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11/08/2023 3:10 am
How to post your answers.
1. Copy the questions from a to d.
2. Paste them in the reply box.
3. Re-write/copy each useful phrase.
4. Place each of them under the corresponding question.
5. Check your answers and click 'Add Reply'.
For e.g.
a. To say ‘You don’t like the food’, what phrases we can use?
- It's just that..... [....]
- .........[.....]
b. To say ‘The wrong food arrives’, ......[....]
- xxx.......[.......]
- xxxx.....[........]
Part 4. Useful Phrases
The following phrases are used to make a complain in a restaurant. Write the answers to the following questions by re-writing the phrases under each question.
Could I choose something else?
I asked for no tomatoes and this dish has got tomatoes in it.
The vegetables are a bit raw.
It’s just too spicy for me.
Could you warm this for me?
This isn’t what I ordered.
I ordered the vegetarian pie, not the meat one.
We need to be somewhere in half an hour.
Could you warm this for me?
The side dishes haven’t come yet.
It’s completely cold in the middle.
Could you check on the order for me?
Is this dish supposed to be spicy?
Could I speak to the manager?
I just wasn’t expecting something quite so hot.
a. To say ‘You don’t like the food’, what phrases we can use?
b. To say ‘The wrong food arrives’, what phrases we can use?
c. To say ‘It’s taking too long’, what phrases we can use?
d. To ask for action, what phrases we can use?
12/08/2023 11:27 am
Part 4. Useful Phrases
a. To say ‘You don’t like the food’, what phrases we can use?
Could I choose something else?
The vegetables are a bit raw.
It’s just too spicy for me.
It’s completely cold in the middle.
I just wasn’t expecting something quite so hot.
Is this dish supposed to be spicy?
b. To say ‘The wrong food arrives’, what phrases we can use?
I asked for no tomatoes and this dish has got tomatoes in it.
This isn’t what I ordered.
I ordered the vegetarian pie, not the meat one.
c. To say ‘It’s taking too long’, what phrases we can use?
We need to be somewhere in half an hour.
The side dishes haven’t come yet.
d. To ask for action, what phrases we can use?
Could you warm this for me? (Could I choose something else?)
Could you warm this for me?
Could you check on the order for me?
Could I speak to the manager?
14/08/2023 6:54 pm
a. To say ‘You don’t like the food’, what phrases we can use?
• The vegetables are a bit raw.
• It’s just too spicy for me.
• It’s completely cold in the middle.
• Is this dish supposed to be spicy?
• I just wasn’t expecting something quite so hot.
b. To say ‘The wrong food arrives’, what phrases we can use?
• I asked for no tomatoes and this dish has got tomatoes in it.
• This isn’t what I ordered.
• I ordered the vegetarian pie, not the meat one.
c. To say ‘It’s taking too long’, what phrases we can use?
• We need to be somewhere in half an hour.
• The side dishes haven’t come yet.
d. To ask for action, what phrases we can use?
• Could I choose something else?
• Could you warm this for me?
• Could you check on the order for me?
• Could I speak to the manager?
18/08/2023 5:28 pm
a. To say ‘You don’t like the food’, what phrases we can use?
- Could I choose something else?
- It’s just too spicy for me.
- Is this dish supposed to be spicy?
- The vegetables are a bit raw.
It’s completely cold in the middle.
I just wasn’t expecting something quite so hot.
b. To say ‘The wrong food arrives’, what phrases we can use?
- I asked for no tomatoes and this dish has got tomatoes in it.
- I ordered the vegetarian pie, not the meat one.
- This isn’t what I ordered.
c. To say ‘It’s taking too long’, what phrases we can use?
- The side dishes haven’t come yet.
- We need to be somewhere in half an hour.
- The side dishes haven’t come yet. (you've writtten this twice)
- It’s completely cold in the middle.
d. To ask for action, what phrases we can use?
- I just wasn’t expecting something quite so hot.
- Could I speak to the manager?
- Could you warm this for me?
- Could you check on the order for me?
Could I choose something else?