You will read the scene it happens in, take apart the pattern behind them (need to / have to + phone reservations), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
Calling a restaurant to book a table — navigating the phone conversation, giving details, handling special requests. Setting: booking dinner at Di Fara Pizza in Midwood, Brooklyn.
Di Fara Pizza in Midwood, Brooklyn, is legendary. Dom DeMarco opened it in 1965 and made every single pizza himself for over fifty years — cutting fresh basil with scissors directly onto each pie. His family carries on the tradition today.
Maria picks up the phone. She needs to plan dinner for Friday. "Hi, I need to ask — do I need to call ahead for Di Fara, or is it walk-in only?"
She finds out: no reservations. Walk-in only. "What time do you close on Fridays?" Midnight. "And is there usually a long wait?"
The person on the phone laughs. "There's always a wait at Di Fara. Come around 6 and you'll get a table faster."
Maria texts the group: "Di Fara is walk-in only. I'm going to get there at 6 to beat the line. Want to come?"