Restaurant Notices
Read restaurant signs and notices and choose the correct answer.
Reading Part 1
Practise for A2 Key Reading Part 1 with this interactive exercise, which focuses on restaurant notices. Each question shows a short text — a notice, message, sign or offer — and asks you to choose the correct answer from three options.
This activity builds your understanding of practical information from signs and notices, and helps you make simple inferences from context, as required in Part 1 of the Cambridge English A2 Key exam. It is perfect for elementary learners preparing for the test.
- ⏱️ Takes about 20–30 minutes
- 💡 Read signs, notices and messages for the main idea
- 📶 A2 — elementary level
Key Words
- closed — not open
- main course — the biggest dish of a meal
- dessert — sweet food eaten at the end of a meal
- book — to arrange a table before you go (reserve)
- bill — the paper that shows how much you must pay
Useful Language
At the restaurant: main course · dessert · special offer · the bill
Notices often say: open Tuesday to Sunday · groups of 10 or more · we cannot split bills
Reading for meaning: “closed Mondays” = open the other six days · “weekend prices are normal” = the offer is on weekdays only
Exam Tip
Each notice has one main message. Read the whole text, then choose the option that means the same thing in different words (a paraphrase). Watch for options that copy words from the notice but change the meaning.
Drag the words into the correct gaps to practise the key language from this lesson.
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about eating out.
- 🍽️ What is your favourite restaurant? Why?
- 🍝 Describe a meal you enjoyed (starter, main course, dessert).
- ❓ Ask a partner what they like to order at a restaurant.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short notice for a café or restaurant (25 words or more), like the ones in this exercise.
- 📝 Tell customers about opening times or a special offer.
- 🕗 Include a time, a price or a rule.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
Write your own sentence for each restaurant word.
- 🍽️ main course
- 🍨 dessert
- 📅 book a table
- 🧾 the bill
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