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VOCABULARY 1 Types of restaurants -----------------------------------------------------------
1.1. Translate the following words into your language.
Fine dining restaurant Fast food restaurant
Specialised restaurant Take away
Buffet Drive thru
Italian restaurant Mexican restaurant
Self-service Ice cream parlour
Beer restaurant Snack bar
Hotel restaurant Café, coffe shop

1.2. Match the pictures with the type of restaurants and the characteristics of
the restaurant in the boxes below.

Types of restaurants.

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GAME. In pairs. Choose two types of restaurants from the chart in exercise 1.1.
(or any restaurant you know) and write a definition in your own
words. Read this definition to your partner and see if they can guess
which type of restaurant you are describing. Then change roles.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

VOCABULARY 2 Areas of a restaurant ----------------------------------------------------------

1.3. Translate the following words into your language.
Entryway (reception Bar area
area)
Customer washrooms Staff area
(restrooms or toilet)
Office Kitchen
Dining room

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A restaurant has several areas with different functions:

1.4. Label the parts of a restaurant in the pictures.

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1.5. Fill in the gaps in the text with a suitable part of the restaurant.

VOCABULARY 3 A professional kitchen ---------------------------------------------------------

1.6. Translate the following words into your language.
Sauté station Grill station
Fry station Preparation area
Pick up area Storage area
Rare Breading
Salad dressing Tongs
Spindle Garnish
Crockery Linens
Dishwashing area Receiving area
Rubbish bin

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1.7. Now use the vocabulary about a professional kitchen to complete the
following sentences.

a) Like most people I worked in the _____________________ when I started.

b) The best thing about The Ivy is the presentation of the dishes and that’s because they have got
the best ____________________ in the business.
c) When I finish my course and I get some experience I would like to work in the _________________
of that new restaurant in the High Street. I love getting meat to the perfect temperature for a
customer.
d) Patrick is really quick with the knife, that’s why he got the job in the __________________________
of that restaurant.
e) That ___________________________ is fantastic. The water is really hot and with so much pressure
that the dishes are easily cleaned.
f) The designer of this kitchen thought about all the cooking requirements but there are not
enough _________________________ for all the food and equipment to be put away safely.
g) Helen has worked in the best hotels cooking for very famous people. She loves making amazing
things with fruit and pastry. That’s why she has stayed on to work in the _________________________.
h) That _____________________ is not working! The waiter has taken a plate without any garnish on!
i) He is the best chef in that restaurant. I don’t understand why he is not working in the 6
___________________________.
j) I find it very difficult. They have no cooler so the ____________________________ is not
equipped to make impressive salads.

HOMEWORK

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LISTENING 1 StreetXO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Listen to a radio programme “Foodies on the radio”. This is the first part of an interview about a new
restaurant in London, StreetXO.
1.8. Are the following sentences TRUE or FALSE? (Listening 1.1.2R)

a) Andrew writes a blog about super chefs. ____________

b) The interviewer has eaten in that restaurant. ______________
c) Andrew explains that David doesn’t have any time for sport. ___________
d) This is David’s first restaurant. ____________
e) David has Mondays off. ____________
f) He sleeps for five hours before flying to London on Sundays. ____________

1.9. Listen to an extract of the first part of the interview and complete the
sentences with what you hear. (Listening 1.2.2R)

Now listen to the second part of the interview with Andrew. (Listening 1.3.2R)
1.10. What do they talk about, in general terms?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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1.11. True or False?

a) The restaurant is on the first floor of an old building. _______________
b) It has an old-fashioned atmosphere. _______________
c) The menu has more than 20 dishes to choose from. _______________
d) Andrew preferred the Pekinese dumplings. _________________

Now, in pairs talk about: What do you know about David Muñoz? Do you like his cooking style? Why (not)?

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GRAMMAR (Revision) Present Simple and Continuous -----------------------------------------

1.12. Complete the following sentences with the Present Simple:

1. They __________________ (love) exotic food.
2. We __________________________ (never/eat) out.
3. My sister ____________________ (like) all types of fresh fruit and vegetables.
4. “Where _____________________________ (he/live)? “He _________________ (live) in Brighton”.
5. This restaurant _____________________ (employ) eight people.
6. “___________________________ (Betsy/study)?” “Yes, she _____________________ (study)
Professional Cooking.
7. “How often ___________________________ (you/go) to a fine dining restaurant?” “Once a year.”
8. I ________________________ (never/be) late for work.

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1.13. Complete the following sentences with the Present Continuous:
1. The dishwasher ________________________ (make) a strange noise at the moment.
2. Timothy ______________________ (visit) his friend in Parix next Saturday.
3. We ______________________ (look) at the cookies. Right now. It’s
so difficult to take a decision.
4. The technician _________________________ (repair) the oven right
now.
5. I ______________________ (not/study) Culinary Arts. I
______________________ (do) a course in Catering.
6. “___________________________ (they/look for) a job in a fast-food
chain?” “Yes, they ______________”.
7. “Why ________________________________ (you/read) the recipe?”
“Because I have a doubt with quantities.”

1.14. Complete the right tense of the verbs in brackets. Present Simple or
Continuous?
1. She ____________________ (work) as a recepcionist in a restaurant. She _________________ (book)
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2. I __________________________ (watch) a recipe on Youtube right now.
3. A fatty diet ____________________________ (increase) the risk of heart disease.
4. My friend Mike _____________________ (deliver) fruit. He ____________________ (have got) a van.
5. I ________________________ (usually/travel) by train, I _________________ (hate) planes.
6. He ___________________________ (always/prefer) meat to
fish.
7. “What __________________________________ (you/do)?” “I
___________________________ (tidy up) my bedroom at the
moment. It’s a mess!
8. How often _____________________ (he/go) shopping? He
____________________ (go) to the supermarket once a week.
9. Sam _________________________ (study) German in a
language school this year. He ______________ (think) of looking
for a job in Germany.
10. Jeremy’s aunt ______________________ (suffer) from a rare type of allergy.

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1.15. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

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