Can I Have a Coffee, Please? — Student

1

Reading

10 minutes

Reading

Read the text aloud. Then discuss the questions below.

CAFE MENU

FOOD: Cheese sandwich — $4.50 Burger — $6.00 Toast — $2.00

DRINKS: Coffee — $3.00 Tea — $2.50 Orange juice — $3.50 Water — $1.50 Coke — $2.00

Key Words from the Text

sandwich — A cheese sandwich, please.

burger — How much is a burger?

coffee — Can I have a coffee, please?

tea — A tea, please.

juice — An orange juice, please.

water — A water, please.

Coke — A Coke, please.

menu — Can I see the menu?

1. How much is a burger?

2. How much is a coffee?

3. What's cheap? What's expensive?

4. What do YOU want?

2

Language Focus

12 minutes

Dialogue: A cafe. A customer orders food and drinks from the menu.

Server and Customer

Hi! What can I get you?

A cheese sandwich, please.

Anything else?

And a coffee, please.

That's $7.50.

Here you are.

Thanks. Here's your change.

Click any speech bubble to hear that line!

Comprehension:

1. What does the customer order?

2. How much is it?

3. Does the customer say 'please'?

Grammar Discovery: (recycling) How much is/are + Can I have...? + ordering expressions

Look at these ordering expressions. When does the customer speak? When does the server speak?

Customer: Can I have a sandwich, please?

Server: Anything else?

Customer: Here you are. (giving money)

Server: Here's your change.

How do you ask for something politely?

Try it!

1. You want a coffee. You say: 'Can I ___ a coffee, please?'

2. The server asks if you want more. He says: 'Anything ___?'

3. You give money to the server. You say: '___ you are.'

Common Errors

I want a coffee. → Can I have a coffee, please?

3

Practice

15 minutes

Prices

Match the price to the words.

Column A

$2.50

$3.00

$4.50

$6.00

$7.50

$1.50

Column B

one fifty

four fifty

two fifty

three dollars

seven fifty

six dollars

Ordering Phrases

Complete with words from the box.

havepleaseelsechangeHere

1. Can I a sandwich, ?

2. Anything ?

3. you are. (giving money)

4. Here's your . (getting change)

At the Cafe

You have $10. Order food and drinks from the menu.

Scenario:

You are at a cafe. You have $10. Order from the menu.

Useful Expressions

Can I have a ___, please?Anything else?How much is it?Here you are.Thanks!

Round 1 — You are the customer ($10 budget)

TEACHER: Hi! What can I get you?
YOU: Can I have a ___, please?
TEACHER: Anything else?
YOU: And a ___, please.
TEACHER: That's $___.
YOU: Here you are.
TEACHER: Thanks. Here's your change.

Round 2 — You are the server

YOU: Hi! What can I get you?
TEACHER: (orders 2-3 items)
YOU: Anything else?
TEACHER: No, thanks.
YOU: That's $___. (you calculate!)
TEACHER: Here you are.
YOU: Thanks. Here's your change.

4

Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Ordering at a cafe.

1. What do you usually order at a cafe?

Follow-up: Do you prefer coffee or tea?

2. How much is a coffee in Brazil?

Follow-up: Is it expensive or cheap?

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can order food and drinks: Can I have a ___, please?
✓
I can ask: How much is it?
✓
I can understand: Anything else? and Here's your change.

Great work today!

Next class: Next class: family! This is my sister. Her name's Maria.