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This lesson will help you Communicating in a restaurant.

to reinforce the topics
learnt during the Past Progressive.

week 11 Past Progressive and Past Simple.

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Communicating
in a restaurant

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Here you have some vocabulary used in restaurants:

Chef: Chef Cook: Cocinero

Jake
J ke is
s the chef.
chef She is a cook.

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Waiter: Mesero / Waitress: Mesera Customer: Cliente

He is a waiter. You are a nice customer.

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Cashier: Cajero Manager: Gerente

Pay to the cashier. She is the manager of this

restaurant.

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Appetizer: Aperitivo Soup: Sopa

I want an appetizer, I want that soup.

please.

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Salad: Ensalada Main course: Plato fuerte

Mary is eating
in
ng som
ng some
s me salad.
salad
lad.
d What is the main course?

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Fast food: Comida rápida Drink: Bebida

I want some fast food…I I don’t want any drink.

want a hamburger!

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Glass: Vaso/copa Bottle: Botella

I would like a glass of wine. I would like a bottle of wine.

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Dessert: Postre Salt and pepper: Sal y pimienta

Whatt d
Wh do
o yyou
ou want for There is some salt and
dessert? pepper on the table.

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Table napkin: Servilleta de mesa Menu: Menú

Is that my table napkin? Here is the menu, sir.

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Bill: Recibo Tip: Propina

This is your bill, sir. Leave a tip for the waiter.

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There are some expressions that you can use in a restaurant. Here you have some of them:

Expression in a restaurant Translation

Are there any free tables? ¿Hay alguna mesa libre?

A table for …, please Una mesa para …, por favor
Excuse me! ¡Disculpe!
I'd like to make a reservation Me gustaría hacer una reserva
I'd like to book a table, please Me gustaría reservar una mesa, por favor
I've got a reservation Tengo una reserva
Could I see the menu, please? ¿Podría ver el menú, por favor?
What do you recommend? ¿Qué me recomienda?

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Expression in a restaurant Translation

Could we have …? ¿Nos podría traer …?

I'll take this Tomaré esto
Could I see the dessert menu? ¿Podría ver el menú de los postres?
Thanks, that was delicious Gracias, estuvo delicioso
This food is cold La comida está fría
The bill, please La cuenta, por favor
Can I pay by card? ¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?

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Past
Progressive

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Were you
playing before
I arrived?

No! I was
studying for my
English test.

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The Past Progressive is used to talk about situations that happened in the past at a specific time. This is the
structure for affirmative sentences:

Subject or Verb “to be” in past Verb + ing Complement

pronoun

He was cooking spaghetti last night.

I was playing tennis in the tournament.
They were learning French at the university.

Jenny was running in

the park.

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In negative sentences, you can use this structure:

Subject or Past of the verb “to

pronoun Verb + ing Complement
be” in negative

I was not doing my homework.

You were not thinking about it.
She was not reading the newspaper.

Jessie
Jess
ess was
ess as no
as n
not having
fun
un iin the
un e pa
party
party.

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We weren’t singing at the bar.

My cat was making some noise
last night.

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To ask questions, you can use this form:

Verb to be Subject or
in past pronoun Verb + ing Complement + ?

Were you doing your homework?

Were they thinking about it?
Was she reading the newspaper?

Was Will speaking on

his phone?

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To answer Y/N questions, use the following structure:

Affirmative answers
Short answer Full answer

Yes, it was. Yes, I was doing my homework.

Yes, they were. Yes, they were thinking about it.

Negative answers
Short answer Full answer

No, I wasn’t. No, I wasn’t doing my homework.

No, they weren’t. No, they weren’t thinking about it.

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Past Progressive
Here you have some examples:

Was it raining before? Were you drinking some beers an hour

ago?

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Progressive
and Past
simple
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What were you

doing before
that?

I was watching
television when he
arrived.

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The most useful way in which the Past Progressive tense is used is when we talk about something that was
happening around a particular time in the past.

What were you

doing at 8 o’clock
last night?

I was watching
television.

Tip! He started watching television

before 8 o’clock, and he continued
watching it after 8 o’clock.

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Here you have some examples:

In 1995, he was working in a small At 6 o’clock on Saturday morning, we

town in Poland. were traveling to the airport.

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When we use the Past Continuous and the Past Simple tenses together, the Past Continuous describes a longer
‘background’ action or situation, and the Past Simple describes the action or event.

When I woke up this morning, my I was walking home

me when I saw
father was singing in the kitchen. two masked men in the bank.

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It is very common that the ‘action’ described by the Past Simple tense interrupts the ‘situation’ described by the Past
Continuous tense.

I broke my leg when I was skiing. I was playing a computer game when the
doorbell rang.

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