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Served by

1st year

Skilled Technician in

Restaurant Service

I.E.S. “LA ROSALEDA”

Málaga, 2011

Autora

Mª Isabel Pérez Ortega

Profesora de F.O.L. Bilingüe

A set of English exercises related to

the Module “Operaciones Básicas

Bar-Cafetería”.

These activities are really connected

with the powerpoint presentation

about the tasks the students have to

do when they are attending the

course.

At the beginning of this unit the

students will find vocabulary that will

help them to do the exercises.

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WORKING AT THE BUFFET

VOCABULARY

To sell (v) Vender

Ticket (n) ticket

Price (n) precio

To work (v) trabajar

Buffet (n) bufet

Coffee (n) café

Beverage (n) bebida

Andalusian (adj) andaluz

Juice (n) zumo

Pineapple (n) piña

Peach (n) melocotón

Apple (n) manzana

Natural (adj) natural

Orange (n/adj) naranja

Jar (n) jarra

To help oneself (v) servirse uno mismo

Fruit (n) fruta

Banana (n) plátano

Syrup (n) almibar

Yoghurt (n) yogur

Flavour (n) sabor

Strawberry (n) fresa

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Fruit salad (n) macedonia

Cereal (n) cereal

Bowl (n) recipiente

Cold (adj) frio

Hot (adj) caliente

Spoon (n) cuchara

Serviette (n) servilleta

Cake (n) pastel

Sponge cake (n) bizcocho

Cake slice pala de bizcocho

To prepare preparar

Delicious (adj) delicioso

Cook (adj) cocinero

Toast (n) tostada

Mediterranean (adj) mediterranea

Diet (n) dieta

Tiny (adj) pequeñito

To try (v) intentar

Butter (n) mantequilla

Marmalade (n) mermelada

Unsalted (adj) sin sal

Salted (daj) salada

Smurf (n) pitufo

Liver (n) hígado

Paté (n) paté

Flour (n) harina

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Whole-grain (n) integral

Product (n) producto

Basket (n) cesta

Tray (n) bandeja

To set (v) colocar

To touch (v) tocar

Tong (n) pinzas

Slice (n) rodaja

To depend (v) depender

Cold meat (n) chacina

Common (adj) común

Cheese (n) queso

Ham (n) jamón

Spicy sausage (n) salchichón

Highly-seasoned pork (n) chorizo

Serrano (adj) serrano

Omelet tortilla

Scrambled (adj) revueltos

Bacon (n) bacon

Turn (n) turno

Queue (n) cola

Entrance (n) entrada

Already (adv) ya

To be ready (v) estar preparado

Monday (n) lunes

Tuesday (n) martes

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Thursday (n) jueves

To look good (v) parecer bueno

To keep (v) conservar, mantener

Sausage (n) salchicha

Delicious (adj) delicioso

Favourite (adj) favorito

Food (n) comida

ACTIVITY # 1: Write over each line the name of the things that are

pointed out

Picture 1

ACTIVITY # 2: Look at the pictures carefully and answer the questions:

a) What are the waiter and the clients doing in picture two? What are

they drinking? (You’ll have to use these verbs in the answers: serve and eat)

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Picture 2

b) Write down the name of the four objects that are pointed out

c) Have they finished their breakfast? Are there four people at the table?

Give a long answer to the questions.

Is there a woman with them? (Use the short answer).

Picture 3

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ACTIVITY # 3: Write down four examples of juices that a client can find

in a buffet and then fill in the blank the following sentences.

Picture 4 Picture 5

- There is a _______________ over the bowl that contains peach syrup.

- There are three types of fruits in the basket: ______________, _________________, and

________________.

- Clients can choose between fruit or ________________. There are two kinds of them:

strawberry_________________ or natural _________________.

- Remember don´t use your hands, don’t forget to take a _____________ to put the fruit on.

ACTIVITY # 4: Write down the meaning of the following objects you can

see in the bar: Platos, cuencos, cubiertos, servilletas, cestas, botellas,

tazas, cucharas, tenedores

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ACTIVITY # 5: Complete the sentences when it´s necessary. Look at the

pictures carefully. (Cold, types, cakes, small cakes, tray (2), olive, tong, spicy

sausage, highly-seasoned pork).

Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8

The sweets in Picture 6 are ______________. They´re served in a small golden ___________.

There are 13 __________________________ in picture 7. You need a _________ to help

yourself. They are over a white ________________.

There are three ________ of cold meat: ham, ________________ and ___________________.

I always put _______ oil inside the sandwich and the lovely _________ meat.

-Read carefully the following conversation, look at the pictures above

and write down if the sentences are correct or not.

-Mary: “Cakes in picture 6 are chocolates cakes “. _____.

- Antonio: “I don´t think so, I´m sure there is an apple cake and a sponge

cake”.______.

-Mary: “I love the small cakes; they are as little as the “smurfs”.______.

-Antonio: “I love a smurf with cold meat. It´s pork meat and it is very

typical in Spain”. ____.

- Write down in the correct order the words of each line.

-Cake /we/ have/cake/Today /an /apple/and/a/ sponge/

- Clients/ the/ The/small/choose/cakes/

- In/cold/Spain/meat/is/common/quite

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ACTIVITY # 6: If I ask for a toast, what can I put on it?

Picture 9 Picture 10 Picture 11

First, I can have a toast with ___________ ________________ (Picture 10)

Second, I can have a toast with _______ ___ ___________ (Picture 11)

ACTIVITY # 7: How about a hot breakfast? End the sentences with the

dialogue:

Picture 12 Picture 13 Picture 14

Maria: “Can I have a __________ ____________?” (Picture 12)

Antonio: “I prefer an English breakfast so I´ll have _______, _________

_____ and ____________ “. I love them. (Picture 13 and 14)

ACTIVITY # 8: Put the following words in the correct column of the table:

Jar, juice, tong, bowl, glass, fork, knife, cake slice, coffee, peach, apple

cake, cup, sponge cake, banana, bread, spoon, tray, hot chocolate, apple,

pot, milk, and basket.

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FRUIT BEVERAGE COOKING

TOOLS

BAKERY CUTLERY GLASSWARE

ACTIVITY # 9: Working with the verbs: put the following verbs in the

right place: (look, selling, touch, keeps, work, set, help, prepared)

a) Alfredo is _________ the tickets for the teacher. The price is 3€

b) Waiters ___________ very hard so everything is perfect.

c) Clients ____________ themselves to what they like.

d) Hot buffet must be __________ in the cooker before the clients come.

e) Everything is ____________ in the right place.

f) Customers use tongs so they don´t have to ___________ the food.

g) The pot __________ the sausages hot.

h) The cakes __________ so good!!!