UNIT 9

What would you like?

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Lesson Objectives:
1. To learn the vocabulary related to eating at a restaurant.
2. To identify modal verbs such as: would like/like and would prefer/prefer.
3. To use modal verbs to order food and drinks in a restaurant.

Image 1. Objectives Icon

DEVELOPMENT
In the next pictures, we will see some vocabulary that we can find when we are in a restaurant.
Knowing the vocabulary about food, drinks and restaurant is very important, because it can be
useful for us if we travel to another country or city where the language to speak is English.

Menu Fork Salt Glass

Image 3. Fork
Image 2. Menu Image 4. Salt Image 5. Glass

Pepper Waiter Plate Knife

Image 6. Pepper Image 7. Waiter Image 8. Plate Image 9. Knife

Table Waitress Bill Bowl

Image 10. Table Image 11. Waitress Image 12. Bill Image 13. Bowl

On the other hand, is necessary to know the vocabulary about the entrée or starter like chips,
soup, salad, spring rolls. About the main meal how meat, chicken, pork, fish, pizza, omelet,
burger with chips and salad and the desserts how apple ice, ice cream, chocolate cake, fruit
salad.
1. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

Tea Entrée
Coke Dessert

1. The ice cream is a ___________.

2. You usually drink _________ with meet or chicken.
3. The salad is an _________.
4. The people usually drink ________ to prevent weight gain.

2. Answer the next question with your classmates.

1. What day do you usually go to the restaurant?

_____________________________________
2. What´s your favorite restaurant?
_____________________________________
3. What´s your favorite food and dessert?
_____________________________________
Image 14. Pizza Logo

We can confuse us easily between would like and like, both share a certain formal similarity, is
the present and the conditional of the same verb “to like”. However, between verbal forms would
like and like there is a difference in the meaning and use of this.

The verb like is a present verb form, for example:

- I like reading.
- He likes reading.
- Does she like reading? No, she doesn’t like reading.

The would like is the conditional form of the verb “to like” and is integrated by the auxiliary would
and the infinitive verb short. This is an invariable verbal form all subjects.

For example:

- I would like to become a doctor.

- She would like to become a nurse.

We can use the contracted form ´d like:

Image 15. Hands
- I´d like to become an engineer.
- He´d like to become a lawyer.

The question with would like are elaborated by the inversion of the auxiliary and the subject.
For example:

- Would you like to become an architect?

No, I wouldn’t “would not” like to become an architect.

We use the verb “to like” to talk about activities that we do regularly and enjoy doing.

For example:

- I like running in the morning around the park.

- She likes travelling for different countries.

The verb would like may be a more formal way of saying “want”. Also, is used to talk about plans
or imaginary situations that don’t exist today.

For example:

- I would like a hamburger, please.

- I would like to study French next year.

NOTE: The verb like can also be together by an infinitive, without affecting the meaning of the
sentence.

 Like with nouns:

- I like candies, but I don´t like eat a lot.

- She likes Italian comedy, but she doesn´t like Italian novels.

 Like with gerund:

- They like going shopping.

- He likes listening to music, but he doesn´t like going to concerts.

3. Complete the conversation in the restaurant.

Waiter: Hello, what can I get you this night?

Customer: Hi, I ______ like the steak, please.
Waiter: Perfect. _______ you like anything to drink?
Customer: Yes, I _________ a glass of white wine, please.

Image 16. Champagne

We often use the verbs like prefer and would prefer to talk or ask about preferences.

For example:

- Would you prefer to see a film or go to the party?

- I prefer living in an apartment.
- She prefers reading books.
- I would prefer to see her in person.

We use prefer to talk generally about likes, dislikes, what we want. While that would prefer is
used to be a little more specific.

We can use prefer when talking about something you like more in general.

 Prefer + verb + ing:

a. I prefer buying online.

b. I prefer sleeping in the morning.
c. I prefer speaking English that Spanish.

 Prefer + infinitive with to:

a. I prefer to buy online.

b. I prefer to sleep in the morning.
c. I prefer to speak English that Spanish.

NOTE: We can use both ways to say something without changing its meaning.
Image 17. Options

We can also indicate that we prefer one thing to another with the next form.

Subject + prefer + noun + to + noun

For example:

- I prefer hamburger to sandwich.

- I prefer meat to chicken.
- I prefer tea to coke.
- I prefer salad to ice-cream.

To say that we prefer to do one thing to do another we can use the next form.

Subject + prefer + verb + ing + to + verb + ing

For example:

- I prefer going to the cinema to staying at work.

- I prefer reading a book to playing videogames.
- I prefer studying at home to reading in the university.
- I prefer dancing in the party to singing in the club.

The contracted form of would prefer is ´d prefer.

- I would prefer to go out.
- I´d prefer to go out.

 Prefer in past: Image 18. Vacations

To write the verb prefer in past, we duplicate the letter r and add ed.

- When she was a child, she preferred candies to chocolate.

- I preferred the sea to the pool on vacation.
- When he was a young, he preferred car to motorcycle.
EXERCISES

1. Write the food into the correct group.

Ice cream Tea Coffee

Water Meat Fruit cake
Fish Apple juice Seafood salad
Hamburger Strawberry cake Banana cake

Main courses Desserts Drinks

2. Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.

Coffee Pizza Chicken Tea

Fruit cake Seafood Meat Sandwich

Image 19. Chicken Image 20. Coffee Image 21. Cake Image 22. Tea

Image 23. Meat Image 24. Fast food Image 25. Sandwich Image 26. Lobster
3. Cross the word that doesn’t belong in each group.

a. Meat Fish Salad Chicken

b. Hamburger Water Sandwich Hot dog
c. Beer Vodka Juice Wine
d. Menu Pepper Salt Herbs
e. Customer Waiter Shrimp Waitress
f. Pasta Rice Sausage Tea
g. Ice cream Candies Vegetables Cake

4. Complete the sentences with like or would like to form the correct
sentence.

1. Juan ________ (like/would like) English very much.

2. She ________ (would like/like) playing basketball.
3. You ________ (like/would like) singing.
4. I ________ (would like/like) to have a new motorcycle.
5. I ________ (like/would like) sharks and dolphins very much.
6. My daughter ________ (would like/like) a Barbie for her birthday.
7. I ________ (like/would like) to eat hamburger tonight.
8. We ________ (like/would like) to buy an apartment but we haven´t got enough money.
9. Helen ________ (would like/like) to work for this company.
10. My aunt _________ (like/would like) a new dress to go to the nightclub.
11. _____________ (like/would like) some candies?
No, thank you.
12. I __________ (would like/like) to go to France for a holiday next year.
13. _____________ (would like/like) to learn Italian?
14. I ________ (like/would like) watching TV in the nights.
15. What ________ (like/would) you ________ (like/would) doing on holiday?
16. She _________ (would like/like) (not) to make a hamburger now.
17. We __________ (like/would like) (not) to have dinner.

5. Choose the correct form of the verb in order to write the correct
sentences.

1. Juan __________ tennis to soccer.

a. Preferring
b. Prefer
c. Prefers

2. I _______ travelling by motorcycle to car.

a. Prefer
b. Preferring
c. Prefers
3. Which one does she _______, watching movies or listening to music?
a. She prefers watching movies.
b. She preferring listening to music.
c. Yes, she does.

4. I ________ listening to the radio to ____________ TV.

a. Preferring – watch
b. Prefers – watching
c. Prefer – watching

5. They __________ to travel to Paris rather than go swimming.

a. Would prefer
b. Prefer
c. Preferred

6. He __________ taking a bus to a taxi.

a. Prefer
b. Prefers
c. Preferring

7. We __________ to have visited France than Sweden.

a. Prefer
b. Would prefer
c. Prefers

8. We _________ doing a homework to test.

a. Prefers
b. Prefer
c. Preferring

9. I _________ playing football to basketball.

a. Prefer
b. Preferred
c. Prefers

10. Mrs. Luna __________ to stay in a hotel.

a. Prefers
b. Would prefer Image 27. Activities
c. Prefer

11. He would like to go to Spain whereas his wife ___________ go to Colombia.

a. Would prefer
b. Prefers
c. Prefer
6. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the most suitable form.

a. He prefers ___________ (work) alone to __________ (work) in a team.

b. They prefer ___________ (write) letters to __________ (read) books.
c. I prefer ____________ (listen) pop music to ___________ (listen) rock and roll music.
d. You prefer ___________ (speak) English to ____________ (write) French.
e. My mother prefers _________ (cook) vegetables to ___________ (roast) meet.
f. Mr. Johnson prefers __________ (ride) on horseback to ___________ (drive) a car.
g. Helen prefers __________ (buy) a new cellphone to ___________ (buy) a TV.
h. Jon prefers ____________ (drink) a coffee to ___________ (drink) a beer.
i. The teacher prefers _________ (go) to home to ___________ (play) cards.
j. Merry prefers ___________ (clean) the rooms to __________ (sweep) the yard
k. Elizabeth prefers __________ (sew) to _________ (wash) clothes.
l. I prefer __________ (walk) in the park to _________ (run) on the street.
m. Daniela prefers __________ (talk) with her boyfriend to __________ (speak) with another
person.
n. Camilo prefers ___________ (play) videogames to __________ (do) exercise.
o. They prefer _________ (enjoy) on vacation to _________ (work) in a restaurant.
p. Alfred prefers _________ (sing) Mexican music to ___________ (sing) Russian music.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rost M., (2016) World View 2a, Pearson.

[1] http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/verb-patterns/would-like.

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Image 2. Menu
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Image 3. Fork
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Image 4. Salt
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Image 5. Glass
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Image 6. Pepper
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Image 8. Plate
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Image 9. Knife
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Image 11. Waitress

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Image 12. Bill

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Image 13. Bowl

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Image 14. Pizza Logo

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Image 15. Hands

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Image 16. Champagne

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Image 17. Options

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Image 18. Vacations

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Image 19. Chicken

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Image 20. Coffee

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Image 21. Cake

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Image 22. Tea
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Image 23. Meat

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Image 24. Fast food

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Image 25. Sandwich

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Image 26. Lobster

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Image 27. Activities

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