Reading
10 minutes"Now let's listen to someone ordering from this menu!"
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
1. How much is a burger?
2. How much is a coffee?
3. What's cheap? What's expensive?
4. What do YOU want?
Language Focus
12 minutesDialogue: A cafe. A customer orders food and drinks from the menu.
Server and Customer
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.
Explain:
How do you ask for something politely?
Can I have a coffee, please? — Can I have + item + please
A sandwich, please. — Or just: item + please (shorter)
Quick Check (oral):
1. Say: "You want a coffee. You say: 'Can I ___ a coffee, please?'"
Expected: have
If wrong: 'Can I HAVE...' is the polite way to ask.
2. Say: "The server asks if you want more. He says: 'Anything ___?'"
Expected: else
If wrong: 'Anything else?' = 'Mais alguma coisa?'
3. Say: "You give money to the server. You say: '___ you are.'"
Expected: Here
If wrong: 'Here you are.' = 'Aqui esta.'
Common Errors
'I want' is too direct. 'Can I have...please?' is more polite.
Can I have = Posso pedir. Anything else? = Mais alguma coisa? Here you are = Aqui esta (dando algo). Here's your change = Aqui esta o troco.
Practice
15 minutes- 'Can I have' vs 'I want': Brazilian tends to say 'I want a coffee.' Correct but too direct. Teach: 'Can I have a coffee, PLEASE?' is more polite.
- Prices with cents: '$7.50' = 'seven fifty' (short form, most used) or 'seven dollars and fifty cents' (complete). In practice, 'seven fifty' is what students will hear.
- 'Anything else?': fixed expression the server ALWAYS says. Student needs to recognize and respond: 'No, thanks.' or 'And a ___.'
- 'Here you are' — 2 uses: (1) Customer giving money. (2) Server giving the product. Same expression.
- Math check: sandwich ($4.50) + coffee ($3.00) = $7.50. If student notices, praise: 'Good math!'
- Real menu: if possible, bring a real cafe menu and practice. 'How much is a cappuccino at Starbucks?'
Prices
Match the price to the words.
Column A
Column B
$2.50 = two fifty
$3.00 = three dollars
$4.50 = four fifty
$6.00 = six dollars
$7.50 = seven fifty
$1.50 = one fifty
Ordering Phrases
Complete with words from the box.
1. have, please
2. else
3. Here
4. 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
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.
Let's Talk
13 minutesLet'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.