🎭 Let’s Act! – Role-play at the Restaurant

 🎭 **Resource Type**: Role-playing activity  

🗣️ **Skill Focus**: Speaking, functional language, vocabulary  

👧👦 **Level**: Primary EFL learners (basic to intermediate)

This engaging activity puts students in the shoes of restaurant customers and waiters. Using a guided script, they practise ordering food, greeting, asking questions, and using polite phrases. It’s perfect for group or pair work.

✅ **How to use it in class**:

- Introduce food and drink vocabulary with flashcards or realia.

- Review key phrases (e.g., “Can I have…?”, “Would you like…?”).

- Split students into pairs and give them role cards.

- Act out the scene and switch roles.

📝 Optional: Let students create their own restaurant menu!

🔗 [Download the Role-play worksheet](https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/role-plays/restaurant-roleplay/123765)

📌 **Why it’s effective**:  

Role-play provides real-world language use in a low-stress, playful environment. It builds confidence and fluency and makes learning fun and meaningful.