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Most Useful Eating and Drinking Expressions

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Most Useful Eating and Drinking Expressions

Hello! This week on Everyday Grammar, we will share some common expressions for eating. This is the second part to a question we received from a Learning1 English fan in Myanmar.

Thin Ya Thaw2 asked, "Could you tell me the most useful expressions in your daily life? This helps me a lot in learning English. I want to know natural English to communicate with others."

Thank you, once again, for your thoughtful3 question and study subject, Thin!

We will look at some questions about eating and drinking in today's report.

Food in our daily lives

While thinking of the most useful expressions, food and eating were the first ideas that came to mind.

Americans not only plan daily activities around the weather, but they also plan their days around a meal. We call a meal in the morning, breakfast, and around noon, lunch. A meal in the evening is called dinner. And on the weekend, we sometimes have a late breakfast or an early lunch. So, we call it brunch4!

We may cook our food, take fast food home, or choose to eat out at a restaurant. But there are a few phrases that we use to talk about eating and drinking. Let us look at several of these now!

Introductory questions for eating

Are you hungry?

Have you eaten yet?

Do you want to go to lunch?

What's for dinner?

These questions are often used to start a conversation about food and eating. Now, let's look at:

Are you hungry?

We ask this question to see if someone is wanting to eat. The person asking the question may be hungry, themselves. The answer to this question is either a "yes" or "no" and maybe a reason why. For example:

Yes, I'm so hungry! Let's get some takeout!

No, I'm not hungry yet. Let's wait for dinner.

This is also a "yes" or "no" question. But we use the present perfect tense in this question and the adverb "yet" to talk about the recent past. The structure for the question is: An auxiliary5 or helping6 verb (be, do, or have) + subject + main verb (past participle).

Have you eaten yet?

The answer to this question can be in the past tense or the present perfect:

Yes, I ate.

Yes, I have just eaten.

No, I haven't eaten anything yet.

Do you want to go to lunch?

The question is really an invitation to someone to have a meal with you, usually at a restaurant, café, or a fast-food place.

What's for dinner?

This question is structured differently from a "yes" or "no" question. The structure here is: What + auxiliary verb or helping verb (be, do, or have) + subject (+main verb).

Here, the questioner believes that the person answering the question has already cooked or prepared the meal. The questioner is asking about the food being served.

Offering drinks

Other questions can be used during a meal, either at home or at a restaurant. If you offer someone a drink, you can ask:

Would you like a drink?

What do you want to drink?

How about some coffee or tea?

Would you like a drink?

Using "Would you like" to start a question is a polite and more formal way to ask if someone wants to have a drink. If you know the person well enough, you might want to use:

Do you want a drink?

What do you want to drink?

And for a close friend, you can even suggest a drink by saying:

How about some coffee, water, beer...?

The structure for a "how about" phrase is: How about + subject + noun7 or simple verb.

We can also use a gerund within the structure as well, like in this example:

How about grabbing8 a drink later?

At the end of a meal

And lastly, when we are eating out at a restaurant and it is the end of the meal, we have two important questions:

Do you want to split9 the bill, check, or tab?

How much should we tip?

The first question is a "yes" or "no" question for splitting10 the bill or the total cost of the meal. In the United States, it is a common practice for individuals to pay for their own meal at a restaurant unless someone else offers to pay. This is called "splitting the bill."

The second question refers to the practice of tipping in America. The tip is a little extra money on top of the bill for food and drinks to pay for services from the food server or bartender at a restaurant. The amount could be anywhere from 15 percent to 20 percent of the total bill.

Closing thoughts

Today, we learned11 some common questions that we use to talk about eating.

When offering someone a drink, you can use the structure "would... like" in more formal settings12, and the verb "want" for informal ones. "How much" questions can be used to talk about the price of a meal or the cost of tipping.

Words in This Story

formal — adj. following established form, custom, or rule

gerund — n. (grammar). the -ing form of a verb that acts like a noun

bill — n. a list of charges for food or drink

tip — v. to give a percentage amount of the bill for services done by others

refer — v. to talk about; to write about; to mention


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1 learning wpSzFe     
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
参考例句:
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 thaw fUYz5     
v.(使)融化,(使)变得友善;n.融化,缓和
参考例句:
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
3 thoughtful Wo4wg     
adj.思考的,沉思的,体贴的,关心的
参考例句:
  • She is thoughtful for her friends.她很体贴她的朋友们。
  • This is a thoughtful essay.这是一篇具有思想性的随笔。
4 brunch kWxzP     
n.早午餐
参考例句:
  • They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
  • What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么?
5 auxiliary RuKzm     
adj.辅助的,备用的
参考例句:
  • I work in an auxiliary unit.我在一家附属单位工作。
  • The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.这家医院装有备用发电系统以防灯火管制。
6 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
7 noun JHux3     
n.名词
参考例句:
  • What kind of noun is this?这是哪类名词?
  • This word is a collective noun.这个词是个集体名词。
8 grabbing 6631ce3e19c459ec52654b31168f12de     
v.抢先,抢占( grab的现在分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
参考例句:
  • The plane was grabbing for altitude. 这架飞机在抢占高度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. 他一跃而起,从茶几上一把抓起自己的钥匙。 来自辞典例句
9 split avXwG     
n.劈开,裂片,裂口;adj.分散的;v.分离,分开,劈开
参考例句:
  • Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了?
  • The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。
10 splitting 63e738be2e9bce2bc553099a8881cfbd     
爆裂式的
参考例句:
  • the splitting of the atom 原子的分裂
  • We heard an ear-splitting scream from the terrified girl. 我们听见那个受惊的女孩发出一声刺耳的尖叫声。
11 learned m1oxn     
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
12 settings 2e5d8aa3dfa8ef34ca5131d20f9dad51     
n.镶嵌( setting的名词复数 );环境;装置;(某事、戏剧、小说等的)背景
参考例句:
  • to study behaviour in laboratory and naturalistic settings 研究实验室里的以及仿自然环境中的行为
  • This machine has two settings: fast and slow. 这种机器有两种可调的速度:快速和慢速。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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