PASSWORD: TOTAL 100 points 75% passing grade

ELTAM MK REGIONAL COMPETITION – 5th.grade

PART I: READING

I.Read the text carefully. After each paragraph there are some questions. Read
the questions carefully and choose the correct answer. Click a, b or c: (2 points
per correct answer)

VEGGIE CITY

Soybeans and kudzu are two of the hundreds of plants that people eat as
vegetables. Want to see more? Take a trip to Veggie City.
Visit a farmers’ market and you can find veggies of many shapes and colours from all
over the world. There are veggies like nowhere else, for example water chestnuts. You
can also discover some, like squash blossoms, beet greens and kudzu. Surprisingly but
people eat them. We believe that the US farmers are at the top of the world list for growing
vegetables. But a long time ago, there were plenty of them in other parts of the world.
There were onions in Egypt, cabbage in Germany, carrots in ancient Greece and spinach
in China. In fact, the United States grow a bigger quantity of the soybeans of the whole
world production. Brazil, China and Argentina also produce large quantities of soybeans.
It is actually a plant that can grow in any type of soil and any place they can get lots of
water.

1. What kind of vegetables are there in Veggie City?

a. Vegetables that look strange.
b. Vegetables in different sizes.
c. Vegetables in different forms and colours.

2. Do people eat: squash blossoms, beet greens and kudzu?

a. Yes, they do.
b. No, they don’t
c. Yes, they are.

3. Does Brazil grow bigger quantity of soy-beans than the US?

a. Yes, it does.
b. No, it doesn’t.
c. Maybe.

4. What do you need to grow soy-beans?

a. A place with little water.
b. A place with a lot of water.
c. A dry soil.
One American food scientist says that when you crush the beans and then smash
them, they turn into flour. Some chemical processes twist the vegetable into little pieces
of pure protein. “Pure” means that it hasn’t got anything else. You don’t mix it with other
things. What it all has is just 100% protein. This soy-meat is called “texturized vegetable
protein”. It sounds funny, but it looks like real meat, tastes like real meat, and chews like
real meat. The main difference is that the real meat is more expensive. This soy-meat
hasn’t got much fat content; it has got no bad cholesterol. That’s why our bodies can be
healthier when we eat it. Check out your grocery store to see some sausages, bacon or
burgers that have got soybeans.

5. What happens when you crush and then smash the beans?
a. They turn into “texturized vegetable protein”.
b. They turn into flour.
c. They turn into power.

6. What does “texturized vegetable protein” look like?

a. It looks like real meat.
b. It looks funny.
c. It looks like funny meat.

7. Why can our bodies be healthier when we eat soy-meat?

a. Because it has got lots of fat and cholesterol.
b. Because it hasn’t got any fat and much cholesterol.
c. Because it hasn’t got much fat and any bad cholesterol.

Another key thing you can learn in Veggie City is how you can eat your veggies. There
are a lot of billboards saying: “Eat your veggies raw!”. Uncooked veggies have all their
quality food elements. A lot of them taste excellent-just be sure you wash them well
first. Dip them in a little salad dressing and enjoy!

8. What important thing can Veggie City teach you, too?

a. About the billboards.
b. About how to cook the veggies.
c. About how to eat the veggies.

9. “Eat your veggies raw” means:

a. Wash your veggies then cook them and eat them.
b. Wash your veggies then eat them.
c. Wash your veggies then put them in the cooker and eat them.

II. Read the text again. Choose the correct answer: True / False (1 point per correct
answer)

VEGGIE CITY

Soybeans and kudzu are two of the hundreds of plants that people eat as
vegetables. Want to see more? Take a trip to Veggie City.
 Visit a farmers’ market and you can find veggies of many shapes and colours from all
over the world. There are veggies like nowhere else, for example water chestnuts. You
can also discover some, like squash blossoms, beet greens and kudzu. Surprisingly but
people eat them. We believe that the US farmers are at the top of the world list for growing
vegetables. But a long time ago, there were plenty of them in other parts of the world.
There were onions in Egypt, cabbage in Germany, carrots in ancient Greece and spinach
in China. In fact, the United States grow a bigger quantity of the soybeans of the whole
world production. Brazil, China and Argentina also produce large quantities of soybeans.
It is actually a plant that can grow in any type of soil and any place they can get lots of
water.

10. Soybeans and kudzu are the only two plants that people eat in Veggie City.
a. True b. False

11. A long time ago there weren’t many vegetables in other parts of the world..
a. True b. False

12. Brazil, China and Argentina don’t produce large quantities of soybeans.
a. True b. False

One American food scientist says that when you crush the beans and then smash
them, they turn into flour. Some chemical processes twist the vegetable into little pieces
of pure protein. “Pure” means that it hasn’t got anything else. You don’t mix it with other
things. What it all has is just 100% protein. This soy-meat is called “texturized vegetable
protein”. It sounds funny, but it looks like real meat, tastes like real meat, and chews like
real meat. The main difference is that the real meat is more expensive. This soy-meat
hasn’t got much fat content; it has got no bad cholesterol. That’s why our bodies can be
healthier when we eat it. Check out your grocery store to see some sausages, bacon or
burgers that have got soybeans.
Another key thing you can learn in Veggie City is how you can eat your veggies. There
are a lot of billboards saying: “Eat your veggies raw!”. Uncooked veggies have all their
quality food elements. A lot of them taste excellent-just be sure you wash them well
first. Dip them in a little salad dressing and enjoy!

13. Some chemical processes help the vegetable turn into little pieces of pure
protein.
a. True b. False

14. Soy-meat is cheaper than real meat.

a. True b. False

III. Read the text again. Look at the highlighted/underlined words. Write the
underlined words from the text next to their meaning / words below. Be careful,
there is ONE extra underlined word: (1 point per correct answer)

VEGGIE CITY
 Soybeans and kudzu are two of the hundreds of plants that people eat as
vegetables. Want to see more? Take a trip to Veggie City.
Visit a farmers’ market and you can find veggies of many shapes and colours from all
over the world. There are veggies like nowhere else, for example water chestnuts. You
can also discover some, like squash blossoms, beet greens and kudzu. Surprisingly but
people eat them. We believe that the US farmers are at the top of the world list for growing
vegetables. But a long time ago, there were plenty of them in other parts of the world.
There were onions in Egypt, cabbage in Germany, carrots in ancient Greece and spinach
in China. In fact, the United States grow a bigger quantity of the soybeans of the whole
world production. Brazil, China and Argentina also produce large quantities of soybeans.
It is actually a plant that can grow in any type of soil and any place they can get lots of
water.
One American food scientist says that when you crush the beans and then smash
them, they turn into flour. Some chemical processes twist the vegetable into little pieces
of pure protein. “Pure” means that it hasn’t got anything else. You don’t mix it with other
things. What it all has is just 100% protein. This soy-meat is called “texturized vegetable
protein”. It sounds funny, but it looks like real meat, tastes like real meat, and chews like
real meat. The main difference is that the real meat is more expensive. This soy-meat
hasn’t got much fat content; it has got no bad cholesterol. That’s why our bodies can be
healthier when we eat it. Check out your grocery store to see some sausages, bacon or
burgers that have got soybeans.
Another key thing you can learn in Veggie City is how you can eat your veggies.
There are a lot of billboards saying: “Eat your veggies raw!”. Uncooked veggies have all
their quality food elements. A lot of them taste excellent-just be sure you wash them
well first. Dip them in a little salad dressing and enjoy!

Here are once again the highlighted / underlined words from the text. Write them
next to their meaning / word below. Be careful! There is ONE extra word: (1 point
per correct answer)

discover ancient type smash pure bad key quality food elements

15. find _________ (discover)

16. sort _________ (type)
17. dangerous _________ (bad)
18. important _________ (key)
19. very old _________ (ancient)
20. healthy foods _________ (quality food elements)
21. unmixed _________ (pure)

PART II: USE OF ENGLISH

I. For questions 22-51choose the correct answer. Click a, b or c (1 point

per correct answer)

22. _____ you always wash the dishes after lunch?

 a. Does b. Do c. Are

23. Are there _____ onions on the kitchen table?

a. an b. some c. any

24. _____ Peter ______ in his room now?

a. Does, work b. Is, working c. Does, works

25. Whose books are _____ over there?

a. they b. these c. those

26. Mary starts school ______ eight o’clock.

a. at b. in c. on

27. You can’t talk to Susan right now. She ______ a shower.
a. has b. having c. is having

28. Tom _______ swimming in the evening.

a. always is going b. is always going c. always goes

29. Their favourite movie is playing _______.

a. every night b. at the moment c. last night

30. Julia is ______ in her family.

a. oldest b. older c. the oldest

31. We’d like _____ a golden retriever.

a. have b. having c. to have

32. “Whose jacket is that?”

It’s ______.
a. my b. mine c. mine jacket

33. She _________ soccer. She doesn’t think it’s interesting at all.
a. likes b. doesn’t like c. like

34. A: Can I use your DVD player?

B: _____________.
a. No, sorry. It doesn’t work.
b. No, it’s dangerous.
c. Sure, you can play with it any time.
d.
35. Which number comes after the second?
a. The first b. Three c. The third

36. _____ river Vardar is the longest river in our country.

a. A b. / c. The
37. The warmest parts of Macedonia _____ in the south.
a. are b. is c. was

38. She travels to Spain ______ a year.

a. every b. once c. always

39. _____ Mary and her sister at the cinema last night?
a. Was b. Are c. Were

40. Can I have _____ glass of water, please?

a. a b. the c. any

41. That’s my new car. ____ red.

a. It’s b. It c. Its

42. I love my uncles. They are charming _____.

a. mens b. men c. mans

43. This is ______ new car.

a. ours b. our c. our’s

44. How many days are there in July?

a. thirty b. thirty-ones c. thirty-one

45. Whose children are those?

a. Alice’s b. Alices’s c. Alices’

46. Sarah _______ to school on foot.

a. not usually goes b. doesn’t usually goes c. doesn’t usually go

47. I ____ any siblings. I’m an only child.

a. have got b. don’t have c. have

48. Damjan _______ be a firefighter.

a. ‘d like to b. ‘d like c. ‘d likes to

49. There aren’t _____ vegetarian dishes on the menu.

a. some b. any c. much

50. I don’t know _____ she’s angry with me.

a. what b. how c. why

51. It was ______ windy outside last night.

a. much b. very c. a lot

II. Read the sentences from 52-60 carefully. Put the verb in brackets in the
correct tense: Present Simple / Present Continuous / Past Simple. (2
points per correct answer)
 52. Thomas (have got) ________ (has got / ‘s got) a cat called Benny.
53. My little sister usually (sleep) ________ (sleeps) next to my mom.
54. Every morning, our dog (wake up) ________ (wakes up) before my dad.
55. It (to be) ________ (was) very cold last night.
56. We (not have) ________ (are not having / aren’t having) English at the moment;
our teacher is ill.
57. Today, Tome (take) ________ (is taking / ‘s taking) his pet to the vet to get an
injection.
58. We (not be) _______ (were not / weren’t) at the cinema yesterday.
59. Tom and Mary (send) ________ (send) hundreds of text messages to each other
every day.
60. Listen! Somebody (cry) ________ (is crying / ‘s crying)!
III. The sentences from 61-66 are part of one text. Read the sentences
carefully. Complete each gap with the correct answer. Click: a, b or c (2
pts per correct answer)

61. Mavrovo is one of _____ national parks in the country.

a. large b. the largest c. larger

62. So, it is an ____ travel destination for nature lovers.

a. good b. ideal c. perfect

63. The ______ is usually sunny but not very hot.

a. days b. weather c. park

64. A lot of fishermen go to the _______to catch some of the country’s best trout.
a. field b. lake c. restaurant

65. Tourists can also ______swimming or sailing.

a. go b. do c. play

66. You can enjoy the peace and _______ of the park at any time of the year.
a. quiet b. quite c. quit

IV. Read the sentences carefully. Choose the correct word from the list and
complete the sentences. Be careful there are TWO extra words: (2 pts per
correct answer)

quiet / tidy / friendly / beautiful / cramped / dark / noisy /

67. My sister’s front garden is so _________ (beautiful). There are a lot of different
kinds of flowers.
68. It’s very ______ (dark) in here. Why don’t you open the curtains?

69. This place isn’t very ______ (quiet), because of the trains passing nearby.

70. My grandmother is a very _________ (friendly) person. When she makes

pancakes, she always gives some to her neighbours.

71. Teacher Ana’s classroom is so _______ (tidy); she can always find what she
needs.