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Listening Class:

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1 Listen and circle the correct answers. 6

1 Chocolate cakes are … favourite cakes.

a the man’s b the man’s son’s c the woman’s
2 The shop doesn’t sell … cakes.
a healthy b fruit c chocolate
3 He can’t have a raspberry cake because they only make cakes …
a with strawberries. b with pears. c with fresh fruit.
4 In the end, the man orders a cake with …
a pears. b oranges and pears. c oranges.
5 The cake is enough for …
a 12 people. b 20 people. c 14 people.
6 The man needs the cake on Friday …
a morning. b afternoon. c night.
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1 Listen and complete the sentences with one or two words. 6

1 A slice of apple __________________________ after a few minutes.

2 __________________________ keeps an apple fresh.

3 Don’t put potatoes in the __________________________.

4 Keep onions in __________________________, dry places.

5 Have fruit an hour __________________________ you eat your meal.

6 After a meal, wait a few __________________________ before you have any fruit.

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3
1 Listen and write T (true) or F (false). 5

1 Sam is showing his friends a photo album. _____

2 He had ‘bredie’ with vegetables and meat. _____

3 In Cape Town, he had a good sandwich from a

bakery. _____

4 He didn’t like having hot cereal with milk. _____

5 There was pineapple smoothie for breakfast at

the hotel. _____

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6 Test Higher Level Name:

Reading Class:

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4
1 Read and write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say). 5

BAOBAB, THE UPSIDE-DOWN TREE

Baobab are beautiful trees in Africa and
Australia. People also call them ‘bottle trees’
or ‘upside-down trees’ because of their
shape. They haven’t got leaves for
many months of the year
and so their branches
look like roots in the
air; the tree is upside-
down. There are eight
different species.
Baobab trees can grow quite high,
between five and 30 metres, and they
live for a very long time. They have a
very big trunk – seven to 11 metres all
round. It can hold more than 100,000
litres of water and this is because
they live in very dry places. There’s
one in Sunland Farm in Limpopo,
South Africa, and its trunk is 47
metres wide! People think it’s 6,000 years
old! It’s 22 metres high and people can walk
around inside its trunk. Tourists can have
a drink or something to eat inside the
tree and, of course,
take pictures.
People in Africa use
the leaves and fruit
from these trees in
different ways. They eat the leaves
fresh in a salad or cooked in soups. The
Baobab fruit is quite big, the size of a
coconut, and it tastes like grapefruit
and pears. It contains many nutrients,
for example, Vitamins B and C,
iron and calcium. In some African
countries, like Kenya and Tanzania,
people cook the Baobab seeds with
sugar and have it for a snack.

1 The leaves of a Baobab tree are upside-down. _____

2 There are more types of Baobab in Africa than in Australia. _____
3 There isn’t a lot of rain where the Baobab trees grow. _____
4 The farmers eat inside the tree at Sunland Farm. _____
5 People prepare different foods with leaves and seeds from the Baobab trees. _____
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5
1 Read and match the descriptions to the correct vegetables. 6
There are two vegetables you don’t need to use.

FRESH AND HEALTHY: tips on fruit and vegetables

Welcome to my blog! I’ve got a vegetable quiz for you today. How much do you know
about your veggies? Read the descriptions. Do you know what vegetable it is?
Check your answers tomorrow!

1 It grows on the ground like
watermelons and it gets very big and
heavy. It contains Vitamins A, C and
E. People make pies with it and they
also use it to decorate their houses at
Halloween. In the fairytale, Cinderella,
one of these changes into a carriage.
2 People around the world eat this vegetable.
There are many different types and they
usually grow underground. This vegetable has
got a very thin ‘skin’ – like paper. It has a very
strong taste and when you cut it with a knife,
it usually makes you cry. You can eat it in
salads, sauces, soups and many other dishes.

3 It’s a very healthy vegetable and
when it’s fresh, it’s dark green. People
usually boil it in water and eat it as
part of a main meal. It belongs to the
cabbage family and it’s very similar to the
cauliflower. It’s rich in Vitamins C and K.
4 It’s a very common vegetable and it makes
delicious salads. We also put it in sandwiches
with tomato, cheese and ham. It’s green and
it’s got lots of leaves. It’s important to wash
the leaves in water before you eat them. Its
leaves can be straight or curly and there are
different sizes.

a aubergine b cauliflower

c onion d pumpkin

e lettuce f broccoli
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1 Read and circle A (Star fruit), B (Kumquat), C (Dragon fruit) or D 6
(African cucumber).

Exotic fruit
Do you like trying new types of fruit and vegetables? Here are some strange
tropical fruits from around the world. They’re interesting to taste and look at!

A Star fruit: comes from Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka

It’s a bright yellow colour and it combines lots of different flavours like pineapple, apple,
lemon and orange. It’s rich in vitamin C and it’s usually sweet. It isn’t very small and its seeds
are light brown. You can eat it with or without them. Some people put it in green salads.

B Kumquat: comes from China

A kumquat is the size of an olive and it looks like an orange. It grows on trees that have
white flowers. A big kumquat tree can give hundreds or thousands of fruits each year. You
can make marmalade with kumquats and in Taiwan people add it to their tea. They say it
helps when you have a sore throat.

C Dragon fruit: comes from Mexico and South America

It’s also called ‘pitaya’ but in English the names ‘dragon fruit’ or ‘strawberry pear’ are more
common. It isn’t a small fruit – a big one can weigh up to one kilo. It’s got colourful skin and
depending on the type it can be red, yellow or white inside. It’s got lots of small black seeds.

D African cucumber: comes from Kalahari Desert, Africa

It sounds like a vegetable, but it’s more similar to a melon. People describe it as a ‘melon
with horns’. Yellow on the outside and green on the inside, it tastes like bananas, lemons
and cucumber. It’s often used for decoration, but it’s better to eat it because it contains
vitamins and minerals.

1 The fruit inside can be different colours. A B C D

2 You can have it with a hot drink. A B C D
3 People often use it to make other dishes look pretty. A B C D
4 It combines more than three different flavours. A B C D
5 Its seeds aren’t a dark colour. A B C D
6 There are things on its skin that some animals have. A B C D
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6 Test Higher Level Name:

Writing Class:

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7
1 Write questions with Is there/Are there. Use the words in 6
brackets.

1 ___________________________________________________? (avocado)

2 ___________________________________________________? (grapes)

3 ___________________________________________________? (raspberries)

Now look in the basket and write short answers to the questions above.

4 ___________________________________________________

5 ___________________________________________________

6 ___________________________________________________
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8
1 Look in the basket again. Write sentences with the words in 5
brackets. Use There is/isn’t, There are/aren’t and a, an, some
or any.

1 ________________________________________________________ (cherries)

2 ________________________________________________________ (pineapple)

3 ________________________________________________________ (avocado)

4 ________________________________________________________ (plums)

5 ________________________________________________________ (spinach)
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1 Read Paul’s post on his blog. 5

PAUL’S BLOG
A delicious day
Yesterday was a great day, a delicious day! In the
morning, I had toast with jam and eggs and a
glass of pineapple juice. For lunch, I had chicken
with rice and spinach. I love spinach! For dinner,
we went to an Italian restaurant. My brother had
spaghetti and I had pizza with mushrooms and
onions. Yum!

Now write about the food you had in one day.

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Total test score:

50
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6 Test Higher Level Name:

Speaking Class:

Score:

1 What fruits and vegetables are there below? Look and make
10 5
sentences with a(n), some or any and the words in the boxes
below.

pumpkin grapes aubergine raspberries cauliflower

Score:
11 Look at the picture again. Make questions and short answers with
Is there/Are there and the words in the boxes below. 5

strawberries avocado peas peppers lettuce

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