UNIT TEST 2 ● ANSWER KEY
Dictation, Listening and Reading
Group A
Dictation
Exercise 1
Can write from dictation using correct spelling.
Indian food is / the most delicious / in the world. / I get a /
takeaway every Thursday.
Listening
Exercise 2
Can extract essential details from short, everyday texts
delivered slowly and clearly.
1 Damian: Damian says, ‘You don’t listen’ to Lucy.
2 Damian: Damian says he needs to look on the Internet to
find some ideas because he can’t cook without a recipe.
3 Damian: Damian says, ‘Lucy, what about the rice?’
4 Lucy: Lucy says, ‘I’m hungry. I don’t want to wait.’
5 Lucy: Lucy says, ‘Chinese pancakes? Err … no thanks’,
so she doesn’t like the idea.
Reading
Exercise 3
Can identify specific information in simple letters,
brochures and short articles.
1 C: The article says that Milwaukee is in the state of
Wisconsin, which produces 25 per cent of America’s
cheese.
2 A: The article says that there are traditional ‘dogs’ with
pork meat or healthy chicken or turkey ‘dogs’.
3 B: The article says that you can find lots of recipes for
Philly Cheesesteaks on the Internet.
4 C: The article says that you eat these snacks even at the
airport.
5 A: The article says that different nationalities offer
different kinds of hot dogs.
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Group B
Dictation
Exercise 1
Can write from dictation using correct spelling.
Indian food is / the most delicious / in the world. / I get a /
takeaway every Thursday.
Listening
Exercise 2
Can extract essential details from short, everyday texts
delivered slowly and clearly.
1 Lucy: Lucy says ‘OK, how about Chinese food?’ to
Damian, so Lucy makes the suggestion.
2 Lucy: Lucy says ‘You can be my student!’ and gives
Damian instructions for cooking the food.
3 Damian: Lucy says to Damian that he can open the
bamboo shoots, so Damian opens the tin of food.
4 Damian: Damian cooks the food by following Lucy’s
instructions.
5 Damian: Damian has the idea to make some pancakes,
but Lucy doesn’t want to wait for them.
Reading
Exercise 3
Can identify specific information in simple letters,
brochures and short articles.
1 B: The article says that dim sum are bite-sized and can
be sweet or savoury.
2 C: The article says that arepas are similar in shape and
size to other bread from Mexico and El Salvador.
3 C: The article says that you can grill, bake, fry, boil or
steam arepas.
4 B: The article says that the drinking of tea is as important
to dim sum as the food.
5 A: The article says people started making goulash in the
9th century, so it’s over one thousand years old.
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