GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 I am walking is an example of a continuous / simple form.
2 The present simple and continuous forms have the same / a different meaning, eg: I am working in a supermarket.
I work in a supermarket.
3 The verbs in A / B are usually used in the simple form:
A: agree believe know lack mean love smell understand want
B: write move climb wash work study play watch guide make
4 Verbs that are usually used in the simple form describe actions or states / states or senses.
5 Modals verbs, eg I must work, they may be late, we can't hear are always / never used in the continuous form.
_____ / 5 points
VOCABULARY
2 Underline the ten words in this list that are things we eat or drink or things that are in our food.
acidic bottled
tap water margarine
tinned food minerals
unhealthy protein
vitamins dried fruit
cereal decay
junk food label
dried fruit fat
_____ / 10 points
FUNCTION
3 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with A, B or C.
Eating in Europe
People sometimes say that Europe has become just one big country, but I really (1) ______. Just think of all the different foods and attitudes to food that there are in European countries. For example, in Italy many people (2) _____ that it's bad for you to drink coffee after two o'clock in the afternoon, and (3) _____ that you shouldn't have a cappuccino at the end of your meal, as the English sometimes (4) _____. And what about breakfast? In Spain they sometimes eat churros, which (5) _____ of fried flour and egg, and are dipped into hot chocolate. Sometimes they have tomato and olive oil spread on toast, whereas sitting here, in Holland, at the moment we (6) _____ our usual cheese and ham for breakfast. In Greece it's different again - breakfast often (7) _____ honey, yoghurt, olives and white sheep's cheese.
In some countries, for example Portugal and Poland, people (8) _____ to think that you should always eat in company - that eating is not just about eating, but about being with others, while in other countries such as the UK, Sweden and Denmark, eating is more a question of filling your stomach. In these countries working people sometimes (9) ____ to grab a sandwich and eat it at their desk or workplace rather than have a meal. In my opinion, it really (10) _____ what or how people eat, but please … just don't tell me that all European countries are the same.
1 A am not agreeing B not agree C don't agree
2 A think B thinks C are thinking
3 A are believing B believed C believe
4 A are doing B done C do
5 A are consisting B consist C are consisted
6 A eat B are eating C are eaten
7 A includes B to include C is including
8 A seems B seem C are seeming
9 A are preferring B preferred C prefer
10 A doesn't matter B isn't matter C isn't mattering
_____ / 10 points
Total : _____ / 25 points
Lesson test Inspiration 4 unit 1, lesson 1
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