BÁSICO.

UNIDAD 5

UNIT 5. AT THE RESTAURANT

y MISCELLANEA

y Establecimientos públicos y tiendas

1. Imagina que quieres comprar los artículos siguientes. ¿Puedes decir donde los
conseguirás? Relaciona el artículo con el establecimiento correspondiente. Utiliza
un diccionario si lo necesitas.

A pair of shoes y y travel agency

A pen, envelopes y y shoe shop
Butter, cheese y y butcher's
Potatoes, apples y y stationer's
Medicine, make up y y grocer's
Sausages, meat y y off-licence
A newspaper, a magazine y y chemist's
Whisky, wine y y tobacconist's
A holiday y y greengrocer's
Cigarettes, matches y y newsagent's

y TEXT

y Some y Any

SOME: Este adjetivo se utiliza para indicar una cantidad indeterminada de alguna cosa.

- Se usa delante de sustantivos contables en plural:

There are some children in the park (1)

- Se usa delante de sustantivos incontables en singular:

There's some hot coffee. Have a cup! (2)

- En ambos casos, siempre en las formas afirmativas.

ANY: Este adjetivo acompaña a los sustantivos contables en plural e incontables en

singular en frases negativas.

- En la negación indica que no hay nada de alguna cosa para los incontables o ningún/a
en el caso de los contables:

There isn't any milk for my tea. (3)

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There aren't any cinemas where I live. (4)

- Any también se utiliza generalmente para las interrogaciones para saber si hay
'algo de' o alguno/a:

Have you got any money? (5)

Are there any letters for me this morning? (6)

En las preguntas donde se ofrece o se pide algo, usaremos Some en lugar de Any.

Would you like some biscuits? (7) Can you lend me some paper? (8)

2. ¿Podrías traducir los ejemplos expuestos?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

y Los adjetivos demostrativos ‘this-these’ y ‘that-those’

- ‘This’ designa un objeto cercano al emisor y significa 'este, esta y esto'. Es la forma para el
singular tanto para el género masculino como para el femenino.

- La forma del plural es these.

The post office is very near. Go along this street and take the second turning on the left. (1)

Are these your books? (2)

- Para designar un objeto o persona más alejada del emisor utilizaremos that, que significa
‘aquel, aquella, aquello, ese, esa y eso’. El plural de that es those.

That girl is my sister. (3)

Look over there! What are those boys doing? (4)

3. ¿Podrías traducir los ejemplos expuestos?

1. ______________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________

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4. ______________________________________________________

4. READING. Después de varios días en Inglaterra, Lidia envía una carta a su

familia.

5. Reading comprehension check. Lee una vez más la carta de Lidia y a

continuación las siguientes frases. Marca ( D) las oraciones correctas y corrige

las falsas.

Example: Lidia is not very well. Ä Lidia is fine.

England is very green. D

1. There are a lot of interesting places in England.

2. Lidia has a lot of free time.

3. Lidia doesn’t work very hard.

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4. The hotel is in a village near London.

5. There are two restaurants in the hotel.

6. Lidia goes dancing after dinner.

7. There are a lot of facilities in the hotel.

8. Lidia goes jogging to the park when she has some free time.

9. Lidia’s room is very comfortable.

10. Lidia wants to spend the weekend visiting London.

6. LISTENING. ‘Room service’. Lidia está cansada y decide cenar en la

habitación. Escucha y lee el diálogo entre Lidia y el servicio de habitaciones de
su hotel.

Room service: Room service, can I help you?

Lidia: Hello, I’d like to order some dinner.

RS: Have you got our room service menu?

L: No, I’m afraid I haven’t. What is there in today’s

menu? I’d like a salad or some soup.

RS: Good. You can have the Chef’s salad or the

roast-beef salad. And you can have consommé or tomato soup.

L: I think I’ll have the roast-beef salad and then a ham omelette, if that is possible.

RS: Certainly, madam. Would you like something to drink?

L: Yes, can you bring me some red wine, please?

RS: Which room are you in?

L: I’m in room 236.

RS: So, that’s a roast-beef salad, a ham omelette and some red wine for room
236. I’ll send your dinner up immediately, madam.

L: Oh, and could I have an orange juice too, please?

RS: Certainly, madam.

L: Thank you very much. Goodbye.

RS: Goodbye.

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7. Escucha de nuevo la conversación y responde a las siguientes preguntas:

1. Why does Lidia want to have dinner in her room?

____________________________________________________________________

2. What types of salad does the Room Service menu have?

____________________________________________________________________

3. Does Lidia order the soup?

____________________________________________________________________

4. What is Lidia’s room number?

____________________________________________________________________

5. Does Lidia want any drink? Which?

____________________________________________________________________

y VOCABULARY

y Public buildings and shops

baker's panadería
bookshop librería
chemist's farmacia
church iglesia
library biblioteca
newsagent's quiosco
police station comisaría
post-office correos
swimming-pool piscina
greengrocer’s frutería
butcher’s carnicería
hairdresser’s peluquería
fishmonger’s pescadería
grocer’s shop tienda ultramarinos
restaurant restaurante
antique shop tienda de antigüedades
sport shop tienda de deportes
boutique tienda de modas
furniture shop tienda de muebles

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• Prepositions of place

At en
behind detrás de
between entre dos cosas
in en, dentro de
in front of delante de
near cerca de
next to al lado de
on en, encima de
opposite enfrente de
Ander debajo de

8. Coloca las palabras del siguiente cuadro en el menú del restaurante. Utiliza
el diccionario si desconoces algunas de las palabras.

Spaghetti Bolognese Vegetable Soup Chocolate Cake Fruit Salad

Green Salad Vanilla Ice-Cream Mineral Water Roast Chicken

Beef Steak Tea Wine Grilled Sardines Coffee

y SELF-EVALUATION EXERCISES

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9. Busca las siguientes palabras en el diccionario:

window __________ rug __________

chair __________ sofa __________
table __________ picture __________
door __________ plant __________
lamp __________ wall __________
floor __________ bookcase __________

10. Prepositions of place. Ahora mira la imagen del salón y completa la

descripción utilizando las palabras anteriores.

There is a __________ on the television. Opposite the television there is a __________ on the
__________. Under the picture there is a __________. The television is next to the
__________. Near the window there is a __________. There are two __________ in the room.
Between the two chairs, there is a __________. In front of the __________ there is a
__________ and behind the __________ there are two __________.

11. Rellena los huecos del siguiente párrafo usando some, any, a, there is(n’t),
there are(n’t).

I live in _____ very small village near Barcelona. ______ ______ a lot of houses but _______
______ many tall buildings. The blocks of flats have one or maximum two floors. ______
______ _____ school and ______ ______ ______ public buildings: _____ library, two cinemas
and _____ swimming-pool. You can go out and have _____ drink: ______ ______________
bars but you can’t eat out because _____ _____ ______restaurants.

12. Ahora, usa there is y there are en las formas afirmativa, negativa e
interrogativa.

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1. How many members _______________ in your family?

2. ____________ any sugar in my coffee.

3. I ‘m hungry. ____________ anything to eat? Yes, ___________ roast beef and __________
some apples, too.

4. I don’t like my hotel room very much because ___________ any views. ____________ only
a very small window.

5. _____________ a man at the door. Can you see him?

13. Grammar practice. Completa las frases con a, some or any:

1. Have you got ___________ friends here in Great Britain, Lidia?

2. Yes, I have __________ . When I come here I usually visit them if I have ________ time.

3. Would you like ________ tea? Yes, please. _________ cup of hot tea would be nice.

4. - There’s ______ party tonight. Would you like to come? You can meet _______ interesting
people there.

- OK, but do we have to wear ______ special clothes? You know, _______ tie, ____ dinner
jacket and that kind of thing!

- No, nothing special. Guests just have to bring _______ drinks.

14. Escribe los nombres de los edificios o lugares donde puedes hacer las
siguientes actividades:

1. You can sleep here when you are travelling.

__ __ __ __ __

2. You do this activity in water. People usually go there when the weather is hot.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

3. You go there to buy stamps and to post letters.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

4. If you are interested in art, you go to this place.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

5. You do your shopping in this place. You can buy food, washing powder, soap etc.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

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y OPEN EXERCISES EVALUATION

15. Responde a las siguientes preguntas usando oraciones completas.

1. How many members are there in your family?

_______________________________________________________________________

2. Is there a park near your home?

_______________________________________________________________________

3. Are there any interesting buildings or monuments in your town / city? Can you name them?

_______________________________________________________________________

4. What is there in your bag / wallet / briefcase?

_______________________________________________________________________

5. How many rooms are there in your home?

_______________________________________________________________________

16. Writing. Ordena las siguientes frases de modo que formen una conversación.

1. Certainly, sir. Over here by the window.

2. Any vegetables, sir?

3. I’ll have the chicken with chips and my friend would like the roast beef.

4. Good evening, sirs.

5. The melon with cured ham for me, please.

6. Here are the menus.

7. Bring us a bottle of red wine, please.

8. Mushrooms and some mashed potatoes.

9. Good evening. Have you got a table for two?

10. Are you ready to order, sirs?

11. Yes, I’ll start with the smoked salmon. What about you, Pete?

12. Mushrooms and mashed potatoes. Can I get you something to drink?

13. Thanks.

14. Ah, good. Let’s have a look.

15. Very good, sirs. And to follow?

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WAITER: _______________________________________________________________

GUEST 1: _______________________________________________________________

WAITER: _______________________________________________________________

GUESTS 1-2: ____________________________________________________________

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GUEST 1: _______________________________________________________________

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GUEST 1: _______________________________________________________________

GUEST 2: _______________________________________________________________

WAITER: _______________________________________________________________

GUEST 1: _______________________________________________________________

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GUEST 2: _______________________________________________________________

WAITER: _______________________________________________________________

GUEST 1: _______________________________________________________________

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