with a side of spaghetti. 6. __ Okay, I am ready.
B: That sounds delicious. Could you give us a little H. Would you like a refill?
more time to decide? I. Here is your check/bill. I can take it up whenever 7. __ Everything is great, thank you.
A: Of course, would you like for me to take your you’re ready.
drink order while you look over the menu? J. Thank you, have a nice day.
C: Yes, please, could you tell us what you have to offer?
A: Yes, we have fresh mango juice today.
C: That sounds perfect. Would you mind bringing

A:
two glasses of ice water as well?
Of course, it will be my pleasure. 9 Activity

Categorize the following expressions based on the moment that they are used at the restaurant.
A. Welcome to Joe’s Diner. L. Yes, the name is Lopez.
B. Do you have a reservation? M. Yes, please, I would like a refill.
C. How many people are in your party? N. What are your specials?
D. Hello, my name is Abigail, and I will be your O. Today’s special is fried shrimp.
server today. P. No, we are fine for now.
E. Can I start you off with some drinks? Q. Thank you, we are glad to be here.
F. Is there anything else I can bring you? R. Okay, I am ready.
Don’t forget! G. How is everything? S. Everything is great, thank you.
H. Would you like a refill? T. There are four of us.
Always be polite to your waiter. If the restaurant doesn’t I. Here is your check/bill. U. Thanks, you too!
have what you want, it’s not the waiter’s fault! J. Thank you, have a nice day.
K. Hi, Abigail, nice to meet you.
6 Activity
Entrance/ seating Drink order Food order Paying the check/leaving
Write down five sentences from the conversation above where a
polite request was used. Use complete sentences.

Glossary: Sautéed: to fry in a small amount of oil.

Waiter: a man who waits on people in a restaurant. Creamy: smooth and rich.
Specials: featured dishes at a restaurant. Scallions: small green onions.
Dijon: a prepared mustard made from dark mustard seeds, white wine, and spices. Rude: to be impolite.

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Language in use
The difference and use of “whose” and “who’s” 12
Whose Who’s
Match the following questions on the left with the responses on the right.
It‘s the possessive form of who It‘s a contraction of who is or
(or occasionally which). It means who has. Notice the apostrophe Questions Responses
belonging to whom or which. replacing the missing letters. 1 Whose drink is that? A This one is Daniel’s steak.
2 Whose entrée is this one? B That is Daniel’s drink.
Examples: Examples: 3 Whose dessert is that? C That is Denis’ appetizer.
Whose coffee is it? Who’s coming to visit tomorrow? 4 Whose coffee is that? D That is Denis’ chocolate cake.
Whose fork is this? Can you check who’s at the door?
5 Whose garlic bread is that? E That is David’s Coke.
I wonder whose name will be chosen. Who’s been sitting here?

13 Activity Activity 14
10 Activity
Look at the list of foods in the box below and place them in the Answer the following questions with your own information.
Fill in the blanks with the correct use of either “whose” appropriate category.
Write corresponding questions using “whose” for the 1. What is your favorite food?
following answers. or “who’s”.
pizza chocolate cake soup ice cream 2. What is the name of your favorite restaurant?
That is my soda. This is Julie’s salad. 1. The biggest entertainment at the picnic was Louis, tea chips and salsa pasta sandwich 3. What is your favorite dish from that restaurant?
That is Consuelo’s pie. That is my plate. __ ability to eat an entire hotdog in one mouthful
Those are their appetizers. That is our ice was hilarious. lemonade garlic bread cake fruit salad 4. How often do you eat out a month?
cream. juice bottled water soda chicken
2. In the restaurant sits Veronica, __ furiously typing 5. Who do you take with you when you go out to eat?
as she waits for her food to arrive. turkey cheese sticks salad coffee
3. __ going to help me finish my dessert? pie cheesecake tacos lasagna
4. Before you eat at that restaurant, talk to Thomas,
__ food came back with a worm. Drinks Appetizers/ starters Entrées Desserts
5. As Mom looked over the dessert menu, she thought
of Lorraine, __ love of chocolate cake was well Lesson core
known throughout the family.
Throughout this lesson you’ve received
instruction on how to successfully recognize
common expressions used to order food in a
restaurant, know how to be polite when ordering
food by using polite expressions and express
possessions with grammatical accuracy. In order
to have a successful language transaction in a
restaurant, it is elemental to be able to understand
the expressions commonly used by servers and
to know how to be polite to them to show them
respect for what they do.

Glossary: Mouthful: as much as the mouth will hold.

Entertainment: amusement. Hilarious: extremely funny.
Entire: complete or whole.

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter that best answers each question or statement.

1 Can you please tell me what the most

popular dish is? 3 May I go over the specials with you
tonight?
a) avocado and beef tacos a) No, I can’t.
b) ice cream b) Wait a second.
c) fried chicken c) Yes, please.
d) lemonade d) I don’t know.

2 These are Carlos and Julie’s sodas. They

are ___. 4 If you’d like, I can take your drink order
while you decide.
a) they a) No, please.
b) theirs b) Yes.
c) my c) I’d like a Coke.
d) her d) I’d like a piece of apple pie.

4. c 3. c 2. b 1. c Answers:

ROYAL SERVICE

The language used in restaurants is expected

to be very formal and polite. That’s one of the
reasons why a restaurant experience is out of
the ordinary. A restaurant experience should be
extraordinary for every customer because it’s not
something people do every day. Therefore, when
you decide to go to a restaurant, it’s a way to
gratify yourself by being treated and attended to.

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