ESCOLA BÁSICA 2-3 ENGENHEIRO NUNO MERGULHÃO

PREPARATION FOR THE TEST

TH
8 FORM

GROUP I
VOCABULARY SKILLS
HEALTHY FOOD:
A) 1. broccoli 2. tomato 3. carrots 4. pepper 5. garlic 6. cabbage 7.radish
8. lettuce 9. cauliflower 10. spinach 11. onion 12. peas 13.turnip
14.cucumber 15. asparagus 16. apple 17. lemon 18. orange 19. mango
20. cherries 21. fig 22. pear 23. strawberry 24. watermelon 25. pineapple 26.grapes
27. kiwi fruit 28. banana 29. passion fruit 30. papaya

B) Write the words in the box in the right column.

FOOD TASTE COOKING VERBS FOOD QUANTITIES

tasty stew litre

Salty boil Bar
Tasteless fry Slice
Sweet Grill Portion
Sour roast Loaf
bitter bake pound

C) Find the odd one out.

1. waiter; menu; sport; restaurant (related to “restaurant”)
2. boil; grill; roast; eat (cooking verbs)
3. bread; milk; water; juice (you drink them)
4. beef; tuna; chicken; lamb (meat)
5. toast; cake; drinking chocolate; cheese (solids)
6. slice; fresh; kilo; litre; (quantities)
7. meat; lettuce; tomato; beans (vegetables)
8. coffee; fruit; tea; water (drinks)

D) Quantities/Partitives
1. A tin/can of => e) beans (lata de feijão)
2. A kilo of => g) flour (kilo de farinha)
3. A packet of => j) milk (pacote de leite)
4. A slice of => ff) cake (fatia de bolo)
5. A cup of => a) coffee (chávena de café)
6. A pinch of => h) salt (pitada de sal)
7. A carton of => c) matches (embalagem de fósforos)
8. A jar of => b) honey (frasco de mel)
9. A box of => d) cereals (caixa de cereais)
10. A loaf of => i) bread (barra de pão de forma)

GROUP II
READING SKILLS
A)
1. True – “Every month, (…) 90 percent of the children(…) eat at McDonald’s.”
2. Children love going to McDonald’s.
3. True – “(…) have found an increase in fast food commercials during children’s TV programmes(…)”
4. False – Most food advertising on children’s TV programmes is for junk food.
5. False – McDonald’s is the largest owner of private playgrounds.
6. True – “In the United States, obesity is second only to smoking as a cause of death.”

2009/2010 1/2
Teacher: Elsa Maximiano
 ESCOLA BÁSICA 2-3 ENGENHEIRO NUNO MERGULHÃO
PREPARATION FOR THE TEST
TH
8 FORM

B) Complete the sentences below according to the texts.

1. Fast food industries spend great sums of money in advertising.
2. Fast food commercials have increased during children’s television programmes.
3. Commercials for healthy food are very few of the total shown on TV.
4. A super-sized order is very rich in calories and fat.
5. The second cause of death in the USA is obesity.
6. In Canada during the last twenty years, obesity obesity rates in children have tripled.

GROUP III
GRAMMAR SKILLS

A) Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the Present Simple, Present continuous, Past
Simple or be going to.
1) are going to eat/ are eating 2) are going to meet/are meeting 3) are going 4) is 5) is going to be 6) met
7) became

B) Decide if the following items and drinks are COUNTABLE or UNCOUNTABLE and put them in the correct bag.
Rice – U cake – C water – U butter – U egg – C peach – C cheese – U
Napkin – C tomato – C mushroom – C salt – U meat – U oil – U bottle of wine – C milk – U
Carrot - C

C) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. many 2. much 3. no 4. How many 5. any 6. How much 7. few 8. a lot of 9. any 10. little

D) Page 21
1. 1. bigger than 2. more beautiful than 3. the most interesting 4. longer than 5. the most dangerous
6. better than 7. more expensive than 8. the richest 9. worse than 10. the most clever
2. 1. better than 2. the happiest smile 3. the most graceful 4. the fastest 5. more careful
6. faster than 7. clearer than
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3. 1. best 2. happiest 3. fun 4. smallest 5. laziest 6. quickly 7. difficult 8.more
difficult 9. hard 10. extremely good 11. regularly 12. most wonderful

Now you should revise the items you aren’t so sure of and then
do the exercises again.

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Your English teacher.

2009/2010 2/2
Teacher: Elsa Maximiano