Unit 4

Basic Test

Name Class Date

LANGUAGE IN ACTION 4 Correct the underlined mistake in each

sentence.
1 Write C (countable) or U (uncountable) for the 1 There is twelve eggs in this box.
words in bold. There are twelve eggs in this box.
1 I’ve got two apples. C
2 Is there any oranges?
2 Chloe doesn’t like chocolate. U
Are there any oranges?
3 I don’t take sugar in my coffee. U
3 Sorry, there aren’t some apples.
4 Can I have a banana? C
Sorry, there aren’t any apples.
5 These tomatoes are delicious! C
4 How much children are there at your school?
6 Let’s buy some milk. U
How many children are there at your school?
5 5 Is there a shop near here? No, there aren’t.
Is there a shop near here? No, there isn’t.
2 Complete the sentences with a or an.
1 Have you got a calculator? 6 There is no vegetables in the fridge.
2 There is an apple on the table. There are no vegetables in the fridge.
3 Do you want a banana? 5
4 Here’s an orange.
5 Have you got an egg, please? 5 Circle the correct option.
6 I sometimes eat a taco for lunch. 1 … any juice in the fridge?
a Is there b There is
5 2 There … any water in this glass.
a isn’t b is
3 Circle the correct option.
1 Anna’s got any / some meat for dinner. 3 … a quiz in the magazine?
2 They haven’t got any / some chicken in the shop. a Is there b There is
3 Have we got any / some rice? 4 Tom: … an exam this week?
4 Kerem’s got any / some carrots for lunch. a Is there b Are there
5 We haven’t got any / some chocolate! Ella: No, … .
6 I usually have any / some fish for lunch. a there is b there isn’t
5 … some chocolate on the table.
5 a There are b There is
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6 Complete the sentences with much, many or

a lot of.
1 How many people are there in your family?
2 I’ve got a lot of homework today.
3 There aren’t many vegetables in this shop.
4 He hasn’t got much time before school.
5 How much money have you got?
6 There are a lot of students in this class.

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VOCABULARY 8 Circle the correct option.
1 I like drinking cold / hot water in summer.
7 Match pictures a–k with the words 1–11. 2 There is a lot of sugar in this food. It’s very sweet
a b / salty.
3 Is this bread fresh / hot? It looks old.
4 We don’t like salty / sweet snacks. We prefer
chocolate.
5 That soup is disgusting / delicious! Can I have
some more?
c d 6 Fizzy drinks are unhealthy / healthy. They aren’t
good for you.
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LISTENING
9 UT4L isten to two friends and answer True or
e f False.
1 The online quiz is about food. True
2 There are 10,500 fish and chip shops in
the UK. True
3 Tom likes fish and chips. True
4 There are 200 beans in a tin of baked
beans. False
g h
5 The banana is a herb. True
6 There are three spoons of sugar in
a can of fizzy drink. False

i j 10 UT4L isten again. Who says these things? Write

Alice or Tom.
1 I haven’t got much time. Tom
2 Fish and chips are delicious! Tom
3 There are 465 baked beans in every tin.
Alice
4 Bananas are a fruit. True or false? Alice
k 5 How much sugar is there in a can of fizzy drink?
Alice
6 That’s very sweet, but very unhealthy.
Tom
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1 meat f 7 beans g
2 fish b 8 apples h
3 chicken a 9 cheese j
4 potatoes d 10 fizzy drink k
5 juice c 11 carrots i
6 rice e
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READING 13 Match the words in the box with the pictures.
bee chocolate grasshopper rice spices
11 Read the text. sugar
In today’s blog we hear about interesting
snacks from two teenagers.
Julia
I’m from Oaxaca in Mexico. Many people
here like eating grasshoppers for a snack, 1 bee 2 chocolate
but I don’t. I think they’re disgusting! My
favourite food is mole and chicken with
rice. To make the mole sauce you mix
chocolate, salt, pepper and spices. My
mum uses fruit and nuts, too. It tastes
delicious – it’s hot and sweet. It tastes 3 rice 4 spices
amazing with meat.
Toshiya
I live in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. A lot
of people in Japan eat fish but Nagano
is not near the sea. There aren’t many 5 sugar 6 grasshopper
cows and sheep, so we don’t eat much
meat. Sometimes we eat grasshoppers 5
called inago. They aren’t expensive and
we don’t get them at the shop – they live WRITING
in the rice fields. We catch them and eat
them with soy sauce and sugar. They are 14 Circle the correct option.
salty and sweet! My favourite street food 1 Fresh fruit is delicious and / or I eat it every
is hachinoko. It is an insect, too. You make morning.
hachinoko from young bees. It’s very 2 We buy lunch from a food stall but / or a shop.
healthy food – a lot of people here love it!
3 There are a lot of food shops, and / but not
many good ones.
Answer True or False. 4 We like meat. We usually eat chicken and / or
1 Julia likes eating grasshoppers. False fish with rice.
2 Julia doesn’t eat meat. False 5 I love eating salty food, and / but it isn’t healthy.
3 Mole sauce has got chocolate in it. True 6 People eat a lot of fruit and / but vegetables for
4 People in Nagano eat a lot of meat. False lunch.
5 Toshiya buys grasshoppers at the shop. False 5
6 Hachinoko is an insect. True
15 Write a description of food that you eat on
10 special days. Remember to …
·describe the food.
12 Read the text again. Circle the correct option. ·say who makes it and what it’s like.
1 Many / Not many people eat grasshoppers in ·say when you eat it and who you eat it with.
Mexico. ·use there is/are and countable and uncountable
nouns.
2 To make mole you need chocolate, salt and
pepper and spices / vegetables. ·use adjectives to describe food.
3 You eat mole with meat / fish. ·use and, but, or.

4 People in Nagano do / don’t eat a lot of meat. 10

5 Hachinoko is healthy / disgusting.
TOTAL SCORE 100
6 Many / Not many people eat hachinoko.

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