English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate » Unit 49: Cafés

Word List
  • bagel
  • baguette
  • black coffee
  • cappuccino
  • crisps
  • croissant
  • cupcake
  • decaf
  • heat up
  • herbal tea
  • hot chocolate
  • large
  • latte
  • milkshake
  • muffin
  • napkins
  • panini
  • regular
  • smoothie
  • take away
  • toastie
  • tray
  • vegetarian
  • waffle
  • wrap
Exercises

49.1 ‣ Circle the correct answer.

  1. bagel
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  2. hot chocolate
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  3. cupcake
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  4. herbal tea
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  5. latte
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  6. wrap
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  7. baguette
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  8. milkshake
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  9. muffin
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  10. smoothie
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  11. panini
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  12. toastie
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes
  13. waffle
    • Drinks
    • Sandwiches
    • Cakes

49.2 ‣ Complete the sentences with words from the box.

  1. cappuccino
  2. croissants
  3. vegetarian
  4. toastie
  5. milkshake
  6. decaf
  7. smoothie
  1. I had a cheese and tomato for lunch.
  2. Here’s your coffee, Danny. A _____ with two sugars.
  3. For breakfast, we had some _____ from the French baker’s across the road.
  4. Do they have _____ coffee here? Caffeine keeps me awake at night.
  5. We’ve got three kinds of _____ : strawberry, vanilla and chocolate.
  6. I like that new fruit _____ with oranges and mangoes.
  7. Kate can’t have the chicken panini. She only eats _____ food.

49.3 ‣ Match the sentence beginnings on the left with the best endings on the right.

  1. What size:
  2. Is it to have in _____
  3. Would you like it _____
  4. What’s in _____
  5. Where are _____
  1. a) heated up?
  2. b) regular or large?
  3. c) that baguette?
  4. d) the napkins?
  5. e) or to take away?

49.4 ‣ Choose the correct word to complete the dialogue.

A: Would you like a hot drink?
B: Yes, two 1milkshakes/cappuccinos, please.
A: What size?
B: 2Large/Herbal_____, please.
A: Anything to eat?
B: Yes. What’s in that 3panini/cupcake_____?
A: Italian cheese and mushrooms. I can heat it up for you.
B: OK, yes. I’ll have that. And a chocolate 4muffin/bagel_____.
A: To eat in?
B: No, to 5heat it up/take away_____.

49.5 ‣

Over to you

Answer the questions. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.

  1. Where do you usually have lunch during the week? What about at the weekend?
    _____
  2. What kind of food and drink do you usually order in a café?
    _____
  3. What type of food and drink from A and B do you like?
    _____
Answer Key
A ‣ Drinks

B ‣ Food

Language help

In the UK, chips or fries mean French fries. Crisps are thin slices of fried potatoes sold in bags. In the USA, chips refer to thin pieces of fried potatoes sold in bags.

UKcrispschips or fries
USAchipsFrench fries
C ‣ Ordering food and drink

A: A latte, please.
B: Regular1 or large2?
A: Regular, please.
B: To have in3 or take away4?
A: To take away.

A: What’s in that panini?
B: Cheese and ham.
A: Do you have any vegetarian5 ones?
B: We’ve got cheese and tomato.
A: I’ll have one of those, please.
B: Would you like it heated up6?
A: No, thank you. Where are the napkins7?
B: There are some on the table.
A: Do you have a tray8 please?
B: Yes, here you go.

1 not big and (usually) not very small
2 big
3 for eating/drinking inside (the coffee shop)
4 for eating/drinking after you leave (the coffee shop)
5 without any meat
6 made warm (e.g. in an oven or a microwave)
7 thin pieces of paper for cleaning your mouth and fingers
8 an object for carrying drinks or food

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