The document provides vocabulary and phrases for ordering food and drinks in a restaurant in Spanish. It includes common phrases for taking orders, requesting items, making recommendations, and verbs like "poder", "preferir", and "probar". It concludes with instructions for a role play activity where students create a skit at a restaurant with one partner as a waiter and the others as customers, including greeting, asking for recommendations, ordering food, and commenting on the food.

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Ordering FoodEspañol I Capítulo I

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Taking someone’s order
‣ ¿Qué desea usted?
‣ What would you like?
‣ ¿Desea algo de postre?
‣ Would you like something for dessert?
‣ ¿Y para tomar?
‣ And to drink?
‣ ¿Algo más?
‣ Anything else? 2

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To Request something
‣ Poder-to be able to/can
‣ ¿Puedo tener una servilleta, por favor? (Can I have a napkin, please?)
‣ Necesitar- to need
‣ Necesito un tenedor. (I need a fork)
‣ (Me) gustaría/Quisiera- would like
‣ Me gustaría/Quisiera un sandwich de jamón, por favor. (I would like a ham
sandwich please)
‣ Quisiera unas papas fritas. (I would like some french fries.)
‣ Quiero - I want
‣ Para tomar, quiero un refresco.

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To make
recommendations
‣ Verbs you can use to make recommendations are:
‣ PROBAR-to try/taste
‣ ¿Qué tal si pruebas la ensalada de pollo?
‣ How about you try the chicken salad.
‣ PREFERIR-to prefer
‣ ¿Qué prefieres el sandwich de atún o el sandwich de
jamón?
‣ Which do you prefer the tuna sandwich or the ham
sandwich?

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PREFERIR (E-IE)PREFERIR (E-IE) PROBAR (o-UE)PROBAR (o-UE) PODER (o-Ue)PODER (o-Ue)
prefieroprefiero pruebopruebo puedopuedo
prefieresprefieres pruebaspruebas puedespuedes
prefiereprefiere pruebaprueba puedepuede
preferimospreferimos probamosprobamos podemospodemos
preferíspreferís probáisprobáis podéispodéis
prefierenprefieren pruebanprueban puedenpueden

6. Restaurant Skit!‣ With a partner, create a skit where you are at a restaurant
ordering food. Have one person take the role of the
waiter/waitress and the others as customers. Include the
following:
‣ A greeting and asking how people are
‣ Asking if the waiter or friend has a recommendation
‣ Asking what the food is normally like
‣ Ordering your food
‣ Asking how the food tastes
‣ Commenting on the food
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7. Restaurant Skit!‣ With a partner, create a skit where you are at a restaurant
ordering food. Have one person take the role of the
waiter/waitress and the others as customers. Include the
following:
‣ A greeting and asking how people are
‣ Asking if the waiter or friend has a recommendation
‣ Asking what the food is normally like
‣ Ordering your food
‣ Asking how the food tastes
‣ Commenting on the food
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