Review Pre-first

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• The people below all want to go to a restaurant or café. Here, there are some restaurant reviews. Decide

which restaurant or café would be the most suitable for the people below.

1 José has just started college. He needs a good café near campus where he can hang out with his friends.
He’ll be spending a lot of time in the library, so he wants a café with a nice terrace. It must be
inexpensive and serve great sandwiches.

2 Kasia is 14. On Saturdays, she has to wait an hour for a train home after her violin lesson. She wants to
spend that time in a quiet café close to the station where she can read her book while enjoying tea and
delicious cake.

3 Karl and Omar are best friends. They’re trying to find a new café that they can go to after school every
day. They want a place with a good atmosphere. They both enjoy loud music! They also like cheap fast-
food.

4 Fernando is a fan of healthy food. He doesn’t eat meat, and doesn’t mind paying a little more for organic
fruit and vegetables. He wants to find an independent café near the beach. He doesn’t like restaurant
chains.

5 Linda and Amelia are cousins. They’re looking for a great café where they can meet every Sunday for a
chat. They love to eat sweet things! Linda and Amelia are both very stylish, so they want a place that’s
really cool.

Our Top Eight Cafés

A Luigi’s E Green Dreams

Open Monday to Friday, Luigi’s is popular with
people who work in the city because it’s close to
the train station. It can be noisy, but it’s very
friendly and the service is quick. Visit Luigi’s if
you want to try their homemade pies and
excellent hot drinks.
Everything served in this busy seaside café is
vegetarian and all natural. Try the carrot and
spinach juice with one of the amazing salads.
The prices are high, but definitely worth it.
Green Dreams is owned and run by a local family
who make everything fresh daily.

B Burger Basement F Quick & Cool

Although it’s in a basement, this brilliant café is
bright and exciting. Lights of many different
colours hang from the ceiling, and everyone
sings along with the pop and rock songs. It’s not
a quiet place, but it’s fun. You won’t believe the
low cost of the chips and burgers!
As the name suggests, this is where you should
come if you want quick food in a cool place.
Quick & Cool only opens at the weekends, but it
fills up fast so get there early! Enjoy hip hop on
the loud speakers and order some spicy chicken
wings. You won’t wait long at Quick & Cool!
 C Pancake Paradise G Tilly’s Tea-Shop

The latest café in town is Pancake Paradise,
and everyone is talking about it. This is where
all the fashionable people like to be seen, and
to see each other. Enjoy the original art on the
walls while you wait for your tasty pile of
pancakes served with ice cream or honey.
This is the perfect place to get away from the
noise of the city. It’s conveniently located
between the museum and the railway station, and
serves the best baked goods in town. They play
gentle classical music there. You can choose from
20 types of tea and relax.

D Sunshine Café H Healthy Henry’s

This is a wonderful new café which, so far, is
very popular with young people. It’s just a
short walk from the college and others a wide
choice of soups and sandwiches at very
reasonable prices. The best thing about the
Sunshine Café is its outdoor seating area. Here
you can have some fun in the sun.
There’s a Healthy Henry’s café in almost every
town I know. Our one is located close to the park
and it’s always busy. Everything is made from the
freshest ingredients available … it’s nice to enjoy
food that you know is good for you. The prices
are pretty fair, too.

• Past simple vs Past Continuous

1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

5 I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

6 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the

internet.

7 My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee

on the keyboard.

8 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the

doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?

10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really

important?

• Conditional 1:

1 If you ____________ (not/exercise) and eat healthily, you ______________ (put) on weight.
2 If we ______________ (go) to the cinema, we ________________(buy) some popcorn.
3 If he _______________ (go) to the gym, he _________________ (get) quite muscular.
4 If you _____________ (not/dress) warmly, you _________________ (catch) a cold.
5 She ______________ (feel) sick if she _________________ (eat) too much chocolate.
 6 If you _____________ (stretch) your arms and legs after exercise, you ___________ (feel) much
better!
7 You _____________ (get) stomachache if you ______________ (eat) too much fruit.
8 If we ______________ (walk) there, it _____________ (take) us about twenty minutes.

• Conditional 2:

1. If I _________________ (be) you, I _________________ (not/go) to that restaurant. The food is

terrible.

2. She __________________ (be) at work today if she ________________ (not/have) such a bad headache.

3. If he _______________ (not/go) to bed so late every night, he _________________ (not/be) so tired

every day.

4. If you ________________ (not/live) so far away from me, I ___________________ (visit) you every

weekend.

5. Sophia _________________ (not/marry) Andrew if she _________________________ (not/love)him.

6. Betty __________________ (go) to the party if her baby ________________________ (not/be) sick.

7. If I ___________________ (not/be) on a diet, I ______________________ (eat) a piece of your

chocolate cake

• Conditional 3:

1. If you had seen the accident, ______________ (phone / the police)?

2. If you had needed more money, ______________ (borrow / it from your dad)?
3. If you had failed the exams, ______________ (retake / them)?
4. If you hadn’t decided to be a teacher, ______________ (be / a doctor)?
5. If you hadn’t gone to France on holiday, ______________ (go / to America)?

• Choose the correct option:

1 I’ve been here for / since 3 o’clock.

2 They’ve known each other for / since many years.

3 Nobody has heard from Carla for / since Saturday.

4 My mum has been in her new job for / since three weeks.

5 She hasn’t called me for / since the party.

6 He has played for Arsenal for / since 2006.

7 My grandparents have been married for / since forty years.

8 It hasn’t rained for / since about three weeks.

9 Nothing has happened for / since yesterday morning.

10 Jorge hasn’t played tennis for / since his injury.