Step 19: At the Restaurant
Ordering food — Would like; polite requests
📖 Read — A Delicious Dinner
We are at a restaurant. The waiter is friendly. "Good evening! A table for two?" — "Yes, please." I look at the menu. "I would like the fish, please. And some rice." My friend says, "I would like a salad and some juice." The food is delicious. "The bill, please!" What a nice evening!
🧩 Grammar — Would like — polite requests
Would like is the polite way to say what you want: I would like the fish. Short form: I'd like. In questions: Would you like…? Always add please and thank you — politeness is part of English!
- I would like the fish, please.
- I'd like some juice.
- Would you like tea?
- The bill, please.
🏗️ Key structures
- I would like + food, please — I would like the chicken, please.
- A table for + number, please — A table for two, please.
- The bill, please — The bill, please!
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
Sit down — dinner is my treat!
🔤 New words
the list of food in a restaurant
I look at the menu.
the person who brings food in a restaurant
The waiter is friendly.
ask for food (verb)
We order fish and rice.
the paper that says how much to pay
The bill, please.
tasting very good
The food is delicious.
wanting to eat
I am hungry!
wanting to drink
She is thirsty.
the furniture you eat on
A table for two.
🎧 Say it with me
I would like the fish and some rice, please. The bill, please!
🎤 Your turn to speak
Play the restaurant: order a full meal politely (starter, main food, drink) with would like and please.
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write a mini restaurant dialogue (4 lines).
See a model answer
— Good evening! A table for two? — Yes, please. — What would you like? — I would like the fish and some salad, please.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
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