Exercise 19

Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.

a) Waiter, could you bring me my account / bill / addition please?

b) It’s a very popular restaurant – we should apply for / book / keep a table.

c) If you’re hungry, why not ask for a large dish / plate / portion?

d) Please help / serve / wait yourself to salads from the salad bar.

e) Waiter, can I see the catalogue / directory / menu, please?

f) This fish is not what I called / commanded / ordered.

g) This dish / plate / serving is a speciality of our restaurant.

h) Have you tried the crude / raw / undercooked fish at the new Japanese restaurant?

i) Paul never eats meat, he’s a vegetable / vegetarian / vegetation.

j) Have you decided what to have for your main course / food / helping?

k) Can you give me the prescription / instructions / recipe for this pie? It’s delicious.

l) Waiter, I can’t eat this meat. It’s under- done / developed / nourished.

m) Is the hamburger for you to eat here or to go out / take away / carry on?

n) That was fantastic! Could I have a second course / service / helping, please?

Listening

You will hear two conversations that take place in a restaurant. In conversation 1, a woman is ordering a meal, and in conversation 2, a man is ordering a meal. Listen to both conversations and answer this question: Who cares more about health, the man or the woman? Fill in the following lists of foods and drinks, writing M next to the foods or drinks that the man orders and W next to the foods or drinks that the woman orders.