Ordering Food at Restaurants
ESL Lesson PlansOrdering Food at Restaurants

Ordering Food at Restaurants

This ESL lesson plan focuses on ordering food at restaurants through interactive video questions and role-play exercises in a 60-minute session. Designed for A2-level teens and adults, students will explore a sample menu, answer comprehension questions from a restaurant video, and practice ordering food in a role-play activity. This ESL lesson plan for ordering food helps students build confidence and vocabulary for real-life dining experiences.

Skills

  • Can order a meal.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss the following questions.

1
What is your favorite restaurant?
2
How often do you go to a restaurant?
3
What do you like to order when you go out to eat?
4
Do you like to go to restaurants with friends or family?
2

Read today's menu.

3

Decide if the sentences are True or False.

4

Fill in the blanks with sentences you can use to order food at a restaurant.

5

Watch the video and answer the questions.

6

Watch the video again and fill in the gaps.

7

Role-Play Activity!

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