Test 9

breakfast	lunch	dinner
restaurant	waiter	waitress
bill	bar	service
menu	table	/

1. Identifying the key word

1. [restaurant] - recommend, try out, Italian, fully-booked

2. [bill] - have, pay, split

3. [waiter / waitress] - call, work as, friendly, rude

4. [dinner / lunch] - have, invite to, prepare, take out to

5. [breakfast] - make, skip, cooked, continental

6. [menu] - get, study, share, children's

7. [lunch] - early, three-course, packed, Sunday

8. [service] - awful, excellent, slow

9. [table] - book, wait for, free, ready

10. [bar] - work behind, stand at, crowded, snack

2. The correct collocation

1. I don't think it is a good idea to avoid / skip breakfast. It's an important meal.

2. I'm not hungry during the day and I usually just have a light / small lunch.

3. We'd like to invite / offer you to dinner on Saturday night.

4. The new Greek restaurant serves / cooks great food.

5. Can you call / tell the waiter? I'd like some more water.

6. The bill arrives at / comes to £67.

7. Can you give me a few minutes to see / study the menu, please?

8. Your table is made / ready. Would you like to come this way?

3. Key word quiz

1. I took a packed lunch with me when we went on the school trip to the seaside.

2. A young French waiter took our order. He was very polite and friendly.

3. We're going out for dinner this evening.

4. It was my turn to go to the bar and order the drinks.

5. When I sat down, the waiter handed me the menu.

6. We tried to book a table at Fabio's but the restaurant was fully booked.

7. I usually have cereal for breakfast, but sometimes I have a boiled egg and toast.

8. We split the bill between the three of us. It worked out at about ￡20 each.

9. The service was excellent. We only waited a short while for our food to arrive.

4. Prepositions

1. We discussed the deal over / with dinner at the Sheraton Hotel.

2. The post office was closed at / for lunch.

3. He runs a chain for / of restaurants in the West End.

4. I work behind / at a bar in the evenings.

5. Have you got a table by / with the window?

6. Have they got anything spicy in / on the menu?