Things to do today - Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015

What kinds of restaurants have you been to?

Things to Do Today:

1) Finish up any assignments from Monday and Tuesday

2) Watch this video about common expressions used at a restaurant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeH3nmdUqU 

After, answer the following questions in your blog! **Make sure to copy and paste the questions with your answers in your blog!**

QUESTIONS:

1. Why do people like to eat at restaurants?
2. How do you ask for a table when…
1. you don’t have a reservation
2. you do have a reservation
3. What is more formal when you want to order food?
1. I would like to have…
2. I will have…
4. What can you say when you would like the special?
5. What are some of the wrong ways to call a server to your table?
6. What is a polite way of calling the server?
7. What can you say when the server asks, ‘how is everything?’
1. When the food is good…
2. When the food is not good…
8. How do you ask for the check or bill?
9. What can you ask if you would like to take the rest of your food home?
10. List new 4-5 words or expressions that you learned from the video.

3) Now it is your turn to practice ordering at a restaurant:

    1. Listen to all three restaurant scenarios on http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/restaurant/restaurant04.htm

    2. Next, practice reading the conversations to yourself

    3. Pick 1 of the conversations and role play with a partner. Record your dialog on   

        www.chirbit.com

 

   

4) Write about your favourite restaurant in Canada or in your home country in your blog!