ESCUELA TECNOLÓGICA INSTITUTO TÉCNICO CENTRAL

FIRST ENGLISH TEST

1-2016

NAME _________________________________________________________________________
DATE ____________________________ GROUP:: __________________________

GRAMMAR
3 Complete the email. Use the correct form of
going to and the verb in brackets.
1 Complete the sentences with a, an, some, or
any.
Example: We can’t have an omelette. There aren’t
any eggs.
1 ‘Can I have a sandwich, please?’ ‘Sorry. There
isn’t __________ bread.’
2 ‘I’m hungry.’ ‘Do you want __________
apple?’
3 ‘I can make __________ pasta this evening.’
4 ‘Are there __________ bananas?’ ‘No. I had the
last one.’
5 ‘I’m a vegetarian. I don’t want __________
meat.’
6 ‘There are __________ apples in the fridge.’
6

2 Underline the correct word or phrase.

8
Example: How much / many coffee do you drink?
Grammar total 20
1 We don’t eat much / many bananas in our
house.
2 I didn’t eat no / any cake. I wasn’t hungry.
3 She eats much / a lot of biscuits. She loves VOCABULARY
them.
4 Mark buys many / a lot of fruit. He’s very 4 Complete the phrase with the correct verb.
healthy.
Example: go on a boat trip
5 I don’t have much / many free time. I work very
hard. 1 __________ the sights
6 ‘How much chocolate do you eat?’ ‘A lot of / A 2 __________ clubbing
lot.’ 3 __________ at a campsite
4 __________ shopping
6 5 __________ in a hotel
5

5 Write the words in the correct places.

Apple coffee grapes onions mushrooms

pineapples peas tea water
 Fruit Vegetables Drinks READING
apples 3 __________ 6__________
1 __________ 4 __________ 7__________ 1 Read the text and write A, B, or C.
2 __________ 5__________ 8__________

8 I love my job!
James Shannon is a chef in a London
6 Complete the food words. restaurant. He talks about his job.
Example: m_a_ meat
I work at Suzie’s, which is one of the most
1 e_g __________ popular restaurants in central London. The best
2 po_a_o_s __________ part of working there is being part of a fantastic
3 p_as __________ team of friendly and talented people.
4 ch_e_e __________
I left school and started by washing dishes when
5 a_pl_ __________
I was only 16. I wasn’t interested in food and I
6 or_ng_s __________
never cooked at home, but I worked hard, and
7 p_st_ __________
soon became a waiter. Simon, who was head
7 chef at the time, then began to show me how to
cook and I loved it so much I went to college to
Vocabulary total 20
learn more.

PRONUNCIATION When Simon left Suzie’s, I became head

chef. At the time all the food was British. The
7 Match the words with the same sound. quality was excellent, but I wanted to do
something different, so I decided to have an
bread could move peas steak young international menu. Now we serve food from all
around the world. There are so many fantastic
Example: tea peas markets and food shops in London that I can
1 health __________ usually find any ingredient I need.
2 came __________ I use a lot of natural ingredients such as brown
3 put __________ rice, organic flour, and pasta. Some people think
4 soon __________ that healthy food is boring, but they’re wrong.
5 money __________ Well-prepared natural food has so much more
5 flavour than fast food. Our food is healthy and
our customers love it. We use the very best
8 Underline the stressed syllable. meat and the highest quality vegetables.

Example: coffee Suzie’s is open Monday to Friday from 5.00 p.m.

to 11.00 p.m., and from 12.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m.
1 pineapple
at weekends. On Fridays and Saturdays we play
2 dinner
live music from around the world. There’s a
3 spaghetti
children’s menu on Sundays and that’s when we
4 pasta
serve traditional British food.
5 potatoes
5
Example: James started as _____.
Pronunciation total 10 A. a waiter
B. a chef
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
C. a dish washer
1 James started to learn how to cook _____.
A. at college
B. at the restaurant
C. at home
 2 When James became head chef, he changed WRITING
the _____. What do people eat and drink in your
A. restaurant’s name country? Write sentences about these things.
B. kind of food
Example: tea They don’t drink much tea.
C. waiters
1 coffee
3.James finds ingredients in _____. ______________________________________.
A. other countries 2 beer and wine
B. different places in Britain ______________________________________.
C. London 3 potatoes
______________________________________.
4. There is music _____. 4 fish
A. every day ______________________________________.
B. twice a week 5 sandwiches
C. on Sundays ______________________________________.
Writing total 20
5. You can’t eat at Suzie’s _____.
A. on Saturday afternoons Reading and Writing total 35
B. on Monday evenings
C. on Sunday mornings LISTENING
Listen. Tick ( ) A or B 7.20
6 Suzie’s doesn’t serve _____.
A. meat 1
B. fast food A.There’s some milk in the fridge.
C. British food B. There isn’t any milk in the fridge London
2.
6 A. The woman doesn’t drink much coffee
B. The woman drinks a lot of coffee
2 Read the text again. Are the sentences True 3.
(T) or False (F)? A. She is going to go to Australia
Example: James likes his job. T B. She is going to go to Italy
4.
1 ____James left school and then worked at A. They are going to go to a restaurant
Suzie’s. B. They are going to go to the cinema
5.
2 ____James often cooked for his family.
A. She thinks they’re going to get married.
3 ____He liked Simon’s food. B. She doesn’t think they’re going to get
married.
4 ____It can be difficult to find the ingredients in 5
London. 2 Listen to Peter Douglas calling Jerry Harte
5 ____James thinks healthy food is boring. and complete the chart
Couple 2 Jerry and Sue
6 ____The restaurant is open every day. 1. Where/go?
2. Who /with?
7 ____The restaurant is open for lunch at the
weekend. 3. How/ get there?
4. What / do?
8 ____The music is usually British. 5. Where/ stay?
5
9 ____There is always a children’s menu.
Listening total 10
9 Speaking total 15
Reading total 15 Listening and Speaking total 25