INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL

CENLEX UST
Centro de Auto Acceso
STUDY GUIDE
BASIC 5 MIDTERM LIFE ELEMENTARY UNITS 5 - 6

A. CHOOSE A, B OR C FOR EACH OF THE SENTENCES.

1. I have umbrella next to the refrigerator.

a) an b) a c)some d) any
2. She doesn’t have cheese for the pasta.

a) an b) a c)some d) any
3. I love jam on my pan cakes.

a) an b) a c)some d) any
4. He eats sandwich and lemonade as lunch.

a) an b) a c)some d) any
5. You are a fan of crisps, let’s get at the mart.

a) an b) a c)some d) any

B. CLASIFY THE ITEMS INTO COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE.

shrimp egg pasta cheese meat salt orange chicken

pepper garlic
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

C. USE HOW MUCH OR HOW MANY TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS.

1. cheese o you need for the pasta?

2. chicken is in the fridge?
5. eggs are there in the basket?
7. shrimps in your cocktail?
8. oranges for a 100ml. juice?

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D. CHOOSE THE WORDS ACCORDING TO THE BRITISH OR AMERICAN MENU.

sprinkling bill fries still mineral check chips pure

British menu American menu
Starters Starters
Soup of the day…………………………………….£5 Potato soup day……………………………..……….£5
Garlic 1) ..........................................£4 French 5) ............................................£4
Main Courses Seafood Main Courses
special………………………………….......……..£20 BBQ ribs special……………………..….…………..£20
Peperoni Pizza pizza……………………..…………………….£10
Pizza……………………………………………...£10 Green salad………………………..………………….£8
Caesar Desserts
salad……………………………………………….£8 Ice cream…………………………….…………………£7
Desserts Drinks
Chocolate pie with ice cream……………………£7 Bottle of 6) water ……………….………..£2
Drinks 7) water…………………………...……….£1
Bottle of 2) water ……….…………..£2 Order your 8) and pay with Visa and get a
3) water……………………...……….£1 40% discount the next time you come with us.
Order your 4) and pay with Amex and
get an extra discount the next visit.

E. USE THE VERBS IN THE BOX TO WRITE A RECIPE OF ONE OF THE TWO DISHES WE
HAVE.

boil spread put mix chop pour slice

Margello pasta (vegetables and cheese)

First 1) ___________ the pasta in a pot then 2) ___________ garlic and onion, 3) ___________ in
a pan and add some vegetables. 4) ______________ some water ad wait till they are soft. Finally
5) ____________ the pasta and the vegetables in a dish and add some cheese on top. Enjoy!

Garden salad (fresh and delicious)

First 6) __________ some lettuce, ½ onion, a carrot and two tomatoes. Then 7) __________ the
ingredients in a salad bowl, 8) ___________ seeds on top and 9) ___________ it to rest for 10
minutes. Finally 10) __________ some bread and spread soft cheese on it.

Enjoy your meal!!

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F. CIRCLE ING OR ED TO BUILD THE CORRECT ADJECTIVE FORM.

The London’s dungeon is without a doubt an 1) interested / interesting place to visit in London. More
and more people is 2) scaring / scared every time they visit this dark and cold place. Visitors will feel
the 3) frightened / frightening experience of the dark ages and will try to escape from the devilish
characters around. Don’t miss the chance to live a heart 4) pounded /pounding experience and finish
the tour 5) freaking / freaked out as people used to get in the old ages.

SECTION II. READING

A. READ THE TEXT BELOW AND ANSWER T FOR TRUE OR F FOR FALSE.

The modern pizza was originally invented in Naples, Italy but the word pizza is Greek in origin, derived
from the Greek word pēktos meaning solid or clotted. The ancient Greeks covered their bread with
oils, herbs and cheese. The first major innovation that led to flat bread pizza was the use of tomato as
a topping. It was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add tomato to their yeast-based
flat bread, and so the pizza began.

While it is difficult to say for sure who invented the pizza; People believed that baker, Raffaele
Esposito of Naples, first made modern pizza. In fact, a popular urban legend holds that the archetypal
pizza, Pizza Margherita, was invented in 1889, when the Royal Palace of Capodimonte commissioned
the Neapolitan pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honour of the visiting Queen
Margherita. Of the three different pizzas he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pie with the
coloUrs of the Italian flag: red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella). Supposedly, this kind of
pizza received its name after the Queen as Pizza Margherita.

Later, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world:

The first pizzeria, Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba, opened in 1830 in Naples.

In North America, Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in 1905 by at 53 1/3 Spring Street in
New York City.
The first Pizza Hut, the chain of pizza restaurants appeared in the United States during the 1930s.
Nowadays, many varieties of pizza exist worldwide, along with several dish variants based upon pizza.

1. Historians know who invented the pizza. T F

2. The word pizza has an Italian Origin. T F
3. Raffaele Esposito was the first to prepare modern pizza. T F
4. Pizza Margherita has the name of a Queen T F
5. The first pizzeria opened in New York. T F

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SECTION III. LISTENING

A. LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION A THE RESTAURANT AND CHOOSE A, B OR C.

1. How many cheeseburgers does the man order?

A. 18 B. 48 C. 80

2. The man is ordering food for a team.

A. basketball B. soccer C. tennis

3. The man asks for orders of fries.

A. 40 B. 50 C. 60

4. He also orders 40 shakes.

A. chocolate B. strawberry C. vanilla

5. The total comes to .

A. $290.13 B. $219.13 C. $290.30

B. LISTEN AND CIRCLE T FOR TRUE OR F FOR FALSE

1. These days, people prefer not to eat met because they want to be healthy. T F

2. Impossible Food is a company. T F

3. The name Impossible Burger is because it is impossible to create this hamburger. T F

4. Business men plan to sell this product in supermarkets and restaurants. T F

5. Bill Gates liked the idea. T F

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SECTION IV. WRITING

TASK 1. WRITE A MESSAGE SAYING HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE AND THANK YOUR ROOM
MATE FOR HELPING YOU THIS MONTH IN THE ROOM CHORES.

Don’t forget to mention things such as:

 Room chores (laundry, cleaning up, dusting, etc.)

 Meeting people up (new friends, landlord, etc.)
 Going around the neighbourhood
 Other

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TASK 1. WRITE THE INSTRUCTIONS TO COOK YOUR FAVOURITE .

ANSWER KEY

A B C D E F
1.a Countable: 1. How much 1. chips 1. boil 1. interesting
shrimp, egg, orange. 2. How much. 2. sprinkling 2. chop 2. scared
2.d
3. How many 3. tap 3. fry 3. frightening
3.c Uncountable: 4. How many 4. check 4. pour 4. pounding
pasta, cheese, 5. How many 5. fries 5. mix 5. freaked
4.a
meat, salt, 6. mineral 6. chop
5.c chicken, 7. pure 7. mix
pepper, garlic. 8. Bill 8. pour
9. put
10. Slice

SECTION II. READING

A.
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. T

SECTION III. LISTENING

A B
1. C (80) 1. T
2. B (Soccer) 2. T
3. C (60) 3. F
4. A (Chocolate) 4. T
5. A ($290.13) 5. T

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TAPESCRIPT
Cashier: Hi. Is this going to be for
here or to go?
Customer: Uh, to go, and uh, yeah . . . I'd like 80 cheeseburgers . . .
Cashier: Oh, uh. Is that eighteen . . . one eight, or, uh, eight zero?
Customer: No, no, no . . . eighty, eighty.
Cashier: Okay, uh, eighty cheeseburgers. It sounds like you're feeding a whole football team.
Customer: Well, actually, the food's for a girl's soccer team, and the coaches, and some wild fans.
Cashier: Okay. Uh, yeah. What else can I get for you today?
Customer: Yeah. I'd like 50 large fries, uh, no 60. Make that 60.
Cashier: Okay. Sixty like six zero.
Customer: Right, right, right. [ Okay. ] And then thirteen baked potatoes . . .
Cashier: Okay . . .
Customer: For. . . Let's see here. Forty chocolate shakes . . .
Cashier: Four zero, right?
Customer: Right. [ Okay. ] 15 large cokes, and uh, uh, let's see . . . a glass of water with no ice.
Cashier: No ice?
Customer: Right, right. It's for our team cat.
Cashier: Oh, yeah. The ice would be confusing (to the cat).
Customer: Okay. And uh, yeah. Yeah. I think that's all.
Cashier: Oh, okay. So, it looks like your total is two ninety, thirteen ($290.13). Customer: Whew!
Cashier: And it's probably going to take about thirty to forty minutes 'cause that is a bit of food.
Customer: Oh, that's fine. Alright, thanks.
Cashier: Alright.

“The impossible burger”

Nowadays, more and more people are eating less and less meat. They are doing this because they want
to be healthy, because they care about animals and because they care about the environment.
Therefore, chefs and scientists at one company called Impossible Food recently spent 100,000, 000
dollars to create a burger called The Impossible Burger. It’s called the impossible burger because it
looks, smells and tastes like a real meat burger, but it is made entirely from natural plant ingredients such
as wheat, coconut oil and potatoes. Where can you buy an Impossible Burger? Currently, you can buy it
only in 32 restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Texas and San Francisco. However, the
company plans to sell the product in supermarkets and restaurants in many other cities in America, and
then in other locations around the world. The company says that it also wants to create other kinds of
meat as well as milk products that are that are made from plants. Bill Gates, the world famous Microsoft
business man loves the idea of a hamburger made from plants. What do you think? Do you like the idea?

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