Everyday Dialogues

At a Restaurant
1. Dialogue Reading
Read the dialogue with your partner a few times. Take turns being each character. Practice your intonation and pronunciation. Customer: Wed like a table for four, please. Hostess: Do you have a reservation? Customer: No, we dont. Hostess: Im afraid there will be about a ten or fteen minute wait. Customer: Thats okay. Hostess: Would you like smoking or non-smoking?

Customer: Non-smoking, please. Hostess: And would you prefer a table or a booth? Customer: It doesnt matter. Hostess: Would you rather sit inside or on the patio?

Find New Expressions

Write down any useful or new expressions and words in the elds below.

Customer: The patio would be nice Hostess: Okay. Ill take your name and call you when the table is ready. Customer: Its Montague. Hostess: Could you spell that please? Could we look at some

New Words List

Customer: M O N T A G U E. menus while were waiting Hostess:

Certainly. Here you are.

Customer: Thank you.

2. Practice
Work with your partner. Role-play the dialogue, substituting the different expressions below. Then reverse roles. Wed like a table for four, please. Do you have a table for four? Is there a table for four available?

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Everyday Dialogues
At a Restaurant
2. Practice - continued
Do you have a reservation? Have you got a reservation? Did you make a reservation? Thats okay. Thats ne. No problem. It doesnt matter. We dont care. Its not important. Ill take your name. Ill write your name down. Can you please give me your name? Could you spell that please? Could you spell your name for me please? How do you spell your name? Certainly. Here you are. Of course. Here you go. Sure. Have a look at these No, we dont. No, we didnt. Im afraid there will be about a ten or fifteen minute wait. Im sorry, but you may have to wait about ten fiffteen minutes. Would you prefer a table or a booth? Would you like a table or a booth? Would you rather have a table or a booth? The patio would be nice. Wed prefer the patio. Wed like the patio.

Would you like smoking or non-smoking? Would you prefer smoking or non-smoking? Would you rather have smoking or non-smoking? Would you rather sit inside or on the patio? Would you prefer to sit inside or on the patio? Would you like to sit inside or on the patio?

Ill call you when the table is ready. Ill call you when the table is available. Ill call you when you can sit down. Could we look at some menus while were waiting? May we look over the menu before we sit down?

3. Vocabulary
Write words from the dialogues that have the same meanings as the words below. 1. ready 2. a place that has been saved for you 3. person who greets you at the restaurant 4. person who goes to a restaurant to buy food 5. like better 6. a place to sit outside 7. place to sit in a restaurant with a table and benches 8. a list of the food available in a restaurant ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________

Everyday Dialogues
At a Restaurant
4. Dialogue Building
Complete the dialogue below with appropriate expressions.

Customer: Hostess:
Customer:

_________________________________________________ for four. _______________________________________________________? No, ____________________________________________________. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________.

Hostess:

Customer:

_______________________________________________________. _______________________________________________________ smoking or non-smoking?

Hostess:

Customer:

Non-smoking, please. __________________________________________________a table or a booth?

Hostess:

Customer:

_______________________________________________________. ________________________________________________sit inside or on the patio?

Hostess:

Customer:

_______________________________________________________ Okay. __________________________________________________ and call you when the table is _______________________________.

Hostess:

Customer:

Its ____________________________________________________. ___________________________________________________spell ______________________________________________________?

Hostess:

Customer:

_______________________________________________________. _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________?

Hostess:
Customer:

________________________________________ . Thank you.

Here you are.

5. Write your own dialogue

Work with a partner and write your own new dialogue using any phrases from page 2. Then practice the dialogue and present it to your class.
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