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How to ask for a table at a restaurant
Learn English with this Audio-story and test your knowledge with the English exercises at the end of it.
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Questions to start the class
- What questions does a host or hostess ask when you arrive at a restaurant?
- What are some of the jobs a host or hostess performs?
- Why is it important for a host/hostess to be friendly?
Exercise A
Vocabulary for the audios
Audio
Difficulty: Intermediate (B1)
Audio
Customer: We’d like a table for four, please.
Hostess: Do you have a reservation?
Customer: No, we don’t.
Hostess: I’m afraid there will be a 10- or 15-minute wait.
Customer: That’s okay.
Hostess: And would you prefer a table or a booth?
Customer: It doesn’t matter.
Hostess: Would you rather sit inside or on the patio?
Customer: The patio would be nice.
Hostess: Okay. I’ll take your name and call you when the table is ready.
Customer: It’s Montague.
Hostess: Could you spell that, please?
Customer: M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E. Could we look at some menus while we’re waiting?
Hostess: Certainly. Here you are.
Customer: Thank you.
Exercise B
Time to practice!
Imagine that you want to go to a restaurant, how would you ask for a table for you and your companions?
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