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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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Step 1) First, have your students sit together in pairs and then play the audio once or twice; have them discuss what they heard. Step 2) Then, distribute the worksheet to your learners. Have them work on it independently before comparing their answers with a classmate. Step 3) Elicit and discuss the correct answers. |
Describing Pictures
RESTAURANT Look at the picture and decide if each description is true or false. Answer Key attached Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 10 to 15 minutes Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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Add an extra 5 to 10 minutes to the activity when using the above Active Listening.
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 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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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 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 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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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. |
"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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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 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
Pause the audio between sentences if you or your learners need extra time.
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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 Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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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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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 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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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 |
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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 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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. |
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 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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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 Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
Listening1 - Emma
Listening 2 - Martha
Listening 3 - Michael
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