Lesson 29--Restaurant Collocations

In Today's English Chunks, I would like to look at some useful restaurant collocations, and point out some phrases that my students make incorrectly.  If you have any questions about these phrases, please don't hesitate to ask.  You can leave a comment in the comment section.

1)  pay for dinner--my students often use phrases like "pay the dinner" but these are not correct.

2) pay the bill--we don't say pay the money, or pay the dinner.

3) buy someone dinner--we don't say pay him a dinner.

4) leave a tip--we don't say pay the tip.  We either leave a tip, or use the verb form: tip the waiter.