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Listening skills practice: Ordering food in a caf exercises

Listen to the conversation in a caf and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Write the words in the correct group.
Banana cake

Cola

Ice cream

Water

Apple tart

Apple juice

Four cheeses pizza

Cheese burger

Chicken curry and rice

Orange juice

Chocolate cake

Seafood salad with

bread

Main courses
Cheese burger
Chicken curry and rice
Four cheeses pizza
Seafood salad with bread

Desserts
Banana cake
Chocolate cake
Apple tart
Ice cream

Drinks
Apple juice
Orange juice
Cola
Water

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice

Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best answer to complete these sentences.

1.

For his main course, Andi chooses a normal cheese burger / a double cheese burger / a burger
with chips.

2.

For dessert, Andi chooses ice cream / chocolate cake / banana cake

3.

To drink, Andi chooses apple juice / fizzy water / still water .

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2. Check your understanding: ordering

Write a number (1-5) to put the questions in the order you hear them.
3.

Anything else?

2.

A cheese burger or double cheese burger?

1.

What would you like?

4.

Would you like a drink?

5.

Whats your table number?

Discussion
Do you like fast food? Why or why not?
Whats your favourite restaurant? What food and drink do you like to have there?

Vocabulary Box

Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.