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Free printable PDF lesson plans, word banks, quizzes and games for EFL/ESL teachers & learners
RESTAURANTS

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Busy Restaurant
​Sound Effects

​RESTAURANT
Play this All Things Topics video in class to create a more authentic-sounding environment during ​your ESL Restaurant Role Play.

​Playing Time: 6 minutes

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​Spot the Differences
​Speaking Activity
​RESTAURANTS
Information-gap

Pair work; Answer Key attached

Find all eight differences in the pictures.

Level: Elementary to Advanced

​Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes
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​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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​Vocabulary Memory Game (with spelling practice)
​Complete the words below with vowels.  Then memorize the words in the boxes.

Individual or pair work

​Activity Notes attached

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Approximate Time: 20 - 25 minutes
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​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Pair Work Discussion
RESTAURANTS
20 different questions about restaurants - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts

Pair work

Level: Intermediate

Approximate Time: 15 minutes

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Discussion Practice
RESTAURANTS
16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.

These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing.

Activity Notes on Page 2

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

​Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes
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​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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'Find Someone Who'
​Activity

RESTAURANTS
Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity

​Whole class activity

Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity
​Version 1 and Version 2)

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Approximate Time:  15 - 20 minutes
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​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!

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Infographic Chart
RESTAURANTS
Printable 'Stop!' Never ordr a sheep in a restaurant'

Level: Intermediate
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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!

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Spelling Worksheet
RESTAURANTS
16 sentences with 16 scrambled words on the topic of 'restaurants'

The first letter of each word is underlined.

Level: Intermediate

With Answer Key on Page 2

Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes


​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Quick & Useful Phrases
RESTAURANTS
​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
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SUGGESTION
Before handing out these phrases, consider dividing the board into a similar four-section grid and eliciting as many of the phrases that your learners can think of on their own.


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"Students, like the rest of us, need to be able to do a number of things with a reading text. They need to be able to scan the text for particular bits of information they are searching for. This skill means that they do not have to read every word and line; on the contrary, such an approach would stop them scanning successfully . . . They may scan a computer manual to find one piece of information they need to use their machine . . . But we would expect them to be less utilitarian with a literary work where reading for pleasure will be a slower, closer kind of activity." 
How to Teach English
~Jeremy Harmer

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Reading (Scanning)
RESTAURANT MENU
Look at the menu and decide if each statement is true or false.

Answer Key on Page 2

Level: Beginner to Elementary

Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes

​Find the Listening version of this activity
​below.
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​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!

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Listening Practice
RESTAURANT MENU
Listen and decide if each statement is true or false.

Read-Aloud Script and Answer Key on
Page 2

Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate

Approximate Time: 10 minutes


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Pause the audio between sentences if you or your learners need extra time.
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Listening + Discussion +
Writing Lesson

RESTAURANTS
5-Page Lesson

  • Giving Advice and Discussing & Writing Opinions
  • With Answer Key and mp3 Audio File
  • Level: Intermediate
​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Listening 1 - Emma
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Listening 2 - Martha
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Listening 3 - Michael
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Board Game
RESTAURANTS
30 questions about restaurants

For groups of two to three players

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes

Dice required


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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!

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Information-Gap Activity
RESTAURANT - MENU
Can you find all ten differences on the menus?

Answer Key and Activity Notes attached

Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate

Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes


​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!

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2- to 3-Hour Lesson
RESTAURANTS - McDONALD'S
Eight pages of activities about restaurants  and McDonald's (vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing); Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 120 - 180 minutes total


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Word Bank (Gap-Fill)
RESTAURANTS
15 restaurant-related vocabulary items

Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes


​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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15 Essential Words About Restaurants
   appetizer
   atmosphere
   beverage
   bill
​   chef
   dessert
   fork
   main course
   meal
​   menu
  napkin
  order
  reservation
  to stay
​  waiter
​Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!
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Worksheet
RESTAURANTS
Brainstorming and dictionary practice

Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below.  All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given.  Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 minutes


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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit.

Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework.

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Word Bank
RESTAURANTS
63 restaurant-related vocabulary items

Question: Which 6 words below are kinds of people?  Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced


​Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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63 Words about Restaurants
appetizer
atmosphere
beverage
bill
bowl
booth
cash
cashier
check
chef
closed
chopsticks
​cook
credit
cup
customer
dessert
dish
drive thru
entrance
entree
exit
fast food
food court
fork
glass


home delivery
kitchen
knife
main course
meal
menu
napkin
non-smoking
open
order
pepper
plate
​refill
reserve
reservation
restaurant
​   chain
restroom
salad bar
salt
serve
service
service charge
side order
spoon
straw
table
​table cloth
take-out
tip
to go
to stay
toothpick
tray
waiter
waitress
washroom
​vegetarian

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Vocabulary Quiz
RESTAURANTS
14 restaurant-related vocabulary items

Answer Key attached

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes


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Crossword
RESTAURANTS
Information-Gap (Pair Work); Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 - 25 minutes


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Word Search
RESTAURANTS
18 restaurant-related vocabulary items

Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate

Approximate Time: 15 minutes


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Rank &
Discuss Opinions

RESTAURANTS
12 statements about restaurants

Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 minutes


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Advice Column
RESTAURANTS
Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about restaurants

Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 25 minutes


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​Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
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Listening1 - Emma
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Listening 2 - Martha
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Listening 3 - Michael
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