READING PASSAGE

Read the text. Then complete the sentences.

EATING AT MARS 2112

Looking for a different kind of restaurant? Then Mars 2112 is the place for
you. Mars 2112 is a popular restaurant in New York City. But its not an
ordinary restaurant. People dont come to Mars 2112 for the food. They
come for an interesting and fun experience.
The name Mars 2112 comes from the red planet Mars. From the moment
you enter the restaurant, you feel you are in a different world. When you
arrive, you sit in a spaceship a round room with some chairs in front of a
screen. There are a lot of lights and the room begins to move. On the
screen, you see pictures of a rocket, stars and planets. You feel you are
really flying in a spaceship. A few minutes later, you land on Mars well,
actually the dining room. It has got a very high ceiling and rocky walls and
the light in the room is red. The dining room is very big and has got room for
500 people. Its easy to identify the waiters because they are all wearing
spacesuits.
Mars 2112 is a fun place to go, but it is expensive. It costs a few dollars just
to enter the restaurant. And what about the food? Everything on the menu
has got a Martian name like Full Moon Pizza, Martian Soup or Red Star Fried
Chicken. The food is not very good according to some restaurant reviews,
but you dont hear any complaints from the customers. Theyre having too
much fun to care!

1. People choose to go to Mars 2112 for..... .

2. The dining room is similar to the planet Mars because .... .
3. Its not difficult to see the waiters because ....... .
4. The customers dont complain about the food because .....
.
3. Complete the questions with much or many. Then answer the
questions according to the text

1. How time does it take till you land on Mars?

2. How people can eat at Mars 2112 at the same time?
3. How money does it cost to go into the restaurant?

Find words in the text with the following meaning:

1. Usual. __________
2.A flat surface in a cinema or on a TV or a computer._________
3. You make it when you think something is wrong and youre not
satisfied.___________

Complete the sentences with little, a little, few or a few.

1. There was .. food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.

2. When did you see Sarah? . days ago
3. Hes very lazy. He does . work.
4. Theyre not rich but theyve got money enough
to live.
5. Last night I went to a restaurant with .. friends.
6. The TV service is not very good. There are good
programmes
7. I cant decide now- I need .. time to think about it.
8. Nearly everybody has a job. There is
unemployment.
9. Hes not well-known. . people have heard of him.

Write a few, a little, much or many to complete these sentences. Do

not use some, any or a lot of.

1. Theres some food, but not .. drink

2. . people arrived before the party started, but not many.
3. Theres not fat in that food.
4. She hasnt got friends.
5. Im sorry, I havent got . time.
6. I can lend you money until tomorrow.
7. Ive seen her times this year, but not very often.
8. The receptionist did not give me .. information.
9. I asked him to put milk in my coffee.
10.We only have petrol left.
11. She started feeling ill only . days before the exam.
12. Not .. people come here in the winter.
13. Did they pay you money for working there?
14. Can I ask you .. questions?
15. I gave the cat . Milk

Habits & Routines

An activity by Isabel Prez Torres for Students in Secondary
Education

Break On On brush by does does

finishes get get go goes goes goes
has has have have his in past
play plays starts surf to until watch
watches

Maria's week:
"On weekdays, I up at half past seven. I

a shower, my hair and dressed. I go to

school car. School at a quarter

eight. is from quarter past eleven

quarter to twelve. School at half past two.

I lunch at three o'clock........."

Carlos' week

"............................Every afternoon, I to the

gym, I also with the computer, tv

and the net. Saturdays and Sundays I

play basketball."
Everyday, he his homework and at nine o'clok
he a shower and dinner. Then, he to

his bedroom to listen music.

Alejandro's week

...............On Saturday, he hockey the

morning. In the evening, he to the cinema

and to bed at half past one. Sunday

morning he homework and in the

evening tv.