Practice one useful pattern.

How this works

A short noun phrase is enough in this restaurant situation: l’addition + s’il vous plaît. To describe how you want to pay, reuse je voudrais and add the action payer.

Build it piece by piece

L’addition

The bill

s’il vous plaît

please

payer

to pay

par carte

by card

Je voudrais can introduce a noun (un café) or an infinitive action (payer).

Worked example

You have the bill; say that you would like to pay by card.

Je voudrais payer par carte, s’il vous plaît.

Compare this with the model above. Notice what stayed the same and what changed. Read both aloud before continuing; this part is for learning, not scoring.