Warmup: Restaurant Food
Simple discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Menu: Restaurant Food
Menu, comprehension questions, ordering food, bill calculation, and discussing and comparing menus.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work. Student activity.
Students look at a menu, practice ordering food, ask about ingredients, calculate the bill, and discuss and compare menus from their home country.
Duration: 15+ minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Grammar Practice: Restaurant Food
Student Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences
Duration: 15+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Pre-intermediate
On a Scale From 1-5: Restaurant Food
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10+ minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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True or False: Restaurant Food
Menu. True or False discussion.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR student activity
Teacher reads the sentences; students decide whether they are True or False.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
What’s The Word?: Restaurant Food
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Word Library: Restaurant Food
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Get In Line: Restaurant Food
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Odd One Out
Students underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Each line has four words.
Underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Can You Name 3: Restaurant Food
Fun thinking.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Mixed Sentences: Restaurant Food
Students put the words in the correct order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Your Teacher Says: Restaurant Food
Fun Activity/fun debate. The teacher reads a sentence to the students. The teacher says whether the sentence is True or False. Students argue Yes or No!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Quick-think Vocabulary: Restaurant Food
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage creative thinking.
Duration: 10-20 minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Choose a Column: Restaurant Food
Where do I belong?
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Teacher reads a list of random words; students choose which column they belong to.
Duration: 5-8 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Choose The Correct Answer: Restaurant Food
Multiple choice. Vocabulary & general knowledge test.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity, or a teacher-student activity in a small class.
A general knowledge and vocabulary test.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
News: Restaurant Food
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Round Robin Vocab: Restaurant Food
Fun speaking activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary check, group work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to name as many words about any given word as they can.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
