A1 · Food and Ordering
Ordering at a Restaurant
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Ordering at a Restaurant" is an A1-level English conversation about food and ordering, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.
- Line 1Tom 0:00
Can I see the menu, please?
- Line 2Emma 0:02
Sure, here is our lunch menu.
- Line 3Tom 0:04
What do you recommend?
- Line 4Emma 0:06
The beef noodles and chicken rice are very popular.
- Line 5Tom 0:10
I'll have the chicken rice, please.
- Line 6Emma 0:12
Would you like something to drink?
- Line 7Tom 0:14
Just a glass of water, please.
- Line 8Emma 0:16
Sure. Your meal will be ready soon.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- see /si/ verb
to notice with the eyes or understand
- menu /ˈmɛnju/ noun
a list of food or options
- lunch /lʌntʃ/ noun
a meal eaten around midday
- recommend /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/ verb
to suggest as a good choice
- chicken /ˈtʃɪkən/ noun
a domestic fowl kept for eggs or meat
- rice /raɪs/ noun
small grains used as food
- popular /ˈpɑpjələr/ adjective
liked or supported by many people
- like /laɪk/ verb
to enjoy or approve of someone or something
- water /ˈwɔtər/ noun
a clear liquid needed by living things
- meal /mil/ noun
an occasion when food is eaten
- ready /ˈrɛdi/ adjective
prepared or available
- soon /sun/ adverb
after a short time