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Elementary Progress Test Units 4–6A
4 Are the nouns countable or uncountable?
Listening Underline the wrong word in each group. 1 Track 3 Listen to the conversation in a 1 apple orange bean rice restaurant. Match the people with the food. 2 tomato pasta milk cheese You don’t need all the food items. 3 egg butter carrot sardine 1 Charlie a 4 yoghurt fruit juice banana sugar 2 Sam ____ 5 pea cereal onion biscuit 3 Carol ____ 6 meat fish fruit vegetable 4 Mum ____ 5 Tony ____ 5 6 Rosie ____ a) Roast beef and fries 5 Underline the correct alternatives. b) Cheese salad 1 I found my purse. It was in / on the shelf next to c) Chicken soup / on my bed. d) Pasta with grilled vegetables 2 There’s a good car park between/ behind the e) Green beans and carrots supermarket. f) Roast beef and potatoes 3 We saw them five minutes last night / ago. g) Grilled vegetables and rice 4 The post office is opposite / between the bank. h) Fish and fries 5 He wasn’t at the gym on / in Friday afternoon. i) Pasta and salad 10 5
Pronunciation 6 Underline the correct answer: a), b) or c). 2 Track 4 Listen to the endings of these verbs. 1 She works as a receptionist in the . Write them in the correct column. a) town hall b) bank c) greengrocer’s loved worked studied liked 2 Can you buy two of coffee, please? wanted stayed stopped travelled a) cans b) tubes c) jars started played danced 3 We’ve got some water but we haven’t got wine. /d/ /t/ / ɪd/ a) any b) a c) some loved worked 4 My wife wanted to see a play so I went to the to buy some tickets. a) museum b) butcher’s c) theatre 5 bars of chocolate do you want? a) How much b) How many c) How 6 He had a headache so he went to the to get 5 some aspirins. a) baker’s b) pharmacy c) dry-cleaner’s Vocabulary and Grammar 7 There are tins of baked beans in the cupboard. 3 Put the letters in order to complete the a) a lot of b) much c) a sentences. 8 Sorry, you come in here in jeans! 1 I’ve got a dishwasher in my kitchen . (enktcih) a) can b) didn’t c) can’t 2 Have you got a sofa or an in your living 9 I haven’t got a on my desk. room? (hramcria) a) rug b) lamp c) sink 3 I can put all my clothes in the in my 10) They went on holiday on . bedroom. (ebrwroad) a) three days ago b) yesterday c) Friday 4 They haven’t got a TV in their 11) I was born on the August. (ombdreo) a) 1th b) 2rd of c) 23rd of 5 There are quite a lot of cupboards and in their kitchen. (evehsls) 5 6 She’s got a bath and a in her house. (reoswh)
1 not / last / he / did / week / go / to / school 9 Read and answer the questions. Underline He didn’t go to school last week. a), b) or c). 2 car / thousand / new / pounds / was / one / his Jamie Oliver is a well-known British chef. He was born on 27th May 1975 in Clavering, Essex. His 3 not / at / were / night / we / home / last parents, Trevor and Sally, had a pub-restaurant and they taught their son how to cook. Jamie started 4 you / garden / in / can / smoke / the? washing and cutting up vegetables when he was eight. 5 there / bookshops / in / not / the / are / many / He went to college to study cooking when he was 16 good / town and then went to work in France to learn about French food. After that, he came back to London 6 on / her / birthday / was / tenth / April / of / the and worked in two famous restaurants – Antonio Carluccio’s and The River Café. 7 big / jacket / is / enough / this / not His famous book of recipes, The Naked Chef, came out in 1999. It was the first of his many books and 8 your / were / born / where / grandparents? TV programmes about food and cooking. In 2005, he had a programme called Jamie’s School Dinners. 9 stamps / in / can / our / we / buy / village He showed schools how to give children fresh and interesting food, not boring food. In 2008, there was 10 not / see / us / the / they / at / did / concert another programme called Jamie's Ministry of Food. He taught people in the town of Rotherham how to 11 of / how / in / the / cans / there / are / many / beer cook fresh food and eat in a healthy way. / fridge? Jamie loves making pasta and bread, and admires the work of chef, Rick Stein. He plays the drums 10 and likes the band Coldplay. He met his wife Jools in 1993 and they got married in 2000. They’ve got 8 Complete the text with the correct answer: three children and live in London. a), b) or c). I 1 got my first job in 2005 2 I wanted to 1 Jamie Oliver’s parents were . move out of my parents’ house and rent a flat. First I a) the owners of a hotel went to see 3 flats. Some of them were b) chefs awful. There 4 enough cupboards or c) British shelves, and the rooms were 5 small. The 2 When he was eight, Jamie started . bathrooms were old and they didn’t have a shower. a) cooking Then I 6 the perfect flat. There was a living b) working in the kitchen room and bedroom, a 7 with a table, and a c) studying bathroom with a shower. 8 were quite a lot 3 When he left school, he went to . of cupboards and shelves, and a large 9 in a) France b) London c) college the bedroom. There 10 a garden but I had a 4 He became famous . wonderful balcony. I 11 plants and ate there a) in 2005 in the summer. I loved it. b) when he went to London 1 a) get b) got c) gets c) with his first cookery book 2 a) because b) then c) so 5 Jamie taught the people in an English town how to 3 a) a lot of b) any c) a good healthy food. 4 a) were b) wasn’t c) weren’t a) cook b) sell c) buy 5 a) enough b) too c) not enough 6 Jamie doesn’t . 6 a) see b) sawed c) saw a) like music 7 a) kitchen b) chair c) bath b) live in Rotherham 8 a) It b) There c) They c) make pasta 9 a) study b) sofa c) wardrobe 10 a) was b) wasn’t c) didn’t have 15 11 a) grew b) growed c) grown
10 Tick () two polite ways of speaking in 12 Write the recipe again with capital letters and questions 1–6. commas. 1 a) What do you want? it’s very easy to make a spanish omelette. you need b) Are you ready to order? four eggs an onion three potatoes salt pepper and c) Can I help you? some oil. first wash and cut up the potatoes and 2 a) Have you got it in small, please? onion. next heat the oil in a frying pan. fry the onion b) Give me a medium. and potatoes and then add the eggs. stir it all around c) Could I have a large? and cook for fifteen or twenty minutes. you’ll love 3a) Where’s the menu? it! b) Could you bring us a menu? c) Can I see the menu, please? It’s very easy to make a Spanish omelette. 4 a) Would you like something to drink? b) Coffee? c) What would you like to drink? 5 a) I’d like a hamburger and fries. b) Can I have some vegetables? c) I want some red wine. 6 a) Give me time to think. b) I’m not sure. c) I need to think about it. 5 5
11 Write sentences a)–f) from the prompts. 13 Write two paragraphs about a special person Then match them with gaps 1–6. in your life. Use the prompts below. Write 50– A: Hi Robert! How are you? 75 words. B: Fine thanks. 1 a A: It was good – but we had some problems. Childhood/family/job/personality/interests B: Really? Why? A: Oh, you know. The hotel wasn’t very good, the plane was late… B: 2 A: Yeah, but the beach was fantastic. B: 3 A: Mexico. Lovely food, lovely people… B: 4 A: A couple of friends from work. B: 5 How/when you met this person. Why he/she was/is A: Yes, she loved it. important to you. B: 6 A:. Last night!
a) How / your holiday?
How was your holiday? b) your wife / go / with you?
