Universidad Santiago de Cali Workshop # 8

Language Institute Topic: The Restaurant

Level: 2 Laboratory practice

Workshop # 8 – The Restaurant

Objective: In this workshop you will review expressing likes and dislikes about food. You will also practice
ordering food.

Instructions:

 Follow this workshop step by step.

 Complete all the activities.
 Use the dictionary if necessary. http://www.wordreference.com/es/
 Ask the monitor when you don’t understand a point in the workshop.

1) Click on this link to identify the correct container or measure for each picture.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/mass1.htm

2) Watch this video and pronounce the words you hear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xQA5tvEJE

3) Click on this link to choose the words that describe the tastes of food.
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjectives-describe-tastes-foods

Use the adjectives of the previous exercise and others you know to talk about your food likes and
dislikes.
Examples:
I love healthy food such as vegetables and …
I can’t stand empanadas - they’re too greasy.
I really like rich food. My favorite dessert is …

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 Universidad Santiago de Cali Workshop # 8
Language Institute Topic: The Restaurant
Level: 2 Laboratory practice

Prepare five similar sentences with different expressions and adjectives to record them using the
following link: http://vocaroo.com/ Listen to your recording. When you are ready, save it and send it to
the monitor by e-mail.
4) Watch the video again and choose foods and drinks to write a two-day menu for your family. Include
vocabulary of containers and add foods if necessary. Example: - a bowl of fruit.

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Breakfast Lunch Dinner

-Eggs with arepa -beef with sauce -Lasagna -oats with yougurt -rice with frecnh fries -shrimp pie
-Salad of fruits -cheese burguer -migas -omeletet -ajiaco -nuggets of fish

-Cereal with milk -roasted chicken -eggs with sausage -beef -frijolada -crepe of chicken

Snack Snack Snack Snack

-Three milk desseter -chocolate coated waffles -French fries -Potatoe
- Ice cream -bowl of chocolate -cookie -Hotdog

5) Click on this link to listen to a man ordering food in a café. Do the two listening comprehension
exercises. In the second exercise you need to click on the line of the conversation you want to move
and then click on the position you want to put it.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/ordering-food-cafe

6) Write your own conversation ordering food at a restaurant. Use the menu on the left and the cues
given. Include measures or containers (a glass of, a piece of, etc.)

A: May I take your order?

B: Yes, please. I’d like chicken curry with rice

A: Would you like some desserts?

B: No, thanks.

A: What would you some drinks?

B: I’ll want a coffee, please

A: Anything else?

B: No, that’ll be all. Thanks.

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Universidad Santiago de Cali Workshop # 8
Language Institute Topic: The Restaurant
Level: 2 Laboratory practice