Everyday Dialogues

Ordering
Pizza
In this lesson, you will learn some useful expressions for
ordering pizza on the phone. Do you usually order pizza
for delivery or pickup? What do you like on your pizza?

Pre-Reading
A. V
 ocabulary Preview

Match the words on the left with the correct meanings on the right.

1. toppings a) items that you place on top of something such as a pizza or sandwich
2. pickup b) a type of residence where a group of small houses are attached

3. delivery c) short for chicken wings

4. buzzer code
5. townhouse
6. vegetarian
7. crust
8. wings
9. soda
10. gluten-free
d) without a protein found in wheat that may cause digestive problems
e) a number that a visitor uses to gain access to an apartment building or elevator
f) containing no meat
g) the cooked dough on the bottom of a pizza
h)  sales arrangement in which the customer orders something from
a
a phone or online service and goes to the establishment to get it
i) a take-out service where the operator brings the food to a residence
j) a carbonated beverage (also called a soft drink, soda pop, or pop)

B. Spot the Error

Freshly Baked Pizza’s

because it is often seen on signs in grocery stores.

only $4.99
sometimes referred to as the “green grocer error”
signs insert an apostrophe incorrectly. This is
The plural of “pizza” is “pizzas.” Many restaurant

Answer:

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Dialogue Reading
*Note:
Read the dialogue with your partner a few times. Take turns
CSR is short for “Customer
being each character. Practice your intonation and pronunciation. Service Representative.”
Circle any new words or phrases that you need to practice.

CSR*: Pablo’s Two-for-One Toppings. How can I help you?

Customer: Hello. I’d like to order a few pizzas, please.

CSR: Sure. Is this for pickup or delivery?

Customer: Delivery, please. It’s free delivery on Mondays, right?

CSR: That’s right. May I have your address?

Customer: Yep. It’s 803 Lancaster Road. #25.

CSR: Is there a buzzer code?

Customer: No, it’s a townhouse.

CSR: Okay. What can I get for you?

Customer: I need one large vegetarian pizza and two medium pepperoni pizzas, please.

CSR: Sure. Our vegetarian comes with green peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Is that okay?

Customer: Hmm...is it possible to get hot peppers instead of green peppers?

CSR: No problem. Would you like regular crust or thin crust?

Customer: Let’s go with thin crust for the vegetarian and regular for the pepperonis.

CSR: Sure. Can I interest you in any wings, garlic bread, or soda today?

Customer: No, I think that will be everything.

CSR: Alright. Your total comes to $43.25. Our driver should have that to you in about 45 minutes.

Customer: Great. Thank you.

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Practice
A. Expressions

Work with your partner. Role-play the dialogue on page 2,

substituting the different expressions below. Then switch roles.

1. May I have your address? 5. Is it possible to get hot peppers

instead of green peppers?
• Can I get your address, please?
• What’s the address there? • Can I get that without onions?
• Could you make that with extra cheese?
2. No, it’s a townhouse. • Go light on the sauce, please.

• No, it’s a house.

6. Would you like regular crust or thin crust?
• Yes, it’s an apartment. The buzzer code is #304.
• No, it’s a duplex. We’re house B. • Is traditional crust okay?
• Have you tried our gluten-free crust?
3. What can I get for you? • We have regular or thin crust.
Which would you prefer?
• What would you like?
• I can take your order now.
7. C
 an I interest you in any wings,
• May I take your order?
garlic bread, or soda today?

4. I need one large vegetarian pizza and • Would you like any pop with that?
two medium pepperoni pizzas, please. • Would you like to add garlic
toast for an extra dollar?
• I’d like two large pepperonis, please.
• Do you have any specials?
• I’ll take one Hawaiian and one buffalo
chicken pizza. Both smalls, please.

B. Pizza Toppings
Did you know...
Most pizzas come with tomato sauce, herbs, and cheese.
Here are some additional toppings you may want to Uncountable food toppings at pizzerias are
often used as countable nouns by employees and
order. Sort the items into “veggies,” “meat,” and “other.”
customers. The topping turns into the “type” of pizza.
Sizes may also be used as nouns instead of adjectives.
• extra cheese • hot peppers • spinach The word “pizza” can be used as either a countable
• mushrooms • tomatoes • chicken or an uncountable noun.
• ham • garlic • broccoli
• I’ll take three pepperonis, please. (pepperoni pizzas)
• pineapple • beef • pepperoni
• I need two larges and three smalls, please.
• sausage • olives • red peppers • Should we order pizza tonight?
• onions • green peppers • How many pizzas do we need?
• bacon • artichoke hearts

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Listening Practice
Listen to the recording of the dialogue from page 2. Fill in the missing
words as you listen. Listen again. Now look back at page 2 and check your
work. Did you fill in the correct words? Did you spell everything correctly?

CSR: Pablo’s Two-for-One Toppings. How can I help you?

Customer: Hello. I’d like to order a few pizzas, please.

CSR: Sure. Is this for             or             ?

Customer: Delivery, please. It’s free delivery on Mondays, right?

CSR: That’s right. May I have your             ?

Customer: Yep. It’s 803 Lancaster Road. #25.

CSR: Is there a             code?

Customer: No, it’s a townhouse.

CSR: Okay. What can I get for you?

Customer: I need one large vegetarian pizza and two medium pepperoni pizzas, please.

Sure. Our             comes with

CSR:
green peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Is that okay?

Customer: Hmm...is it possible to get hot peppers instead of green peppers?

CSR: No problem. Would you like regular crust or             ?

Customer: Let’s go with thin crust for the vegetarian and regular for the pepperonis.

CSR: Sure. Can I interest you in any             , garlic bread, or soda today?

Customer: No, I think that will be everything.

Alright. Your             $43.25.

CSR:
Our driver should have that to you in about 45 minutes.

Customer: Great. Thank you.

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Write Your Own Dialogue

Write a dialogue with a partner using phrases from page 3.
One of you will be a customer and one of you will be a CSR.
Practice and present the dialogue to your class.

The Pizza Guy

The person who brings your
pizza or takes your pizza order
is often referred to in English
as “the pizza guy.” Why aren’t
there more “pizza girls”?

Extra Practice
Read the following expressions, and practice them with your partner.

Special Requests Complaints and Concerns

• Can I have the same order as last time, please?
• Do you have gluten-free crust?
• Can I use my debit card?
• Can I pay over the phone?
• Can you bring the pizza to the backyard?
• Is it possible to order a few days ahead of time?
• Can you make that half pepperoni, half bacon?
• Can I add four cans of Coke to my order?
• The pizza was cold when it arrived.
• The crust tastes like cardboard.
• This pizza is way too salty.
• We asked for vegetarian.
• I asked for no onions.
• We’ve been waiting for two hours.
• You overcharged me for my pizza.
• The pizza flyer said two-for-one.

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Review
Task 1

LISTEN & ANSWER

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

Your teacher will tell you if you have to write or say the answers.

1. What is the special deal on Mondays at this pizza shop?

2. What type of home does the caller live in?

3. What toppings are on the vegetarian pizza?

4. What options are there for pizza crust?

5. What additional items does the CSR offer the caller?

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Review cont.
Task 2

QUESTION FORMATION

A. Questions

Write five questions a CSR might ask you when you call to order a pizza.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

B. Answers

Write five possible answers to these questions.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Task 3

ROLE-PLAY

Find a partner. Imagine that one of you is the CSR and the other
is a customer calling to order some pizza. Use your questions
to do a role‑play for your teacher.

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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Low Int

A customer orders pizza for delivery. The CSR takes down the TIME: 1 hour

customer’s address before taking the order. Students learn TAGS:  pizza, food, toppings, restaurant,
vocabulary and expressions to use when ordering pizza. dialogues, everyday English, ordering food

Pre-Reading Listening Practice

A. VOCABULARY PREVIEW Have students complete the dialogue by listening

to the recording or by having two students read
1. a 3. i 5. b 7. g 9. j
the completed dialogue from page 2.
2. h 4. e 6. f 8. c 10. d

B. SPOT THE ERROR Write Your Own Dialogue

“Pizza’s” should be “Pizzas.” Try our Writing Section lesson plan
about apostrophes, and check out our editor’s handy blog posts:
http://blog.esllibrary.com/2014/08/12/apostrophe-roundup/
Dialogue Reading
Give your students time to read the dialogue in pairs.
Encourage your students to use vocabulary from the model.
You could change the type of order to “pickup.” Or challenge your
students to write a dialogue that takes place at a pizzeria. If you
are teaching in an English-speaking country, you may also want to
go out for pizza together. Take some notes as your students order
their pizza and go over any errors back in the classroom.

Extra Practice
Practice
Try some role-play activities with your students to give them
A. EXPRESSIONS a chance to use the new expressions they’ve learned. Check out
the Role-Plays section on ESL Library. Try the “Food” scenarios.
Have your students read the dialogue again and
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practice subbing in some of the different expressions.

B. PIZZ A TOPPINGS (continued on the next page...)

Meat: ham, sausage, bacon, beef, chicken, pepperoni

Veggies: mushrooms, green peppers, red peppers, onions,
hot peppers, tomatoes, garlic, olives, artichoke hearts, spinach
Other: extra cheese, pineapple

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Review (Assessment Tasks)
The following tasks can be used for assessment purposes
and/or review practice. You can save all of the tasks until
the end or assess your students throughout the lesson.
TASK 1
Play the audio from this lesson. Then assign the questions. You
can decide if you want your students to say or write the answers.
1. T he pizza shop offers free delivery on Mondays.
2. The caller lives in a townhouse.
3. T he vegetarian pizza comes with
green peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
4. T he options are regular crust or thin crust.
5. T he CSR asks if the caller wants
any wings, garlic bread, or soda.
TASK 2
Answers will vary. Assess your students’ understanding
of how to order a pizza by having them write common
questions and answers that they learned in this lesson.
Check for proper question formation.
TASK 3
Assess two students at a time as they role-play the scenario.
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SPELLING NOTE:
This lesson shows the American spelling of the word Practice.
Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Practise
(when used as a verb; Practice when used as a noun). Make it a
challenge for your students to find this word in the lesson and
see if they know the alternate spelling.
EDITOR’S NOTES:
1. This dialogue uses “alright” instead of “all right.”
While both have been in use for over a century, some
critics insist that “alright” is unacceptable, especially
in formal writing. You may want to advise your higher-
level students to use “all right” in formal writing.
For more information, check out our blog post:
http://blog.esllibrary.com/2015/08/20/all-right-vs-alright/
2. Note that “flier” is a variant of “flyer” (page 5).
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