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In this Unit we will look at Restaurants and Food. We will talk about restaurants experiences, vegetarianism and how to complain. We will also look at writing a discursive essay. We will examine Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous, we will review the Passive and look at Parts of the Body.

FOOD

 

Add 5 types of food that can be eaten in each of these ways.

Food is also a popular topic in idioms. Try the exercise in the attached file.

Watch the video and answer these questions.

 

1) How do people order food?

 

2) How many employees does the restaurant have?

 

3) Are they getting reservations?

We can communicate we our bodies as well as with our voices. See how many parts of the body you know, open the attached file and name the body parts.

Work with a partner. Read the role-play in the attached file, group the adjectives in part 1, read the situation in part 2 then act out the role play with your partner

Bad food can affect certain systems in our bodies. Open the attached file and complete the matching exercise with a partner.

Present Perfect Simple Vs Present Perfect Continuous

 

What is the difference between these two tenses? 

 

Check the Grammar Page for more information and try the exercise in the attached file

Complete this conversation in a restaurant using the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous

 

Gavin: I think the waiter (forget)________________  us. We (wait) ________________  here for over half an hour and nobody (take) __________________ our order yet. 

Una: I think you're right. He (walk) __________________  by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) ______________________. 

Gavin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) _______________  here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food. 

Una: He must realize we (order, not) _________________ yet! We (sit) _________________  here for over half an hour staring at him. 

Gavin: I don't know if he (notice, even) _____________________ us. He (run) ___________________ from table to table taking orders and serving food. 

Una: That's true, and he (look, not) _____________________ in our direction once.

Watch the video and answer these questions.

 

1) List 5 reasons to be a vegetarian

 

2) What is a binary solution?

 

3) What are the worst meats?

 

4) What are the benefits of being a weekday vegetarian?

Listen to the track in the attached link and answer these questions

 

1. The man (Andrew) and woman are _________.
A. siblings
B. husband and wife
C. close friends

 

2. Andrew found out about his new diet ______. 
A. from a friend
B. through an email
C. on TV

 

3. From the conversation, we can infer that Andrew _______.
A. has started a new exercise program
B. just joined a fitness center
C. hasn't gone running yet

 

4. The problem with eating at night is that _________.
A. the body isn't active to use up the extra calories
B. you feel hungrier in the morning hours
C. your blood pressure increases because of the extra fat

 

5. The woman knows Andrew is a regular customer at McDonalds because ________. 
A. the manager dropped off some food at his house
B. Andrew has hamburgers in the refrigerator
C. the woman found items in his garbage

Watch the video and answer these questions.

 

1) How much food is lost each year?

 

2) How much water is wasted each year?

 

3) What other factors are affected?

 

4) What can producers and retailers do?

 

5) What can be done with bad food?

There are many linking words used in English to express contrast.

 

Conjunctions: although, even though, while, whereas, (these are used before the clause that introduces the contrast)

 

Prepositions: in spite of, despite (only followed by a noun or the gerund, to use a clause we add “the fact that”, e.g. despite the fact that he lost…..)

 

Adverbs: nonetheless, nevertheless, however. (There are many other adverbs such as moreover, furthermore, consequently….to express extra information or results)

Open the attached file and complete exercises 1 and 2

The Passive

 

The Passive or Passive Voice is used for a variety of reasons. Generally we use the Passive when;

a) the action is more important than the subject

b) we don't know or it is difficult to say who the subject is

c) we want to be more polite or formal

d) we write docuemnts that are formal

 

you can find more information about the passive on the Grammar Page

Work with a partner, look at the following sentences and rewrite them using the passive form

  • We will provide refreshments during the meeting.

  • You should complete the form in block capitals.

  • We have not tested our products on animals.

  • We supply all our appliances with a manual.

  • Someone has updated the customer database.

  • I arranged the flow chart in chronological sequence.

  • You must wear an identity card while we are finishing the renovations.

  • We will prosecute all shoplifters.

  • Closed circuit cameras are monitoring this area.

  •  You may find toilet facilities at the rear of block B.

  •  The manager made me redo the clients account.

  •  We will take care of all the arrangements.

  • The manager should have sent Caroline to deal with the customers.

  •  The C.E.O. gave Paul a promotion.

  •  The manager let me take part in the negotiations.

  •  Someone heard the managers discussing cutbacks.

  •  I will finish the report by next Tuesday.

  •  I am going to take the clients to dinner at eight o’clock.

The passive is very common in reviews as you want to cooncentrate on what is being reviewed and not what you did.

Write a review of a restaurant you went to recently and do not use the prnouns "I" or "we".

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