End-of-Unit Test Unit 2

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Reading
1 Read the text about cookery courses.

A Cook dinner with Nonna

Have you ever wanted to cook like Grandma? This is a three-day course for experienced cooks who want to learn real Italian cooking in
the heart of Rome. Two local grandmothers, Nonna Bruna and Nonna Antonella will show you how to cook a full Italian meal. From
starters to your own pasta, delicious Roman meat dishes and homemade desserts, the grandmothers have all the answers.

B Lebanese cooking class with a local family

This is a great experience especially if you want to try great food and learn the local way of life. You will stay and eat with Tania and her
family in Beirut for two weeks. She’ll show you how to make dishes like hummus, soups, beans and rice, baked chicken with potatoes as
well as traditional snacks.

C Silom Thai Cooking School in Bangkok

If you love hot, salty and sour flavours, join us in the exciting capital of Thailand, Bangkok. You’ll learn to make tasty Thai dishes with
meat and fish or just vegetables if you’re vegetarian. We will teach you to prepare fried rice dishes and our famous Thai green curry.

D Baking and pastry classes on a Swedish farm

Sweden is famous for its cakes and here, in a small Swedish village, you can learn how to bake them. This course is great for people with
young children. They can play or help on the farm while you learn to make a sweet tiger cake for them for afternoon tea.

E Traditional cooking course in Buenos Aires

Juan and Marina will show you how to cook beef and lamb the traditional Argentinian way. Here we like to keep things simple, so no
spices or sauces. But we’ll teach you how to grill the right way and how to make a real wood fire.

F Language and lunch in Montpellier

Come to our school to learn two things at the same time – modern French cooking and how to speak French. Your chef will show you how to
prepare delicious new dishes and you will cook and eat them with the other students.
The course is suitable for sociable people with some experience of cooking.

G Katerina’s Kouzina
You love tasty Greek food. You want to learn how to make it yourself, but you’ve never cooked before. No problem. Stay on the Greek
island of Poros for two weeks and Katerina will teach you how to bake, roast and grill in the traditional way. She will also show you how
to make modern, creative Greek dishes using local meat and freshly caught fish.

H Abbey Home Farm, England: Natural Kitchen cookery course

The course is perfect for vegetarians. We start by showing you how to make healthy green smoothies. Our top chef then teaches you how
to make homemade bread, delicious salty snacks and an amazing bitter lemon cake. She will show you that natural dishes and ingredients
are good for you and your family.

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2 Now complete the Exam Task
Exam TASK
For each question, choose the correct answer.
The five people below want to do a cooking course in another country. On the
previous page there are descriptions of eight courses.
Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people below.

1 Lucia hates processed foods. She doesn’t eat meat or fish, but she loves baking. She’d like to go on a course
in Europe.

2 Mickey eats everything, but he especially enjoys spicy foods. He doesn’t like the countryside or
anywhere that is too quiet.

3 Laura is a good cook. She wants to try new ways of cooking and make some new friends while she learns.

4 Jonah loves the beach and he’s looking for a nice long holiday somewhere near the sea. He can’t cook, but he
wants to learn!

5 Miranda loves all desserts and anything sweet. She would like to get out of the city and see the countryside.

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Vocabulary
1 Circle the odd one out.

1 bottle mug bunch glass

2 bitter spicy sweet sparkling
3 knife piece fork spoon
4 packet box jug tin
5 bowl plate slice saucer
6 bake barbeque roast grill
7 traditional processed salty serve
8 bunch cup slice piece
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2 Complete the conversation with these words.

bowl cup fast-food packet prepare roast slice spicy sweet

Tom: What do you eat for breakfast, Charlotte?

Charlotte: I’m not usually very hungry when I wake up, so I just have a 1 of toast and a 2
of coffee.
Tom: I always eat a 3 of cereal with a lot of sugar because I need something
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to start my day.
Charlotte: We’re not very healthy, are we? How about lunch? I have a 5 of nuts or crisps and a
bar of chocolate.
Tom: Well, I usually just have a burger from the 6
restaurant near the office.
Charlotte: Oh dear! Well, at least I eat better in the evenings when I have more time to
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a meal.
Tom: What do you make?
Charlotte: Usually something 8 like a curry or a chilli, or I 9
some chicken and vegetables together in the oven.
Tom: Nice!
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3 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 The cat looked hungry, so I opened a jug / tin of tuna.
2 We don’t have enough jars / mugs for everybody to have a coffee.
3 I love the sour / spicy taste of lemons and limes.
4 We usually grill / fry our fish because we don’t like to have a lot of oil.
5 Please could you bake / boil some water for a pot of tea?
6 We’re going to barbeque / roast some burgers on the beach later.
7 They serve a lot of traditional / processed food in fast-food restaurants.
8 It’s a special occasion, so we’re going to eat out / away at a nice restaurant.
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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.
1 While Mum (get) ready to go out, Dad (cook)
dinner.
2 Last summer, we (go) to Egypt and (see)
the pyramids.
3 Unfortunately, I (not pass) my driving test last week.
4 They (eat) breakfast when I (leave) for school.
5 We were watching TV when we (hear) the dog barking.
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2 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of these verbs.
catch drive feed forget meet sleep teach win

1 I the cat before I went out.

2 Last summer, we around France in a camper van.
3 I all night and I feel great today!
4 Last year, she chemistry at our school.
5 I my best friend on the first day of nursery school.
6 This morning I the bus at seven o’clock.
7 He his password and had to ask for a new one.
8 Last Saturday, my football team . It was a great game!

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3 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
1 I would always walk / walking to school when I was young.
2 I used to hate / hating spinach, but now I love it.
3 I’m getting used to eat / eating late at night.
4 Didn’t you use to play / playing with trains when you were younger?
5 I’m used to wake / waking up early.
6 Did you use to have / having long hair?
7 If the weather was good, we would play / playing outside.
8 She would go / going swimming every day in the summer.

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 Listening
1 2.1 Listen and complete the Exam Task.
Exam TASK
nswer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number or a date or a time. You will hear a presenter talking about food in the city of Santiago.

THE FOOD OF SANTIAGO, CHILE

Chile has great ingredients because it is close to the mountains and (1) .

At the Central Market, there are a lot of (2) where you can eat fresh meat and fish.

The large indoor market, La Vega, is open (3) days a week.

The Bellavista area of the city is not very busy in the (4) .

All of the food is made with (5) ingredients at the Peumayén restaurant.

You can try dishes that a (6) wrote about at the El Mesón Nerudiano restaurant.

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Writing
Complete the Exam Task.
Exam TASK
You see this notice on an English-language website.

Articles wanted!

EATING OUT
What kind of food do you like to eat?
Do you prefer to eat at home or go to a restaurant? Why?
Write an article answering these questions and we will put it on our website!

Write your article in about 100 words.

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