Reading: London restaurants

1Scan the text. Match photos 1–3 with the restaurants. Write the name of the restaurant. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

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Do you like unusual eating experiences? Here are three original restaurants in the UK's lively capital!

Circus

Imagine this – there's a waiter standing at your table. Normal? Not really! This waiter is standing on his hands! Later a waitress brings you your food ... it's on her head. It's very entertaining!

While you're eating, you can enjoy the show. The waiters are all circus acrobats. Sometimes, after eating, people get up and dance! It's always really lively.

Delicious meat, fish and vegetarian options are available.

LMNT

A restaurant full of surprises! Step inside and you are in a new, but ancient world.

There is Egyptian art everywhere! Snakes and lions decorate the walls, along with Egyptian hieroglyphs. King Tutankhamen watches you while you eat.

There's a simple menu with food from countries such as Britain, France and Italy, and there's usually something tasty for vegetarians, too.

Archipelago

Step inside this restaurant and there isn't much that makes you think of London. Next to the tables there are some tropical plants from rainforests. Plus there's some unusual international art to admire. But the real difference is the food!

What do you usually have for a starter? A salad? Would you like to try a few caterpillars? In this restaurant, you can! And for your main course – what about some crocodile? Then finish your meal with a dessert of scorpions!

The menu is totally original, but perhaps it's not the place for vegetarians!

2Read the text. Choose the correct answers. 

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Do you like unusual eating experiences? Here are three original restaurants in the UK's lively capital!

Circus

Imagine this – there's a waiter standing at your table. Normal? Not really! This waiter is standing on his hands! Later a waitress brings you your food ... it's on her head. It's very entertaining!

While you're eating, you can enjoy the show. The waiters are all circus acrobats. Sometimes, after eating, people get up and dance! It's always really lively.

Delicious meat, fish and vegetarian options are available.

LMNT

A restaurant full of surprises! Step inside and you are in a new, but ancient world.

There is Egyptian art everywhere! Snakes and lions decorate the walls, along with Egyptian hieroglyphs. King Tutankhamen watches you while you eat.

There's a simple menu with food from countries such as Britain, France and Italy, and there's usually something tasty for vegetarians, too.

Archipelago

Step inside this restaurant and there isn't much that makes you think of London. Next to the tables there are some tropical plants from rainforests. Plus there's some unusual international art to admire. But the real difference is the food!

What do you usually have for a starter? A salad? Would you like to try a few caterpillars? In this restaurant, you can! And for your main course – what about some crocodile? Then finish your meal with a dessert of scorpions!

The menu is totally original, but perhaps it's not the place for vegetarians!

• 1Circus is good for people who

  want to watch something fun.like unusual food.want to work in a circus.

• 2Circus is

  a quiet place for a meal.fun, but the food is bad.a great evening out and has great food, too.

• 3LMNT is

  in a museum.a very old restaurant.full of interesting things to see.

• 4At LMNT you can eat

  snakes and lions.food from Europe.food from Egypt.

• 5At Archipelago you can

  try unusual meat.buy traditional art.eat meals made with unusual plants.

• 6A vegetarian can't eat much at

  Circus.LMNT.Archipelago.

3Choose the best restaurant for each statement. 

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Do you like unusual eating experiences? Here are three original restaurants in the UK's lively capital!

Circus

Imagine this – there's a waiter standing at your table. Normal? Not really! This waiter is standing on his hands! Later a waitress brings you your food ... it's on her head. It's very entertaining!

While you're eating, you can enjoy the show. The waiters are all circus acrobats. Sometimes, after eating, people get up and dance! It's always really lively.

Delicious meat, fish and vegetarian options are available.

LMNT

A restaurant full of surprises! Step inside and you are in a new, but ancient world.

There is Egyptian art everywhere! Snakes and lions decorate the walls, along with Egyptian hieroglyphs. King Tutankhamen watches you while you eat.

There's a simple menu with food from countries such as Britain, France and Italy, and there's usually something tasty for vegetarians, too.

Archipelago

Step inside this restaurant and there isn't much that makes you think of London. Next to the tables there are some tropical plants from rainforests. Plus there's some unusual international art to admire. But the real difference is the food!

What do you usually have for a starter? A salad? Would you like to try a few caterpillars? In this restaurant, you can! And for your main course – what about some crocodile? Then finish your meal with a dessert of scorpions!

The menu is totally original, but perhaps it's not the place for vegetarians!

• 1'I like dancing after I eat.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

• 2'I like fish – it's the only food I eat.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

• 3'I want to eat something really different.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

• 4'It's my grandmother's birthday. I want to take her out for lunch. She loves Italian food.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

• 5'I don't like art. It's so boring.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

• 6'I want to watch something while I eat.' ArchipelagoCircusLMNT

4Replace the highlighted words in the text with the words in bold in the sentences below. 

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Do you like unusual eating experiences? Here are three original restaurants in the UK's lively capital!

Circus

Imagine this – there's a waiter standing at your table. Normal? Not really! This waiter is standing on his hands! Later a waitress brings you your food ... it's on her head. It's very entertaining!

While you're eating, you can enjoy the show. The waiters are all circus acrobats. Sometimes, after eating, people get up and dance! It's always really lively.

Delicious meat, fish and vegetarian options are available.

LMNT

A restaurant full of surprises! Step inside and you are in a new, but ancient world.

There is Egyptian art everywhere! Snakes and lions decorate the walls, along with Egyptian hieroglyphs. King Tutankhamen watches you while you eat.

There's a simple menu with food from countries such as Britain, France and Italy, and there's usually something tasty for vegetarians, too.

Archipelago

Step inside this restaurant and there isn't much that makes you think of London. Next to the tables there are some tropical plants from rainforests. Plus there's some unusual international art to admire. But the real difference is the food!

What do you usually have for a starter? A salad? Would you like to try a few caterpillars? In this restaurant, you can! And for your main course – what about some crocodile? Then finish your meal with a dessert of scorpions!

The menu is totally original, but perhaps it's not the place for vegetarians!

• 1I love your food. It's always delicious. 

• 2We are never bored at music club. It's always busy and exciting. 

• 3Lucy is an amazing artist. All her pictures are really new and different. 

• 4Caitlin's likes basic clothes. She always wears a black jacket and trousers. 

• 5This building is very old. It's about 300-years-old. 

• 6That film is great. It's really fun to watch. 

5Complete the sentences. Include the words in the box. 

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• lively
• original
• ancient
• entertaining
• tasty

• 1I want something 

• simple
 for lunch – perhaps a salad or some soup.

• 2I love that TV show. It's really  .

• 3My parents often go to museums because they like   Roman art.

• 4Tim wants to write a book. He's got a very   idea for a story.

• 5Try this pudding! It's  .

• 6I love Rome. It's a   city.

6  Write a short text about a restaurant you know or your school canteen. Include the words below. Use the following questions to help you to plan your text. ancient entertaining lively original simple tasty   What does the restaurant look like? What type of food does it serve? Why do you / don't you like it?

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