Paying the Bill

A2 · Elementary57 minTravelLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask for the bill, check it, and pay — split it with a friend, leave a tip, and fix a mistake politely.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The bill, please

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Time to Pay

    Read a 93-word text about Time to Pay

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Payment Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Payment Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Payment Phrases

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Pay Your Bill

    Role-play: You're paying the bill at a restaurant (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: split it and fix it

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

billtipcashcardreceiptservice charge

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