At the restaurant

1. "PRACTICAL ENGLISH" Restaurant Problems! On page 36

2. Mark and Allie in San Francisco

3. / ˡrestrɒŋ / res taurant

4. prob lems / ˡprɒbləmz /

6. the de sert

7. grill, bake, fry a baked potato = a jacket spud (informal) a frying pan

8. mush room, prawn, steak

10. Soup or soap?

12. How do you pronounce it? / prɔːn / ‘Prawn’ rhymes with ‘yawn’ and ‘corn’.

13. How do you pronounce it? / ˡsæmən / ‘ Sa lmon’ has a silent L.

14. How do you pronounce it? / steɪk / ‘Steak’ rhymes with ‘break’ and ‘bake’.

15. How do you pronounce it? / reə / ‘Rare’ rhymes with ‘care, chair’ and ‘wear’.

16. How do you pronounce it? / təˡmɑːtəʊ / ‘To ma to’: the stress is on the long vowel.

17. How do you pronounce it? / təˡmɑːtəʊ / ‘To ma to’: the stress is on the long vowel. In the USA, tomato rhymes with potato.

18. How do you spell...? ‘ To ma toes’ and ‘po ta toes’: add ‘es’ for the plural.

19. ORDERING A MEAL

21. chips

24. crisps

26. the bill

28. a cheque

30. a £ 20 note

32. a takeaway

33. food to go

39. PROBLEMS WITH A MEAL

53. SOCIAL ENGLISH

59. English File Multi-ROM See you later, pals!