Order food and practice listening skills in a café conversation
1. Ordering food in a café
Listen to the conversation in a café and do the exercises to practise and improve your
listening skills.
Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Write the words in the correct group.
Banana cake - Cola - Ice cream – Water - Apple tart - Apple juice - Four cheeses
pizza - Cheese burger - Chicken curry and rice - Orange juice - Chocolate cake -
Seafood salad with bread
Main courses Desserts Drinks
1. Check your understanding: multiple choice
Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best answer to complete these
sentences.
1. For his main course, Andi chooses a normal cheese burger / a double cheese
burger / a burger with chips.
2. For dessert, Andi chooses ice cream / chocolate cake / banana cake.
3. To drink, Andi chooses apple juice / fizzy water / still water.
2. Check your understanding: ordering
Write a number (1-5) to put the questions in the order you hear them.
…………. Anything else?
…………. A cheese burger or double cheese burger?
…………. What would you like?
…………. Would you like a drink?
…………. What’s your table number?
Discussion
Do you like fast food? Why or why not?
What’s your favourite restaurant? What food and drink do you like to have there?