Elementary Progress Test Units 4–6B

Listening 4 Are the nouns countable or uncountable?

1 Track 3 Listen to the conversation in a Underline the wrong word in each group.
restaurant. Match the people with the food. 1 apple orange bean rice
You don’t need all the food items. 2 grape wine onion biscuit
1 Charlie a 3 fruit meat fish vegetable
2 Tony 4 bread tomato cereal cheese
3 Rosie 5 egg milk carrot cucumber
4 Sam 6 yoghurt butter banana sugar
5 Carol 5
6 Mum
a) Roast beef and fries 5 Underline the correct alternatives.
b) Fish and salad 1 I found my purse. It was in / on the shelf
c) Pasta and salad opposite / on my bed.
d) Grilled vegetables and rice 2 He wasn’t at work on / in Monday morning.
e) Roast beef and potatoes 3 We saw them five minutes last night / ago.
f) Cheese salad 4 There’s a good bookshop next to / between the
g) Chicken soup café.
h) Pasta with grilled vegetables 5 The bank’s on the right of / between the clothes
i) Green beans and carrots shop.
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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 Sorry, you eat in the library.
wanted stayed stopped travelled a) can b) didn’t c) can’t
started played danced 3 There’s a big on my desk.
a) sink b) lamp c) rug
/t/ /ɪd/ /d/ 4 They went on holiday in .
worked loved a) two days ago b) yesterday c) July
5 He was born on the October.
a) 21st of b) 2nd c) 23th of
6 Can you buy two of water, please?
a) bottles b) cans c) jars
7 There’s some water but I haven’t got beer.
5 a) some b) a c) any
8 We saw a very good play at the last
Vocabulary and Grammar Saturday.
a) museum b) butcher’s c) theatre
3 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
9 cakes do you want?
1 I’ve got a dishwasher in my kitchen . (enktcih)
a) How much b) How many c) How
2 There are quite a lot of in their kitchen.
10 I went to the to get some bread.
(evehsls)
a) baker’s b) pharmacy c) dry-cleaner’s
3 She’s got a shower and a in the
11 There are tins of baked beans in the
bathroom. (awhsansbi)
cupboard.
4 Have you got a sofa or a in your living
a) any b) a lot of c) a
room? (iniotnesvel)
5 We can put all our books in the in the
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living room. (corbpadu)
6 They haven’t got a in their house.
(tuyds)
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 Elementary Progress Test Units 4–6B

7 Write the sentences in the correct order. 9 Read and answer the questions. Underline
1 not / last / he / did / week / go / to / school a), b) or c).
He didn’t go to school last week. Jamie Oliver is a well-known British chef. He was
2 big / shirt / is / enough / this / not born on 27th May 1975 in Clavering, Essex. His
parents, Trevor and Sally, had a pub-restaurant and
3 his / were / born / where / parents? they taught their son how to cook. Jamie started
washing and cutting up vegetables when he was
4 not / at / were / weekend / they / home / last eight.
He went to college to study cooking when he was 16
5 balcony / on / can / smoke / the / I? and then went to work in France to learn about
French food. After that, he came back to London
6 not / are / shoe / many / good / here / there / shops and worked in two famous restaurants – Antonio
Carluccio’s and The River Café.
7 on / his / birthday / was / fifteenth / May / of / the His famous book of recipes, The Naked Chef, came
out in 1999. It was the first of his many books and
8 cinema / in / can / to / our / we / the / go / town TV programmes about food and cooking. In 2005,
he had a programme called Jamie’s School Dinners.
9 not / see / him / the / we / at / did / party He showed schools how to give children fresh and
interesting food, not boring food. In 2008, there was
10 of / how / in / the / fruit / cartons / there / are / another programme called Jamie's Ministry of Food.
many / juice / fridge? He taught people in the town of Rotherham how to
cook fresh food and eat in a healthy way.
11 watch / hundred / her / pounds / was / five 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).
1 Jamie Oliver’s parents were .
I got my first job 1 in 2005 so I wanted to move
a) the owners of a hotel
out of my parents’ house and rent a flat. First I
2 b) chefs
to see a lot of flats. Some of them
3 c) British
awful. There weren’t 4
2 Jamie started studying cookery when he .
cupboards or shelves, and the rooms were too small.
a) was eight
The bathrooms were old and they 5 a
b) was in France
shower. Then I saw the perfect flat. There 6
c) was sixteen
a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen with a table and
3 When he left college, he went to .
a bathroom with a 7 . There were quite
8 a) London b) France c) The River Café
cupboards and shelves, and a large
4 The Naked Chef was .
wardrobe in the bedroom. 9 wasn’t a
a) a book
garden but I had 10 wonderful balcony. I
b) a recipe
grew plants and 11 there in the summer. I
c) the name of his parents’ restaurant
loved it.
5 In 2005, Jamie wanted British children to
1 a) on b) in c) at
eat good food.
2 a) go b) did go c) went
a) in Rotherham
3 a) were b) was c) are
b) in schools
4 a) some b) enough c) quite a lot
c) at home
5 a) had not b) didn’t has c) didn’t have
6 Jamie doesn’t .
6 a) wasn’t b) were c) was
a) live in Rotherham
7 a) shower b) hall c) lamp
b) make bread
8 a) many b) a lot of c) some
c) like music
9 a) It b) They c) There
10 a) a b) some c) the
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 Elementary Progress Test Units 4–6B

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 greek salad. you need
b) Are you ready to order?  lettuce tomatoes black olives an onion some feta
c) Can I help you?  cheese and a big dish. first wash and cut up the
2 a) Vegetables? lettuce and tomatoes. next put all the ingredients
b) Would you like something to eat? into the dish and add some olive oil. don’t add salt
c) What would you like to drink? because feta cheese is very salty. then stir and serve
3 a) I’d like a pizza and salad. with fresh bread. delicious!
b) I want some red wine.
c) Can I have some salad, please? It’s very easy to make a Greek salad.
4 a) Have you got it in medium, please?
b) Could I have a large?
c) Give me a small.
5 a) Where’s the menu?
b) Can we see the menu?
c) Could you bring us a menu?
6 a) I’m not sure.
b) Give me time to think!
c) I need to think about it.
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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 Rachel. How are you? 75 words.
B: Fine, thanks. 1 a
A: It was fantastic! Childhood/family/job/personality/interests
B: 2
A: I went to Italy. My brother got married there last
Saturday.
B: 3
A: Antonia. She’s from Milan.
B: 4
A: No, they met in Turkey.
B: 5
A: They were on holiday there.
B: 6 How/when you met this person. Why he/she was/is
A: Yes, and the wedding was wonderful, too! important to you.

a) How / your weekend?

How was your weekend?
b) Why / be / they / in Turkey?

c) Really? / What / you / do?

d) That / sound / wonderful!

e) Who / he / marry? 10

f) they / meet / Italy?

Total: 100

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