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Essential Business Words: Vocabulary for success. Minidoc with top 260 business words in 13 topic areas + British/US financial terms. This PDF minidoc gives you carefully selected words in different areas of British and American business vocabulary.

 

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English for Food and Beverage (F&B) Staff

These pages from our English for Work series cover language needed by people working in restaurants and bars in an English-speaking context.

Are you a chef, bartender, or waiter/waitress working in a tourist spot? Maybe you're a student who wants to work part-time in a restaurant while you go to school abroad. Whatever the case may be, you will come across many English customers and staff members in the food and beverage industry. These pages are designed to help people who are employed, or looking for work in many different areas of the hospitality industry, including in the kitchen, on the floor, or behind the bar. You will learn helpful English vocabulary and expressions that will allow your guests to enjoy their dining experience and help you to communicate with your fellow staff members. Studying and practicing Food and Beverage English and gaining a better understanding of the industry may even help you find a job. Do the exercises and take the quizzes to test your knowledge and understanding.

• English for Food and Beverage Staff
• Food and Beverage Vocabulary
• Food and Beverage Vocabulary Quiz
• Serving at Table Quiz
• Understanding Your Guests Quiz
• Menu in English
• Bar Vocabulary
• Back of House Vocabulary

 
 
 
 

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English Prepositions List: You can download this PDF ebookimmediately and read it on your computer, tablet or smartphone, or print it out on paper. You are free to photocopy any pages and use them for self-study or as worksheets and handouts in class.

English Listening

Welcome to EnglishClub Listening for ESL learners, to help you learn and practise the skill of listening to English.
What is Listening?Listening is the first of the four language skills, which are: 1. Listening 2. Speaking 3. Reading 4. Writing

7 Ways to Hear English Everywhere 
How can you hear English when you're not in an English-speaking country? Fortunately, there are many ways to hear and listen to English in almost all countries of the world.
Listen to English by Radio/TV 
Listen to news in English with programmes from stations like the BBC, RT or Voice of America.

A wise old owl
Sat in an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?

Online Dictation 
Do you want to improve your English listening skills? What about your spelling, writing, and typing skills? Dictations can help in many ways. They even help you learn new vocabulary in context.
Listen to Poetry in English 
Some classic pieces of poetry and other texts for you to listen to and read.
Listen to News 
Listen to a weekly news story in English. With this resource you can practise your listening, reading, writing and even speaking.
This Week in History 
Listen to a new story every Monday. Includes transcript, wordchecker and quiz.

Discussion Point: US Election 2016
Practise your listening by watching award-winning journalist John Pilger discuss Donald Trump’s election win. Check your understanding with the quiz and add your own comments.English-Language Podcasts 
Listen online or download these English readings, many of which have transcripts, vocabulary notes and comprehension questions.
Aesop's Fables 
Listen to short stories by an ancient Greek writer.
Children's Stories 
Listen to excerpts from treasured children's stories.
Chinese Zodiac Animals 
Which animal are you? Listen and learn.
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Listen to famous excerpts by classic English authors.
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Listen and learn English rhythm, rhyme and pronunciation.
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Listen and learn personality adjectives.
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Listen to these fun original English songs.
Listen to News 
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Learning English Video Project 
Lots of listening practice. Watch short videos (with subtitles). Transcripts available too
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Songs for Learning English 
Easy English songs with subtitles
Listen and hear
What's the difference?

God gave us two ears and one mouth so that we can hear twice as much as we say.

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Encounters in the UK video

You sleep on it and next day you feel...yeah, something got in

Encounters in the UK is the 7th and final film in this documentary mini-series. It tells the story of four girls from different countries who travel to Cambridge in England to study English and stay with local families in what is called a "homestay" arrangement. In the film, we also meet several of the host families as well as a consultant who helps match homestay students to families. For the four girls the homestay arrangement is a positive experience. As one of the homestay hosts explains: "It's going to be a great experience, not only in terms of learning English, but in learning about life."

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Food and Beverage Vocabulary Quiz

You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. This quiz for food and drink staff is based on our F&B vocabulary page, part of the EnglishClub English for Work series.

1. I have to _______ next Saturday because it's my birthday.

 debit
 charge
 book off

2. Your _______ will be by in a moment to take a drink order.

 busboy
 sous chef
 waiter

3. Some of our regulars were so drunk they had to be _______ and sent home in taxis.

 cut off
 last call
 defrosted

4. Can you bring table 2 some _______ so they can eat their dinner?

 debits
 silverware
 paycheques

5. I'll write down that I started at nine o'clock, because I forgot to

 punch in
 cash out
 take out

6. The cheese on these nachos isn't _______ enough.

 fried
 boiled
 melted

7. We have two domestic and two imported beers on

 mild
 draft
 homemade

8. I'll take a gin and soda

 on the rocks
 on the side
 à la carte

9. Seniors get a _______ on food, but not on liquor.

 dessert
 discount
 sauce

10. The reservation requested a _______ if there's one available at seven.

 dishpit
 restroom
 booth