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Café lunch: ordering food and drink

Sophie orders a vegetarian lunch in a Lisbon café; students read a menu and role-play a waiter and a customer with a budget.

A1Adults30 minRole play

About this lesson

An A1 speaking lesson (role play). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.

Level
A1
Skill
Speaking
Type
Role play
Students
Adults
Time
About 30 minutes
Topic
Food & drink
Activities
Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Gap-fill
Key words
Are you ready to order?, Can I have …, please?, And to drink?, Have you got any …?, I'm a vegetarian., Anything else?, How much is that?
Access
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By the end, students can

  • Order food and drink politely in a café
  • Ask about the menu and the price