"PRACTICAL ENGLISH" Restaurant Problems!

1. "PRACTICAL ENGLISH" Restaurant Problems!

2. / ˡrestrɒŋ / restaurant

3. problems/ ˡprɒbləmz /

4. starter, main course, dessert • pea and ham soup • Cumberland sausage • spotteddick / dɪˡzɜːt /

5. the desert

6. grill, bake, fry a baked potato =a jacket spud(informal) a fryingpan

7. mushroom, prawn, steak

8. rare, medium, well done rare medium rare medium well done

9. Soup or soap?

10. / suːp /soup / səʊp /soap Soup or soap?

11. How do you pronounce it? / prɔːn /‘Prawn’ rhymeswith ‘yawn’ and ‘corn’.

12. How do you pronounce it? / ˡsæmən /‘Salmon’ hasa silent L.

13. How do you pronounce it? / steɪk /‘Steak’ rhymes with ‘break’ and ‘bake’.

14. How do you pronounce it? / reə /‘Rare’ rhymes with ‘care, chair’ and ‘wear’.

15. How do you pronounce it? / təˡmɑːtəʊ /‘Tomato’: the stress is on the long vowel.

16. How do you pronounce it? / təˡmɑːtəʊ /‘Tomato’: the stress is on the long vowel.In the USA, tomato rhymes with potato.

17. How do you spell...? ‘Tomatoes’ and ‘potatoes’: add ‘es’ for the plural.

18. ORDERING A MEAL

20. chips

21. chips French fries UK - USA

23. crisps

24. chips crisps French fries potato chips UK - USA

25. the bill

26. chips crisps the bill French fries potato chips the check UK - USA

27. a cheque

28. chips crisps the bill a cheque French fries potato chips the check a check UK - USA

29. a £20 note

30. chips crisps the bill a cheque a note French fries potato chips the check a check a bill UK - USA

31. a takeaway

32. food to go

33. chips crisps the bill a cheque a note a takeaway French fries potato chips the check a check a bill food to go UK - USA

34. PROBLEMS WITH A MEAL

35. Offers: helping and reacting • No problem.I’ll change it. • I’m very sorry.I’ll send it back. • I apologise.I’ll get you a new bill.