Waiter in a restaurant
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Order food and drinks politely

Students practise simple restaurant English: asking for a table, ordering, asking about food, paying, and saying thank you.

A2CEFR level
60 minInteractive lesson
8 pagesMore grammar and vocab
Page 1 — Warm-up

Eating out

7 minutes · Speaking

Discuss:

1. What food do you usually order in a restaurant?

2. Do you prefer water, juice, or a soft drink?

3. What do you say when you want the bill?

Tonight's menu at The Olive Garden Bistro:

Page 2 — Vocabulary 1

Restaurant words

9 minutes · Click and fill

Click a word, then click a blank. Click a filled blank to remove it.
Page 3 — Vocabulary 2

Food groups and choices

8 minutes · Sort and match

Food types

starter = first small dish

main course = big dish

dessert = sweet dish after dinner

drink = water, juice, cola

Match orally:

1. Tomato soup → starter

2. Chicken pasta → main course

3. Ice cream → dessert

4. Orange juice → drink

Practice: Choose a starter, a main course, a dessert and a drink from the menu. Say: “I’d like..., please.”

Page 4 — Grammar

Polite requests: Can I...? / Could I...? / I'd like...

10 minutes · Grammar focus

1. Asking for something

Can I have a menu, please?
Could I have some water, please?

2. Ordering food

I’d like the vegetable pizza, please.
I’ll have the chicken pasta, please.

3. Asking about food

Does it have cheese?
Is it vegetarian?

Make sentences:

1. menu / please → Could I have a menu, please?

2. vegetable pizza / please → I’d like the vegetable pizza, please.

3. nuts? → Does it have nuts?

Page 5 — Grammar exercises

Choose the best sentence

10 minutes · Multiple choice

Page 6 — Functional language

Useful restaurant phrases

8 minutes · Study and repeat

Page 7 — Role play

At the restaurant

6 minutes · Pair work

Student A = waiter. Student B = customer. Then swap roles.
Page 8 — Review

Lesson complete!

2 minutes · Review