Ordering in a café

Ordering in a café

Listen to people ordering food and drinks in a café to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Customer 1: Can I have an orange juice, please?

Server: Regular or large?

Customer 1: How big is a large?

Server: This is a large. This is a regular.

Customer 1: I'll have a large, then, please. Without ice.

Server: OK, coming up.

Customer 1: Sorry, I wanted freshly squeezed orange juice.

Server: I'm afraid we only have bottled juices.

Customer 1: Oh, then I'll have an apple juice instead, please.

Server: Here you go. That's £3.50, please.

Customer: Thanks.

Server: Thank you.


Server: Can I help anyone?

Customer 2: Who's next?

Customer 3: You were first, I think.

Customer 2: What teas do you have?

Server: Breakfast tea, mint and green tea.

Customer 2: A mint tea and a slice of lemon cake, please.

Server: To eat in or take away?

Customer 2: Take away, please.

Server: There you go. That'll be £4.20, please.

Customer 2: Sorry, I've only got a fifty.

Server: That's OK. Here's your change … 5, 10, 30, 50.


Server: Who's next?

Customer 4: Can I have a ...

Customer 3: Sorry, I think I was in front of you. 

Customer 4: Oh, sorry! 

Customer 3: Can I have a chocolate chip cookie, please?

Server: Would you like a drink with that?

Customer 3: No, thanks. Just the cookie.

Server: OK, then. That's 95p, please.

Customer 3: Thanks. I think that's right.

Server: 50, 70, 80, 85, 90, 92, 94, yep, 95. Thank you.

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Submitted by vuhoap on Wed, 20/10/2021 - 13:14

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I rarely buy drinks or snacks from cafes. Instead I usually buy it at the supermarket while shopping for food.

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Mon, 04/10/2021 - 11:38

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I buy tea or coffee. I like very much tea.

Submitted by KATIELLE RAIAN… on Sat, 10/07/2021 - 14:29

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I hardly ever eat or drink anything outside the house.

Submitted by Munirah Saad 20 on Mon, 24/05/2021 - 10:26

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I was sometimes buy coffee but now I seldom do that because I have a coffee machine now and I will buy another for my office in future .
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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Fri, 09/04/2021 - 14:06

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I rarely visit cafés... :|

Submitted by victor.07 on Thu, 08/04/2021 - 23:00

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Actually, I don't buy in the coffees often

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Thu, 08/04/2021 - 04:24

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When I was in university, then I and my friends frequently go to the canteen and bought cold drink, Samosa, and other many things.We spend long time in canteen.

Submitted by tvkien on Wed, 31/03/2021 - 04:30

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Not much, I sometimes go to the cafe with my colleagues and drink a cup of tea or freshly squeezed orange juice.

Submitted by Veronikka on Sun, 28/03/2021 - 23:44

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Before pandemic, I bought drinks or some desserts every weekend. I went to cafés with my mom, and We ate some desserts such us chocolate cake, apple pie, etc. Now, I dont go outside, because my country is blockdown.