Unit 5: Comer

Comer fuera de casa

Order food in a restaurant and talk about meals.

A19 min

Handle simple restaurant interactions and name common dishes or drinks.

Warm-up

Key words

menu

menu

table for two

mesa para dos

I want

quiero

water

agua

Input

Mesa para dos

Cliente: Mesa para dos, si es tan amable. Recepcion: Tiene reservacion? Cliente: No, no tengo. Recepcion: No importa. Siganme por favor.

  • What does the customer ask for first?
  • Which phrase could you reuse in a restaurant?
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Focus

Ordering food

Restaurant Spanish at A1 is mostly made of short chunks you can repeat with confidence.

  • Use mesa para dos to ask for a table.
  • Use quiero plus a drink or dish to order.
  • Keep the exchange polite and short.
Mesa para dos, por favor.Quiero una ensalada.Agua, por favor.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the best restaurant opening.

Exercise 2

Choose a food or drink word.

Exercise 3

Choose the best answer for this comer fuera de casa situation.

Exercise 4

Complete: Quiero ___ cafe. Choose the best option.

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "menu".

Exercise 6

Complete: Quiero ___ cafe.

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: menu.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: table for two.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: I want.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: water.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

aguaporfavorQuiero

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

dosporfavorMesapara

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Quierounaensalada

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

porfavorAgua

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

tengoNono

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this comer fuera de casa exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this comer fuera de casa exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this comer fuera de casa exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this comer fuera de casa exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this comer fuera de casa exchange.

Use it

Tutor handoff

Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.

Act as a patient A1 tutor. Be a waiter and make me order a meal and a drink in simple Spanish.

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