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 mahamagdi on Wed, 07/09/2022 - 13:52

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every weekend when i go to cafes and i prefer buy white mocha with a sandwich or cheesecake

Submitted by den_schatalin on Sun, 04/09/2022 - 13:01

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I don’t often go to the cafe

Submitted by ridoan on Tue, 30/08/2022 - 14:33

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Sometimes, when I go on trips.

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Submitted by katiavel on Fri, 19/08/2022 - 02:25

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Rarely. I prefer to prepare my coffee at home every day.

Submitted by maljber on Fri, 29/07/2022 - 13:54

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Actually
I buy every day amrecano cafe and a a lot sweets

Submitted by kirito25 on Wed, 27/07/2022 - 09:36

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Actually, When i go to my college

Submitted by ohroyal on Tue, 21/06/2022 - 17:40

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Few times, just when i'm at the college

Submitted by Mm1111 on Tue, 14/06/2022 - 18:56

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I seldom go to cafe because I prefer to buy at the supermarket and take my breakfast in my house

Submitted by Mohamed Ahmed … on Tue, 14/06/2022 - 08:39

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I often make my own drink in home with a mint it's so nice.

Submitted by khaled67 on Wed, 11/05/2022 - 22:19

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I use to buy coffe from cafes, I think is better than prepare it at home.