Ordering Coffee or Tea
ESL Lesson PlansOrdering Coffee or Tea

Ordering Coffee or Tea

This interactive lesson plan provides ESL students with practical vocabulary and phrases for ordering coffee or tea in a café. Students will engage in dialogues, complete matching exercises, and practice ordering drinks with real-world phrases.

Skills

  • Speaking - Can ask for food and drink using basic expressions.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Let's learn some new vocabulary! Discuss the meanings of the words.

coffee
milk
green/black tea
with/without sugar
iced
cold
hot
large size
small size
2

Work in pairs and ask each other the questions below.

3

Read the dialogue aloud with your partner. What did Samantha and Mike order?

4

Based on the dialogue, mark the sentences as true/false.

5

Match these halves of the sentences so that they make sense. Compare your answer with your partner.

6

Work with your partner. Make sentences from these words.

7

Time for a role-play!

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