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At a Restaurant

Everyday Dialogues

Dialogue Reading
Read the dialogue with your partner a few times. Take turns
being each character. Practice your intonation and pronunciation.
Write down any new words or phrases in your notebook.

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 fifteen 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?

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?

Customer:

M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E. Could we look at some menus while were waiting

Hostess:

Certainly. Here you are.

Customer:

Thank you.

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At a Restaurant
Everyday Dialogues

Practice
Work with your partner. Role-play the dialogue,
substituting the different expressions below. Then reverse roles.

Do you have a reservation?


Have you got a reservation?
Did you make a reservation?

Thats okay.
Thats fine.
No problem.

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 or fifteen minutes.

Would you like smoking or non-smoking?!


Would you prefer smoking or non-smoking?
Would you rather have smoking or non-smoking?

It doesnt matter.
We dont care.
Its not important.

Would you prefer a table or a booth?


Would you like a table or a booth?
Would rather have a table or a booth?

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 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?

The patio would be nice.


Wed prefer the patio.
Wed like 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?

Certainly. Here you are.


Of course. Here you go.
Sure. Have a look at these.

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At a Restaurant
Everyday Dialogues

Vocabulary
Write words from the dialogues that have the same meanings as the words below.

ready !

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! !

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a place that has been saved for you ! !


person who greets you at the restaurant !
person who goes to a restaurant to buy food
like better !

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a place to sit outside !!

! !

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place to sit in a restaurant with a table and benches!

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a list of the food available in a restaurant!

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At a Restaurant
Everyday Dialogues

Dialogue Building
Complete the dialogue below with appropriate expressions.

Customer:!

_________________________________________________________________ for four.

Hostess:!

______________________________________________________________________?

Customer:!

No, ___________________________________________________________________.

Hostess: !

______________________________________________________________________.

Customer:!

______________________________________________________________________.

Hostess: !

__________________________________________________ smoking or non-smoking?

Customer:!

Non-smoking, please.

Hostess:!

________________________________________________________ a table or a booth?

Customer:!

_______________________________________________________________________.

Hostess:!

___________________________________________________ sit inside or on the patio?

Customer:!

_______________________________________________________________________.

Hostess:!

Okay. __________________________________________________________________
and call you when the table is _______________________________________________.

Customer:!

Its ____________________________________________________________________.

Hostess:!

_________________________________ spell _________________________________?

Customer:!

_______________________________________________________________________.

______________________________________________________________________?

Hostess:!

___________________________________________________________. Here you are.

Customer:!

Thank you.

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At a Restaurant
Everyday Dialogues

Write Your Own Dialogue


Write a dialogue with a partner, using phrases from pg. 2. Practice and present the dialogue to your class.

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