Weekly Lesson Ordering in a Restaurant Use your browser's print command to print this lesson |
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Vocabulary
appetizer |
N. a small dish at the beginning of a meal, a starter |
a chef |
N. a skilled cook |
chives |
N. a small onion-like herb commonly added to potatoes |
chowder |
N. a kind of soup usually containing fish and vegetables |
to come with |
V. to include (in a meal) |
dressing |
N. a sauce added to salads |
an entree |
N. a main dish |
a menu |
N. a list of dishes available in a restaurant |
salmon |
N. a large fish with silvery skin and pinkish meat |
well-done / medium-rare / rare |
A. adjectives used to describe ways of preparing meat: |
Vocabulary in Conversation
Use the above vocabulary to fill in the blanks in the following conversation. Your answers can be checked by
clicking at the bottom of the page.
Waitress: Good evening, are you ready to order, or do you need a little more time?
Tim: Yes, I'm ready to order.
Waitress: Did you notice on our ______________________ that we have two seafood specials tonight. One is poached ______________________ and the other is grilled shark.
Tim: That sounds really good, but I think I am going to start with the shrimp cocktail ______________________. And as for my ______________________, I think I'll have the New York steak.
Waitress: And, how would you like that steak?
Tim: I'd like that ______________________. I don't like it when the meat is even a little pink.
Waitress: I'll make sure the ______________________ prepares it just the way you like it. The New York steak ______________________ mashed potatoes, a baked potato, or steak fries.
Tim: I'll take the baked potato.
Waitress: Would you like sour cream and ______________________ on that?
Tim: I'll have sour cream.
Waitress: Your meal also includes a choice of soup or salad.
Tim: What is the soup today?
Waitress: Clam ______________________ or chicken vegetable.
Tim: I think I'll have the salad instead.
Waitress: What kind of ______________________ would you like?
Tim: Blue cheese.
Vocabulary Follow-Up
Use the above vocabulary to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Your answers can be checked by
clicking at the bottom of the page.
1. She always has Italian ______________________ on her salad.
2. Gerrie doesn't like most kinds of fish, but she does like ______________________.
3. Keith's mom makes the best fish ______________________ I have ever tasted. She uses shark, corn, potatoes, carrots, onions and peppers.
4. I like my baked potatoes with butter. I don't like sour cream and ______________________.
5. Gene is studying at a school in Paris to become a ______________________. He hopes to run his own restaurant.
6. The steak was prepared very ______________________. It looked like they hadn't even cooked it.
7. That Chinese restaurant has a fantastic selection of dishes on their ______________________.
8. The meal ______________________ soup or salad and a dessert afterwards.
9. The ______________________ at that restaurant are huge. There is no reason to order side dishes or dessert.
10. Buffalo wings, potato skins, and shrimp cocktail are all famous American ______________________.
"Get"
1) Complete the following text by filling in the blanks with the appropriate preposition or prepositions.
Use the following prepositions: around to, down, in, into, over with, down to, out, out of, up on, at
Becoming a Chef
Becoming a chef isn't easy. It seems like I just cook twenty-four hours a day. From 8 am to 3 pm I work at a restaurant downtown to earn money to pay for cooking school. From 4 pm to 7 pm I have classes, and then I have to take the train home. I don't usually get _____________ until after 8 pm and I have to make myself dinner before I start doing my cooking homework. By the time I get _____________ doing my assignments, I am exhausted and I can't stand looking at food. Unfortunately I have no choice, I have to practice preparing special dishes for class.
Practicing is constantly a problem; either my roommates are bothering me or the dog is trying to get _____________ the food. Yesterday, while I was trying to prepare steak tartar and chocolate mousse, the dog ran into the kitchen and tried to get _____________ the counter. I screamed, "Get _____________!" but he wouldn't stop. My roommates aren't much better. While I was trying to get the dog _____________ the kitchen, my roommate, Fred, showed up and got _____________ the bag of chocolate I needed for my mousse. I took one look at him eating my chocolate and yelled, "Get _____________!"
By the time I got _____________ work, it was after 10 o'clock. I just wanted to get the cooking _____________; I didn't even care if I did a good job. How am I supposed to learn to cook under these conditions?
2) Now reread the above passage to help you complete the list of definitions below.
get _____________: to arrive in a place
get _____________: to finally start doing something
get _____________: to reach, get hold of
get _____________: to climb on to something
get _____________: to jump down, move down from someplace
get _____________: to leave from a place
get _____________: to reach into or enter something without permission
get _____________: to leave
get _____________: to finally begin (work) after much waiting
get it ____________: to quickly finish something which you don't want to do
Focus on Verbs
The following passage should be completed by putting the verb in parentheses in the Present Perfect or the
Present Perfect Continuous. If you are confused, you should refer to the English Page's Verb Tense Tutorial.
Where's the waiter?
Robin: I think the waiter (forget) ______________________ us. We (wait) ______________________ here for over half an hour and nobody (take) ______________________ our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) ______________________ by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) ______________________.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) ______________________ here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) ______________________ yet! We (sit) ______________________ here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) ______________________ us. He (run) ______________________ from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) ______________________ in our direction once.
Weekly Lesson Answers Ordering in a Restaurant |
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Vocabulary in Conversation
Waitress: Good evening, are you ready to order, or do you need a little more time?
Tim: Yes, I'm ready to order.
Waitress: Did you notice on our menu that we have two seafood specials tonight. One is poached salmon and the other is grilled shark.
Tim: That sounds really good, but I think I am going to start with the shrimp cocktail appetizer. And as for my entree, I think I'll have the New York steak.
Waitress: And, how would you like that steak?
Tim: I'd like that well-done. I don't like it when the meat is even a little pink.
Waitress: I'll make sure the chef prepares it just the way you like it. The New York steak comes with mashed potatoes, a baked potato, or steak fries.
Tim: I'll take the baked potato.
Waitress: Would you like sour cream and chives on that?
Tim: I'll have sour cream.
Waitress: Your meal also includes a choice of soup or salad.
Tim: What is the soup today?
Waitress: Clam chowder or chicken vegetable.
Tim: I think I'll have the salad instead.
Waitress: What kind of dressing would you like?
Tim: Blue cheese.
Vocabulary Follow-Up
1. She always has Italian dressing on her salad.
2. Gerrie doesn't like most kinds of fish, but she does like salmon.
3. Keith's mom makes the best fish chowder I have ever tasted. She uses shark, corn, potatoes, carrots, onions and peppers.
4. I like my baked potatoes with butter. I don't like sour cream and chives.
5. Gene is studying at a school in Paris to become a chef. He hopes to run his own restaurant.
6. The steak was prepared very rare. It looked like they hadn't even cooked it.
7. That Chinese restaurant has a fantastic selection of dishes on their menu.
8. The meal comes with soup or salad and a dessert afterwards.
9. The entrees at that restaurant are huge. There is no reason to order side dishes or dessert.
10. Buffalo wings, potato skins, and shrimp cocktail are all famous American appetizers.
"Get"
Becoming a Chef
Becoming a chef isn't easy. It seems like I just cook twenty-four hours a day. From 8 am to 3 pm I work at a restaurant downtown to earn money to pay for cooking school. From 4 pm to 7 pm I have classes, and then I have to take the train home. I don't usually get in until after 8 pm and I have to make myself dinner before I start doing my cooking homework. By the time I get around to doing my assignments, I am exhausted and I can't stand looking at food. Unfortunately I have no choice, I have to practice preparing special dishes for class.
Practicing is constantly a problem; either my roommates are bothering me or the dog is trying to get at the food. Yesterday, while I was trying to prepare steak tartar and chocolate mousse, the dog ran into the kitchen and tried to get up on the counter. I screamed, "Get down!" but he wouldn't stop. My roommates aren't much better. While I was trying to get the dog out of the kitchen, my roommate, Fred, showed up and got into the bag of chocolate I needed for my mousse. I took one look at him eating my chocolate and yelled, "Get out!"
By the time I got down to work, it was after 10 o'clock. I just wanted to get the cooking over with; I didn't even care if I did a good job. How am I supposed to learn to cook under these conditions?
2) Now reread the above passage to help you complete the list of definitions below.
get in: to arrive in a place
get around to: to finally start doing something
get at: to reach, get hold of
get up on: to climb on to something
get down: to jump down, move down from someplace
get out of: to leave from a place
get into: to reach into or enter something without permission
get out: to leave
get down to: to finally begin (work) after much waiting
get it over with: to quickly finish something which you don't want to do
Focus on Verbs
Where's the waiter?
Robin: I think the waiter (forget) has forgotten us. We (wait) have been waiting here for over half an hour and nobody (take) has taken our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) has walked by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) have already ordered.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) have only been here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) haven't ordered yet! We (sit) have been sitting here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) has even noticed us. He (run) has been running from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) hasn't looked in our direction once.