Can I get a cup of

tea? (at a café)

ESL
Discuss the questions.

● Do you like going to cafés? Why/Why not?

● How often do you go to cafés?

● People eat and drink at cafés. What else do they do there?

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Let’s think!

ESL Brains
Your teacher is going to give you the Cozy Corner Café
menu. Read it and answer the questions.

A. What is the only cold drink?

B. Can you order coffee with milk?

C. If you like chocolate, what can you

Cozy Corner Café menu
order?

D. If you want to eat something with

fruit, what can you order?

E. Which sandwich has meat in it?

F. What two ice cream flavours are

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Let’s check the answers.

A. What is the only cold drink? orange juice

B. Can you order coffee with milk? Yes, you can.

hot chocolate, a slice of chocolate cake,
C. If you like chocolate, what can you a chocolate muffin or chocolate ice
order? cream with marshmallows

a slice of apple pie or lemon tart

D. If you want to eat something with
fruit, what can you order?
chicken sandwich
E. Which sandwich has meat in it?
vanilla, chocolate
F. What two ice cream flavours are
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Let’s talk!

ESL Brains
Look at the menu again and ask and answer questions
about prices like in the example.

EXAMPL TIP
Student A: How much is orange
E
juice?
€/$/£/… 3.10
Student B: It’s two euros ten.
= three
How much is a chocolate muffin?
euros/dollars/pounds/… ten
Student A: It’s two euros. How
= three ten
much…
Student B: …
Student A, ask about: Student B, ask about:
● a cup of hot chocolate ● an egg salad sandwich
● a slice of lemon tart ● a cup of black tea
● vanilla ice cream with caramel ● a slice of apple pie
sauce
ESL 7
In a moment, you’ll listen to a recording
in which:

a customer talks to a
server at the Cozy
Corner Café
ESL Brains
Listen to the recording. Choose the things from the
Cozy Corner Café menu that the customer gets.

ESL
ESLBrains
Let’s check the answer.

The customer gets a toasted cheese

sandwich and a cup of black tea with
lemon.

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Put the parts of the conversation in the right order.

A. server: It’s two euros sixty a slice. Would you like one?
customer: Hmm… No, thanks.
B. server: Would you like something to drink?
customer: I’d like a cup of black tea, please. And can I get some
lemon, too?
C. server: OK, so that’ll be five seventy, please.
customer: Here you go!
server: Thanks!
D. server: Hi! How can I help you?
customer: Hi! Can I get a toasted cheese sandwich, please?
E. server: Sure! So a toasted cheese sandwich and a cup of tea with
lemon. Anything else?
customer: Let me see… How much is the apple pie?
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Listen to the recording again and check your answers.

A. server: It’s two euros sixty a slice. Would you like one?
customer: Hmm… No, thanks.
B. server: Would you like something to drink?
customer: I’d like a cup of black tea, please. And can I get
some lemon, too?
C. server: OK, so that’ll be five seventy, please.
customer: Here you go!
server: Thanks!
D. server: Hi! How can I help you?
customer: Hi! Can I get a toasted cheese sandwich, please?
E. server: Sure! So a toasted cheese sandwich and a cup of tea
with lemon. Anything else?
customer: Let me see… How much is the apple pie?
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Let’s check the answers.

A. server: It’s two euros sixty a slice. Would you like one?
4
customer: Hmm… No, thanks.
B. server: Would you like something to drink?
customer: I’d like a cup of black tea, please. And can I get 2
some lemon, too?
C. server: OK, so that’ll be five seventy, please. 5
customer: Here you go!
server: Thanks!
D. server: Hi! How can I help you? 1
customer: Hi! Can I get a toasted cheese sandwich, please?
E. server: Sure! So a toasted cheese sandwich and a cup of tea 3
with lemon. Anything else?
customer: Let me see… How much is the apple pie?
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Let’s work with some
vocabulary!

ESL Brains
Read the dialogues and choose the correct words or phrases.

A. a: How can I help you?

b: Can I pay/Can I get a cup of coffee, please?

a: Sure. That’ll buy/That’ll be two dollars, please.

B. a: I’d like/I’ve like a vanilla muffin, please.

b: Here you go!/Let’s go! Anything else?

a: No, thanks.

C. a: Who you like/Would you like something to drink?

b: Yes, please/thanks. I’d like some apple juice, please.

And how much/this much is vanilla ice
cream?

a: It’s a dollar fifty.

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Let’s check the answers.

A. a: How can I help you?

b: Can I pay/Can I get a cup of coffee, please?

a: Sure. That’ll buy/That’ll be two dollars, please.

B. a: I’d like/I’ve like a vanilla muffin, please.

b: Here you go!/Let’s go! Anything else?

a: No, thanks.

C. a: Who you like/Would you like something to drink?

b: Yes, please/thanks. I’d like some apple juice, please.

And how much/this much is vanilla ice
cream?

a: It’s a dollar fifty.

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Let’s think!

ESL Brains
part
1/3
Do the task below.

A. Read the dialogues (1–3) again and decide who the server and who the
customer is in each of them.

1. a: How can I help you?

b: Can I get a cup of coffee, please?
a: Sure. That’ll be two dollars please.

2. a: I’d like a vanilla muffin, please.

b: Here you go! Anything else?
a: No, thanks.
3. a: Would you like something to drink?

b: Yes, please. I’d like some apple juice, please. And how much is
vanilla ice cream?
a: It’s a dollar fifty.
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part
1/3
Let’s check the answers.

A. Read the dialogues (1–3) again and decide who the server and who the
customer is in each of them.

1. a: How can I help you?

a is the server, b is the customer
b: Can I get a cup of coffee, please?
a: Sure. That’ll be two dollars please.

2. a: I’d like a vanilla muffin, please. a is the customer, b is the server

b: Here you go! Anything else?
a: No, thanks.
3. a: Would you like something to drink?
a is the server, b is the customer
b: Yes, please. I’d like some apple juice, please. And how much is
vanilla ice cream?
a: It’s a dollar fifty.
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part
2/3
Do the task below.

B. In pairs, read the conversations.

1. a: How can I help you?

b: Can I get a cup of coffee, please?
a: Sure. That’ll be two dollars please.

2. a: I’d like a vanilla muffin, please.

b: Here you go! Anything else?
a: No, thanks.
3. a: Would you like something to drink?

b: Yes, please. I’d like some apple juice, please. And how much is
vanilla ice cream?
a: It’s a dollar fifty.
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part
3/3
Do the task below.

C. In pairs, read the conversations again but imagine you are at the Cozy
Corner Café and change some details using the menu (the food, the
drinks, how much things are).
1. a: How can I help you?
b: Can I get a cup of coffee, please?
a: Sure. That’ll be two dollars please.

2. a: I’d like a vanilla muffin, please.

b: Here you go! Anything else?
a: No, thanks.
3. a: Would you like something to drink?

b: Yes, please. I’d like some apple juice, please. And how much is
vanilla ice cream?
a: It’s a dollar fifty.
ESL 21
In a moment, you’ll watch a video in
which:

a server talks to a
customer
But first…
ESL Brains
Read the sentences from the video and say who you think says
them: the customer or the server. The pictures show the words in
bold.

A. That’s fine. I can wait.

B. We only have white sugar.

C. Five euros twenty is a good price for a handmade

cake and a coffee.

D. Do you have a tip jar anywhere?

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Let’s check the answers.

custom
A. That’s fine. I can wait. er

B. We only have white sugar. server

custom
C. Five euros twenty is a good price for a er
handmade cake and a coffee.

custom
D. Do you have a tip jar anywhere? er

ESL 24
Watch the video and choose the sentence that describes the
customer.

A. The customer is
happy about the
coffee, the cake
and the prices.

B. The customer is
happy about the
cake and the
prices but
she
isn’t happy
about
the coffee.
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Let’s check the answer.

A. The customer is
happy about the
coffee, the cake
and the prices.

B. The customer is
happy about the
cake and the
prices but
she
isn’t happy
about
the coffee.
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Let’s role play!

ESL Brains
You are going to role-play a conversation at a café. Read the
information on the card your teacher gives you and use the
language in the boxes.

SERVER CUSTOMER
How can I help How much is…? Student A – sit Student B – sit
you? uation 1 uation 1
Can I get…,
That’ll be… please?
Would you like…? I’d like…, please.
Student A – sit Student B – sit
We only have… Yes, please.
uation 2 uation 2
Sure. Here you go. No, thanks.

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THANKS!

ESL Brains