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Food from Scotland

[A2 pre-intermediate]

GETTING STARTED

A - Before you start

Answer the questions with a partner.
1) What is Scotland famous for?
2) Have you ever been to Scotland?
3) If so, did you enjoy the food? Why (not)?
READING

B Read and answer

Read these statements and write
T (true) or F (false).
1) The Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight takes
place every two years.
2) There will be events in many places in Scotland.
3) Cock-a-leekie is a soup made with cockles
(berberechos).
4) Scottish shortbread is served with a lot of butter.
5) Scotland is famous for its fish.
6) Scotlands most famous dish, haggis, has to be
cooked for a long time.
C Read and answer
Read the article and the information boxes and
answer the questions.
1) What usually attracts visitors to Scotland?
2) What can you do if you visit Scottish farms during
the Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight?
3) What do bannocks, oatcakes and shortbread have
in common?
4) Where does the best salmon come from?
5) What specialities can you eat in the Highlands?
6) What cereal is contained in haggis?
7) What gives a haggis its rounded shape?
8) Where does the word whisky come from?
D Learn it! Use it!
Complete these sentences with words from the
glossary. (You may have to adapt the expression in
some way, e.g. change from plural to singular).

1) I usually have a ________ of cereal and a slice

of toast for breakfast.
2) Mutton is the name given to meat that comes
from the ________.
3) Last summer, James spent a ________ in Paris
with his French aunt and uncle.
4) Do you prefer fresh salmon or ________
salmon?
5) We took a lot of photographs from the top of
the hill because the ________ was magnificent.
6) Ask the waiter for another glass. That one isnt
________.
KET EXAM PRACTICE

E Ready for KET? (Paper 1, Part 5)

Choose the best word or phrase for each space.
Whisky or whiskey is 1________ (the/a/an)
alcoholic drink. It is made by distilling different
types of grain; 2_________ (for/like/as) example,
barley, rye, corn or wheat.

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The earliest distillation of alcohol 3________ (had/

did/took) place in Italy in the 13th century. In
4
________ (much/many/lot) medieval monasteries,
they distilled alcohol from wine and 5________ (are
used/were using/used) it mostly as medicine. This
was called aqua vitae.
Distillation soon spread from European
monasteries to Irish monasteries, 6________
(which/where/when) they produced uisce
beatha (water of life) using beer instead of
wine 7________ (why/but/because) there werent
enough grapes to produce wine. About one
hundred years later, the production of whisky
arrived in Scotland, 8________ (too/also/either).
AFTER YOU READ

F Check your pronunciation

One of the four words in each group has a different
vowel sound. Which one?
1) soup
oats
smoked
coast
quality
2) sample farmer market
2 two

3) mutton
4) leek
5) fish

prunes
biscuit
river

discover
sheep
spice

stomach
clean
chicken

G Talk about it
In pairs or groups.
1) When you travel abroad, do you like to taste the
specialities of other countries or do you try to find a
place that serves Spanish-style food?
2) What are the specialities of your town or region?
3) Which of these specialities do you like best?
H Write about it
Write about a food festival that takes place in your
town or region.
- What is it called?
- When and where does it take place?
- What kind of food or drink is the theme of the
festival?
- How long does it last?
- How popular is it?

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Play me, Im yours

[b1 intermediate]

GETTING STARTED

A - Before you start

Answer the questions with a partner.
1) Can you play any musical instruments?
2) If so, which ones? Where do you practise?
3) Why is it sometimes difficult for a musician to practise
at home? (noise? cost? space?)
READING

B Read and answer

Read the main article and answer the questions.
1) What was Luke Jerrams main purpose in putting
pianos in public places?
2) In which city was the first piano placed?
3) Where do the pianos come from?
4) What often happens to them before they are
placed in the street?
5) Are the pianos only used by people who are
good at playing?
6) Who looks after them?
7) How long are the pianos left in the street?
8) What happens to them afterwards?
C Read and answer (Optional)
N.B. This interview is graded as C1, so dont
be discouraged if you find it difficult.
Try to understand the main points.
Read these statements and write T (true) or F (false).
1) Luke Jerram had the idea of street pianos while
he was at the laundrette waiting for his washing.
2) He usually went to the laundrette in the evening,
after work.
3) He realised that a lot of people saw each other
regularly but never got talking to each other.
4) The second city to install the pianos was
London.
5) When the project moved to London, it got more
public attention.
6) Once Luke Jerram found a homeless man
sleeping under the plastic sheet covering a piano.
7) The mother of a young pianist in So Paulo cried
because her daughter played so badly.
8) Soon all the stations in So Paulo will have pianos.
D Read and check your answers
(If you did Exercise C, check your answers while
reading.)

E - Learn it! Use it!

Complete these sentences with words from the
glossary. (You may have to adapt the expression in
some way, e.g. change the verb tense or change
from singular to plural.)
1) I cant answer the door. Im not dressed yet. Im
still in my ________.
2) Your wardrobes full. Youll have to _______
_______ of some of your clothes.
3) The police are trying to contact anyone who
________ the accident.
4) When I came out of the caf, I found that my bike
had been ________.
5) While Alex was cleaning the attic, he _______
_______ some old family photographs.
6) All the schools PCs are _______ _______ in a
cupboard at night.
7) The garden furniture was covered with plastic
________.
8) Toms parents wont buy him a new phone
because he didnt _______ _______ his old one.
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PET EXAM PRACTICE

F Ready for PET? (Paper 1, Writing: Part 1)

Complete the second sentence with 1 to 3 words
so that it means the same as the first (they are
constructions used in the article).
1) Luke Jerram thought of the idea of street
pianos in 2008.
Luke Jerram came _______________ the idea of
street pianos in 2008.
2) Since then, they have installed 750 pianos in
35 cities across the globe.
Since then, 750 pianos ______________________
________________ in 35 cities across the globe.
3) The pianos arent only for expert pianists.
The pianos arent only for people
______________________ how to play.
4) Up to now, only five of the 750 pianos have
been damaged or stolen.
So ___________, only five of the 750 pianos have
been damaged or stolen.
5) People werent talking to each other.
4 four

People werent talking to one _________.

6) They didnt have enough money to buy a
piano.
They couldnt ___________ a piano.
7) They were so pleased with the project that
theyve kept that piano there.
They liked the project ______________ that
theyve kept that piano there.
8) Four years later, the piano is still there.
The piano _____________________for four
years now.
AFTER YOU READ

G Talk about it
In pairs or groups
1) Do strangers in your area often speak to each
other at bus stops or in public places?
2) Do you think street pianos would be a good
idea in your city or town? Why (not)?
3) If so, where would be the best place to put
them? Why?

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Answers
Food from Scotland
B Read and answer

1) F Its an annual festival.

2) T
3) F Its made with chicken.
4) F It contains a lot of butter.
5) T
6) T
C Read and answer
1) The beautiful landscapes, the
clean air and the pure water.
2) You can sample their products.
3) They are kinds of biscuit.
4) It comes from the Rivers Tay
and Tweed.
5) You can eat venison, grouse
and partridge.
6) Haggis contains oats.
7) The ingredients are contained
in a sheeps stomach.

8) It comes from the word uisge,

which means water.
D Learn it! Use it!

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

bowl
sheep
fortnight
smoked
landscape
clean

F Check your pronunciation

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

soup
quality
prunes
biscuit
spice

5)
6)
7)
8)

came across
locked up
sheets
look after

E Ready for KET?

1) an
2) for
3) took
4) many
5) used
6) where
7) because
8) too

Play me, Im yours

B Read and answer

1) To encourage strangers to talk

to each other.
2) In Birmingham.
3) Theyre bought second-hand
from companies or private individuals.
4) The words Play me, Im yours
are written on them and theyre
often decorated by local artists.
5) No, theyre also used by beginners and learners.
6) There are volunteers in every
city who lock them up at night
and cover them when it rains.
7) For about two weeks.
8) Theyre donated to community
groups or schools in the area.
D Read and check your
answers

1) T
2) F He went there at the weekend.

3) T
4) F It was Sydney, in Australia.
5) T
6) F He found him playing the
piano.
7) F She cried because she had
never heard her play before.
8) T
E Learn it! Use it!

1)
2)
3)
4)

underwear
get rid
witnessed
stolen

F Ready for PET?

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

up with
have been installed
who/that know
far
another
afford (to buy)
so much
has been there
five 5