Buổi 04 · Practise ordering a meal
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Recall 10 min; plan the message 15; sentence practice 20; roleplay 20; writing and repair 25.
Complete a response with the required information for the situation.
Before you start: recall five useful words. Try your own answer before opening a model.
Useful words, patterns and pronunciation
| English | Example | Help |
|---|---|---|
| rice | There is some rice. | cơm, gạo |
| water | I would like some water. | nước |
| bread | We have some bread. | bánh mì |
| apple | I would like an apple. | quả táo |
| egg | There are two eggs. | quả trứng |
| chicken | I eat chicken for lunch. | thịt gà |
| menu | Here is the menu. | thực đơn |
| cup | I would like a cup of tea. | tách |
| bottle | This is a bottle of water. | chai |
| bill | The bill is six pounds. | hóa đơn |
Some/any; a/an; I would like
You can count apples and eggs: an apple, two eggs. Rice, water and bread usually name an amount of food or drink here: some rice, some water. Do not use a rice or two breads for those amounts. To count portions, say a bowl of rice, two slices of bread or a bottle of water. Some is common in positive statements; any is common in ordinary questions and negatives: Do you have any eggs? We don’t have any eggs. Some can also appear in polite offers or requests. Learn I would like as a polite ordering phrase: I would like some water.
- I would like an apple.
- There is some rice.
- We do not have any eggs.
- Do you have any bread?
- I would like a bottle of water.
Use: I would like some rice. · Instead of: I would like a rice.
Rice is uncountable when ordering an amount of rice here.
Use: We do not have any eggs. · Instead of: We do not have some eggs.
An ordinary negative statement uses any here.
Polite word groups for ordering
Say I would like as one group. In the short form I’d like, the /d/ can be light before like. Make the food name clear so the listener hears the important item. You do not need to speak fast. Use a clear sentence and please.
- I would like
- I’d like some water.
- a cup of tea
- The bill, please.
w08-drills · 43 seconds
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| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| egg sandwich | £3 |
| chicken sandwich | £4 |
| tea | £2 |
| bottled water | £1 |
Reading source · Lunch at a small café
Mia has lunch at a small café near her office. The café has egg sandwiches and chicken sandwiches. An egg sandwich is three pounds, and a chicken sandwich is four pounds. Tea is two pounds. A bottle of water is one pound. Mia would like an egg sandwich and some water. She does not want tea today. Her lunch is four pounds. The café has some apples, but it does not have any bananas. Mia likes the quiet tables by the window. After lunch, she walks back to her office and starts work at one.
Listening source · Changing a lunch order
w08-listen · 29 seconds
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Transcript · after listening
Server: Hello. What would you like?
Customer: An egg sandwich and a cup of tea, please.
Server: Sorry, we do not have any egg sandwiches now. We have chicken sandwiches.
Customer: OK. A chicken sandwich, please. Do you have any water?
Server: Yes. A bottle is one pound.
Customer: Then water, not tea, please.
Server: One chicken sandwich and one bottle of water. Five pounds, please.
Customer: Here you are. Thank you.
Server: Thank you. Your table is by the window.
Practise
Try first. Then check full answers and reasons.
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Speak
Act out a lunch order: one sandwich and one drink. Ask the price and confirm the total using the menu. You can prepare a written order first.
Use key words. Ask a listener what they understood. Try again with one different detail.
Speaking example · after your attempt
Hello. I would like a chicken sandwich and a cup of tea, please. The sandwich is four pounds and the tea is two pounds. The total is six pounds. Thank you. May I have the bill, please?
Write
Write a lunch order with one sandwich and one drink. Ask the price and confirm the total using the menu. Draft, then revise with the checklist.
Check the requested facts, word order and punctuation. Rewrite any unclear part.
Writing example · after your attempt
Hello. I would like a chicken sandwich and a cup of tea, please. The sandwich is four pounds and the tea is two pounds. The total is six pounds. Thank you. May I have the bill, please?