Viviane · At the Restaurant
Practical English

At the Restaurant 🍽️

You already booked the table. Now you arrive, talk to the host, wait for your table, choose where to sit, and order something.

Continuação direta de Booking a Table, com mais volume de listening, speaking e variação.
📞Book
🚪Arrive
🪑Sit / Wait
Order
1 · Booking Review

Can you still book a table? 🎲📞

Listen to the restaurant and answer aloud. The details change every round.

Os dados mudam para evitar memorização automática.
DAYFriday
PEOPLETwo
TIMEEight o'clock
NAMEViviane Vilela
Question 1 · Listen and answer.

Hotel comeback

📋✅ I have a reservation.
🔤❓ How do you spell it?
VILELA V. I. L. E. L. A.
2 · Arriving at the Restaurant

You arrive at the restaurant 🚪🍽️

The phone reservation is finished. What happens next?

📞Book
🚪Arrive
🪑Wait / Sit
Order

1. At the door, what can you say?

A. I need a hotel room.
B. We have a reservation. / We'd like a table for two.
C. Where is the airport?

2. If there is no table now, what do you need to know?

A. The waiting time
B. The room number
C. The flight number
3 · Listening Challenge

At the door — 5 listening rounds 🎧

Do not open the transcript first.

Round 1 · What is happening?

A. They are checking into a hotel.
B. They are ordering by phone.
C. They are already at the restaurant.

Round 2 · How many people?

A. One
B. Two
C. Four

Round 2 · How long is the wait?

A. About 10 minutes
B. About 30 minutes
C. About 1 hour

Round 3 · Who says this?

A. Customer
B. Host

Round 3 · Who says this?

A. Customer
B. Host

Round 4 · Predict the next line

Host: “Would you like a table or a booth?”

What could the customer say?

Round 5 · Transcript check

Host: Hello. Welcome.

Customer: Hello. We'd like a table for two. How long is the wait?

Host: About ten minutes. Would you like a table or a booth?

Customer: We'd like a table. Can we sit by the window?

Host: Sure. What's the name?

Customer: Vilela. Can we wait at the bar?

Host: Of course. We'll call you when your table is ready.

Customer: Thanks a lot.

4 · Useful Phrases

Notice the chunks — learn the whole phrase 🧩

Listen to the complete phrase, notice what changes, then say a new version.

ASK FOR A TABLE
We'd like + a table for two.
EN: a polite ready-made phrase for asking for what you want.
PT: bloco pronto e educado para pedir o que você quer.
ASK ABOUT WAITING
How long is + the wait?
EN: use this to ask about waiting time.
PT: use para perguntar quanto tempo será a espera.
ASK FOR A SEAT
Can we + sit by the window?
EN: use Can we...? for a simple request.
PT: um bloco muito útil para fazer pedidos simples.
UNDERSTAND THE HOST
We'll call you when + your table is ready.
EN: receptive chunk: understand it when the host says it.
PT: chunk principalmente receptivo: o objetivo é reconhecer quando o atendente disser.

Recycle map ♻️

Old language + new language. Say one phrase for each card.

📋 reservation
👤 name / Vilela
👥 people
⏳ waiting time
🪟 seating request
☕ order

Change one thing

We'd like a table for two.
We'd like a table for three.
Can we sit by the window?
Can we wait at the bar?
5 · Restaurant Vocabulary

Five words you really need 🧠

Listen → repeat → guess → click Meaning.

wait
espera / esperar
🛋️booth
assento com banco/sofá
🪟by the window
perto da janela
🍸bar
bar / balcão do bar
ready
pronto / pronta
🪑table
mesa · old word!

Which one doesn't belong?

A. wait
B. booth
C. passport
D. table
6 · Pronunciation Practice

Build it → hear it → say it alone 🗣️

How long is the wait?

wait
the wait
is the wait
How long is the wait?

Can we sit by the window?

window
by the window
sit by the window
Can we sit by the window?

Hear and choose

A. We like a table for two.
B. We'd like a table for two.
C. We have a table for two.

Hear and choose

A. We'll call you when your table is ready.
B. We'll call your table when you are ready.
C. Your table will call you.
Important: after each audio, repeat one more time without clicking anything.
7 · Listening Practice

Small changes, careful ears 👂

Each audio changes one important detail. Listen before reading the options.

Esse bloco força processamento real: tempo, lugar e intenção mudam de uma rodada para outra.

1. How long is the wait?

A. 10 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 50 minutes

2. What does the customer choose?

A. A table
B. The bar
C. A booth

3. Where does the customer want to wait?

A. At the bar
B. By the window
C. Outside

4. What is the complete request?

A. A booth at the bar
B. A table by the window
C. A table outside

5. Choose the number you heard.

A. 12
B. 10
C. 20

6. What will the restaurant do?

A. Call the customer
B. Cancel the table
C. Change the reservation
Second pass: replay any three items. This time Viviane repeats the complete sentence after answering.
8 · Quick Responses

Hear the host → choose the best response ⚡

Host says:

A. A table, please.
B. Seven o'clock.
C. My last name is Vilela.

Host says:

A. Ten minutes.
B. By the window.
C. Vilela.

Host says:

A. My name is Viviane.
B. Okay, thank you.
C. A table for tomorrow.
9 · Role-play

At the door — 3 rounds 🎭

Round 1: full help. Round 2: clue only. Round 3: no text.

Step 1 · Listen and respond.
Round 3: use a different waiting time, seating choice, or place to sit.
10 · Ordering

Now you're sitting down: order something ☕🥐

Listen, notice the useful phrases, and place your order.

Listening C — 4 rounds

Round 1 · What does the customer order?

A. A black coffee + a muffin
B. Water + a sandwich
C. Coffee with milk + a croissant

Round 2 · What does “Anything else?” mean?

A. Is the table ready?
B. Do you want anything more?
C. What is your name?

Round 3 · Who says it?

A. Customer
B. Server

Round 4 · Complete the chunk you hear

A. I have...
B. I am...
C. I'd like...

Server: Good morning. Can I take your order?

Viviane: Yes. I'd like a black coffee, please.

Server: Of course. Anything else?

Viviane: I'll have a muffin, please.

Server: Sure. A black coffee and a muffin.

Viviane: That's right. Thank you.

What does “Can I take your order?” mean?

A. Posso levar sua mesa?
B. Posso anotar seu pedido?
C. Posso trazer sua reserva?

Which phrase is natural for ordering?

A. I'd like a black coffee, please.
B. I am a black coffee.
C. I have black coffee.
I'd like a black coffee, please.
I'll have a muffin, please.
🎲 Order challenge

Press New mission.

11 · Build Your Own Phrases

Build new sentences from familiar chunks 🧱

Keep the phrase pattern and change one detail.

Mude apenas uma parte da frase e pratique uma nova versão.
We'd like a table for two.

Phrase-family challenge

We'd like...

Say 3 versions with different group sizes.

Can we...?

Say 2 different restaurant requests.

I'd like...

Order 2 different drinks.

12 · Final Mission

From the door to the order 🚪➡️🍽️➡️☕

Complete the whole restaurant journey from arrival to ordering.

📋Reservation
Wait
🪟Seat
Order
Step 1 · Listen and respond.

Can I do it? ✅

Extra Challenge

Extra practice if the class is moving fast 🎮

Listening Detective 🕵️

One detail is wrong. Correct it.

What comes next? ➡️

Hear the staff. Say the next customer line.

Repair the problem 🔧

Correct the host.

Fast Response ⚡

Hear and answer immediately.

Hotel or Restaurant? 🏨🍽️

Identify the context.

No-script challenge ⭐⭐⭐

1. Arrive at the restaurant.
2. Ask about the wait.
3. Choose your seat.
4. Order one drink + one food item.

Same or different? 👂👂

Hear two phrases. Say SAME or DIFFERENT.

Put the journey in order 🔢

Number the steps from 1 to 5.

Order food or a drink.
Ask how long the wait is.
Say you have a reservation / ask for a table.
Choose table / booth / where to sit.
Thank the staff and close the interaction.