Ordering in a café

Listen to people ordering food and drinks in a café to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Transcript

Customer 1: Can I have an orange juice, please?

Server: Regular or large?

Customer 1: How big is a large?

Server: This is a large. This is a regular.

Customer 1: I'll have a large, then, please. Without ice.

Server: OK, coming up.

Customer 1: Sorry, I wanted freshly squeezed orange juice.

Server: I'm afraid we only have bottled juices.

Customer 1: Oh, then I'll have an apple juice instead, please.

Server: Here you go. That's £3.50, please.

Customer: Thanks.

Server: Thank you.

Server: Can I help anyone?

Customer 2: Who's next?

Customer 3: You were first, I think.

Customer 2: What teas do you have?

Server: Breakfast tea, mint and green tea.

Customer 2: A mint tea and a slice of lemon cake, please.

Server: To eat in or take away?

Customer 2: Take away, please.

Server: There you go. That'll be £4.20, please.

Customer 2: Sorry, I've only got a fifty.

Server: That's OK. Here's your change … 5, 10, 30, 50.

Server: Who's next?

Customer 4: Can I have a ...

Customer 3: Sorry, I think I was in front of you.

Customer 4: Oh, sorry!

Customer 3: Can I have a chocolate chip cookie, please?

Server: Would you like a drink with that?

Customer 3: No, thanks. Just the cookie.

Server: OK, then. That's 95p, please.

Customer 3: Thanks. I think that's right.

Server: 50, 70, 80, 85, 90, 92, 94, yep, 95. Thank you.

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Task 2

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Discussion

How often do you buy drinks or snacks from cafés?

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A1 Elementary

I rarely buy drinks from cafes. We usually go to a restaurant with my family once a month.

when we go to walk we take something in the cafe and other times we buy food to take home, to the beach. too for to breakfast near of the work

I sometimes buy a coffee and sweets but I never buy salty snacks, actually I rarely buy in cafes because there is expensivly.

I often order coffee but never order snack because snack's not good for healthy.

I often buy chocolate cake from the café with cappuccino or lattes .

I have completed the following lessons of "Ordering in a Cafe". The level that I choose was beginner A1.

I have completed the lesson for "Ordering in a Cafe". The level I chose is Beginner A1.

Every morning i take my espresso in coffee and sometimes when i'm busy or at the weekend i take my lunch away

I have complete the ordering in a cafe,booking a table and shopping for clothes.The level that i choose was Beginner A1 Listening.