UNIT 5

Assessment Prep
The following exercises were created to prepare you for your Assessment:

 Section A – has vocabulary exercises that will test your understanding on

daily conversations/words.

 Section B – is all about grammar and your knowledge on the technical

aspect of the English language will be evaluated.

 Section C – details reading and listening exercises, thus, assessing those

abilities.
 Section A
1. Time is an important part of any language, depending on region and culture time is said
different. This exercise will help you better understand time.

… O'CLOCK
FIVE TO… FIVE PAST…

TEN TO… TEN PAST…

a QUARTER TO… a QUARTER PAST…

TWENTY TO… TWENTY PAST…

TWENTY-FIVE TO… TWENTY-FIVE PAST…

HALF PAST…

REMEMBER!
15 minutes =a quarter a.m.- in the morning
30 minutes = half p.m.-in the afternoon ,in the evening
 It’s your turn now.
What
time is it?

It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________

It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________

It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________ It’s _____________

Fill the blank space in the box with the correct time:

6:00 - It's six ______ 6:35 - It's twenty-five to seven

6:05 - It's ___ past six 6:40 - It's _______ seven
6:10 - It's ______ six 6:45 - It's ________ seven
6:15 - It's a _______ six 6:50 - It's ten to seven
6:20 - It's twenty past six 6:55 - It's ______ seven
6:25 - It's twenty-five past six 7:00 - It's seven o'clock
6:30 - It's ________ past six

2. Food is something we deal with every day, most of us eat it 3 times a day. It is very
important you have vocabulary related to food. The following exercise will examine your
understanding of food and drinks.
Solutions: ice-cream, orange, lemon, apple, juice, milk, jam, meal, breakfast, soup, tea, meat,
cover, chicken, strawberries, chocolate, peach, cheese, pineapple, banana

Section B
The present simple is a tense used to talk about routines and habits. In this exercise you will learn
how and practice the conjugation in the person, situations when you use it and the rules of the
present simple.

Afirmative Negative Interrogative

I walk I don’t walk Do I walk?

You walk You don’t walk Do you walk?
He walks He doesn’t walk Does he walk?
She walks She doesn’t walk Does she walk?
It walks It doesn’t walk Does it walk?
We walk We don’t walk Do we walk?
You walk You don’t walk Do you walk?
They walk They don’t walk Do they walk?

Short answers
Affirmative Negative

Yes, I / you / we / they do Yes, he / she / No, I / you / we / they don’t No,
it does he / she / it doesn’t

Third person singular

We add –s to the verb to form the third person

singular (he, she, it).
We use the Present Simple:
I drink – he drinks
I run – he runs
• for habits and actions that we
BUT do regularly:
• We add –es to verbs that end in –ss, -sh, He visits his friends every
-ch, -x, -o. Sunday.
I watch – he watches She goes to school by bus.

• With verbs ending in consonant + y, we • for general truths:

change the –y to –ies. The sun rises in the East.
I cry – he cries
• for permanent situations: He
But with verbs ending in vowel + y, we
lives in Athens.
just add –s as usual.
I play – he plays
A. Write the third person singular of the following verbs.

play ____________ go ____________

wash ____________ teach ____________

drive ____________ carry ____________

fly ____________ start ____________

help ____________ kiss ____________

watch ____________ clean ____________

like ____________ enjoy ____________

cry ____________ mix ____________

B. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Peter and his friends __________ to school by bus. (go)
2. Elephants __________ leaves and grass. (eat)
3. David's father __________ in a hospital. (work)
4. The bank opens at 9.30 and __________ at 4.30. (close)
5. Tom and Jim __________ football every day after school. (play)
6. Mr Jones is a teacher. He __________ History. (teach)
7. Our lessons __________ at 9.00 and __________ at 3.30. (start / finish)
8. My pen friend __________ in Japan. (live)
9. Mary and her brother __________ cartoons every Sunday morning. (watch)

10. John __________ his room every day. (clean)

 Nouns are words we use to name people, places, things, animals or ideas. In simple terms,
everything that has a name is a noun. They can be both singular and plural, this exercise will teach
and examine your plural regular noun perception.

Plural Regular Nouns

Most nouns add –s

Write the plural form of these nouns: pen- pens
a box …………………… a story ………………………… cup- cups
a boy …………………… a phone…………………...
a baby…………………… a computer………………
a knife…………………… a bus ……………………
a tomato …………………… a zoo ………………………
Nouns ending in
a car ……………………… a door ………………………
–ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z
a city ……………………… a bag……………………… add –es
a country ……………………… a house ……………………… box-boxes
a ball ………………………
a brush…………………… a cherry…………………………
a tooth…………………………… a kiss …………………………… Nouns ending in
a scarf…………………………… a cow ………………………… consonant + y = -ies
a butterfly ……………………………………………
a dog…………………………… a wolf …………………………… country - countries
a hero ………………………… a wife ……………………………
a photo …………………………… a lion ……………………………

Nouns ending in –f /-fe

change to –ves
wife - wives

Certain nouns that end

in -o, add -es
hero - heroes
potato - potatoes
But:
photo – photos; piano – pianos
hippo – hippos
Questions are an important part of communication; it is always part of our daily dialogue. This
means that it is important you know how to ask and answer the most basic questions. This exercise
will focus on YES or NO questions, with emphasis on verbs like (be, can, do & have).

1. Does Mrs. Brown live in California? A: Yes, __she does___________

2. Are Shelly and Thomas tired? A: No, __they aren’t__________________

3. Have you got brothers? A: No, __I haven’t_____________________

4. Does your father have a car? A: Yes, ___he does____________

5. Is Ottawa the capital city of Canada? A: Yes, _____________________________

6. Can we eat pizza? A: Yes, _____________________________________

7. Does Robert live in London? A: No, ____________________________________

8. Have you got a book? A: No, ______________________________________

9. Do you like to read? A: Yes, _________________________________________

10. Do they have children? A: Yes, __________________________________

11. Can rabbits dance kuduro? A: No, _________________________________

12. Is Angola in Asia? A: No, ______________________________________

13. Does she have a cell phone? A: Yes, ______________________________

14. Is Mr. Smith a teacher? A: Yes, _______________________________________

15. Can they sing? A: No, ________________________________

16. Do you know how to swim? A: No, ____________________________________

17. Have you got a sandwich? A: No, ________________________________

18. Is Dubai in the Middle East? A: Yes, ___________________________________

19. Does the cake taste good? A: Yes, ____________________________________

20. Are they here? A: No, ___________________________________________

 Section C

For this section your listening and comprehension skills will be tested. Follow the instruction to have a good
result.

Listening: A1

Ordering in a café

Listen to people ordering food and drinks in a café to practise and improve your listening skills.

Before listening

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation task

Write the words in the correct group.

a piece of a glass of freshly squeezed bottled

take away with ice eat in a slice of

Drinks Food Both

Tasks
Task 1

Are the sentences true or false?

Answer
1. Customer 1 orders a large bottle of orange juice. True False
2. The apple juice costs £3.15. True False
3. Customer 2 is not going to have their tea and cake inside the café. True False
4. Customer 2 pays with a twenty pound note. True False
5. Customer 3 orders something to drink. True False
6. The cookie costs 85p. True False
Task 2

Complete the sentences with words from the box.

front take away squeezed

instead afraid just

I I’m ……………………………………… we only have bottled juices.

I I’ll have an apple juice ……………………………………… .

I Sorry, I wanted freshly ……………………………………… orange juice.

I To eat in or ……………………………………… ?

I Sorry, I think I was in ……………………………………… of you.

I No, thanks, ……………………………………… the cookie.

Discussion

How often do you buy snacks from cafés?

Transcript

Customer 1: Can I have an orange juice, please?

Server: Regular or large?

Customer 1: How big is a large?

Server: This is a large. This is a regular.

Customer 1: I’ll have a large, then, please. Without ice.

Customer 1: Sorry, I wanted freshly squeezed orange juice.

Server: I’m afraid we only have bottled juices.

Customer 1: Oh, then I’ll have an apple juice instead, please.

Server: Here you go. That’s £3.50, please.

Customer 1: Thanks.

Server: Thank you.

Server: Can I help anyone?

Customer 2: Who’s next?

Customer 3: You were first, I think.

Customer 2: What teas do you have?

Server: Breakfast tea, mint and green tea.

Customer 2: A mint tea and a slice of lemon cake, please.

Server: To eat in or take away?

Customer 2: Take away, please.

Server: There you go. That’ll be £4.20 please.

Customer 2: Sorry, I’ve only got a fifty.

Server: That’s OK. Here’s your change … 5, 10, 30, 50.

Server: Who’s next?

Customer 4: Can I have a ...

Customer 3: Er, sorry.

Customer 4: Oh, sorry! Were you waiting? Please.

Customer 3: Thank you. Can I have a chocolate chip cookie, please?

Server: Would you like a drink with that?

Customer 3: No, thanks. Just the cookie.

Server: OK, then. That’s 95p, please.

Customer 3: Thanks. I think that’s right.

Server: 50, 70, 80, 85, 90, 92, 94, yep, 95. Thank you.