1. Practical English UNIT 2
At the Restaurant

2. restaurant

3. problems

4. starter, main course, dessert
pea and ham soup
Sausage
Pudding

5. the desert

6. grill, bake, fry
a baked potato
Grill
a frying pan

7. mushroom, Shrimp, steak

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

9. Soup or soap?

10. ‘Prawn’ rhymes with ‘yawn’.
How do you pronounce it?
‘Prawn’ rhymes with ‘yawn’.

11. How do you pronounce it?
‘Salmon’ has a silent L.

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

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

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

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

16. ORDERING A MEAL

18. chips

19. UK - USA
chips
French fries

21. crisps

22. UK - USA
chips
crisps
French fries
potato chips

23. the bill

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

25. a cheque

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

27. a £20 note

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

29. a takeaway

30. food to go

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

32. PROBLEMS WITH A MEAL

33. 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.