Nights out and nights in requests and offers practice
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 7
Choose one thing to do on a night out from the list below and say typical requests in that situation until your partner guesses which one you chose. Then take turns doing the same.
Possible things to do at night
- Bar hopping
- Barbeque (in a park, in someone’s garden, on the beach or by the river)
- Bowling
- Buffet-style restaurant
- Café
- Casino
- Cinema
- Classical music (e.g. opera)
- Clubbing
- Comedy club
- Concert (e.g. rock concert)
- Dance (e.g. ballet)
- Dinner party
- Drinking in a park or by a river side
- Drinking in the street
- Drinking outside a shop
- English or Irish-style pub
- Family restaurant
- Going to a stadium to watch a night game
- House party
- Italian restaurant
- Izakaya (= Japanese-style pub)
- Jazz club
- Karaoke
- Korean barbeque restaurant
- Laser Quest
- Late night museum openings
- Late night shopping
- Latin dance
- Night market
- Poker night
- River cruise/ Dinner cruise
- Romantic night in
- Romantic night out
- Street festival
- Strip club
- Strolling around the city square, along the seafront or along the river
- The races
- Theatre (e.g. musicals)
- Video night
- Watch a match round someone’s house
- Watching fireworks or a son-et-lumiere or laser show
When your teacher stops you, ask about any places above you aren’t sure about, trying to think of related requests as a class each time.
Match these phrases to the nights out above:
- “Can I borrow your binoculars?”
- “Can I have a fresh plate?”
- “Can you turn the echo down?”
- “Could I have a little more black pepper?”
- “Can I have the darts, please?”
- “Can I try on a bigger pair of shoes?”
- “Can I search your bag?”
- “Can I see the drinks menu?”
Choose one of the situations above and compete to brainstorm more and more requests that people might make at that place.
Now imagine that you are going to arrange one of the things above for your colleagues or classmates and take turns volunteering to help, e.g. “I’ll bring some deckchairs” for watching fireworks.
Which of the things above do you think these offers come from?
- “I’ll bring a bottle of wine”
- “I’ll bring potato salad”
- “I’ll put our name on the list to play pool”
- “I’ll stack the balls”
- “I’ll pay this time”
- “I’ll get this round”
- “I’ll bring it to your table”
Would any of those things be different in your country?
How else do you think nights out and nights in vary from place to place?
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