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WRITING AN EMAIL - Reading comprehension

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PART I – READING COMPREHENSION

Read the text carefully.

Hi Kevin! Guess what? My new school is very famous – Kidbrooke School, in

Greenwich! Do you remember that TV series “Feed me Better” with Jamie Oliver? Well,

Jamie Oliver was in my school for a year, preparing and teaching us how to cook healthy food in the school canteen. Now the food is delicious and healthy!

My friends told me he was really amazing!! Can you believe some students didn’t know what a carrot or a potato was before this TV series? The students ate chips, fried fish and hamburgers at home and at school. Jamie Oliver began a campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and he started here. He explained to the students that a good nutritious meal at lunchtime improves their behaviour and concentration in the classroom. Besides, if we eat too much fast food, we will probably have diabetes, heart diseases and be obese. Did you know that the UK has the highest rate of childhood obesity in Europe? School meals are very important and now everybody loves eating in the school canteen. We eat soup, fresh salad and fruit every day! What about your school dinners?

Love

Andrea

Hello, Andrea! Is that your school? Wow! I saw that TV series.

It was impressive and it changed my eating habits. Last year, my school started a new project too, our school garden club.

There are 50 students involved. We are learning how to plant fruit and vegetables and then we eat them. Now we eat fruit and vegetables every day in the school canteen. At first I didn’t like it, but now I recommend it to everyone.

Write true ( T ) or false ( F ) or not mentioned ( NM ). Quote from the text to support all your A.

answers.

1.

Andrea’s school is very recent.

2.

Her school participated in a TV series.

3.

Jamie Oliver studied at Kidbrooke school.

4.

A healthy lunch has a positive impact on students’ behaviour and concentration.

5.

Kevin never watched the TV series “Feed me better”.

6.

Kevin always liked to eat fruit and vegetables.

B.

Match the sentence halves:

1.

Before Jamie Oliver’s TV series...

2.

Jamie was in Andrea´s school...

3.

If you eat too much junk food... a) ...for one year. b) ...students learn to plant fruit and vegetables. c) ...changed Kevin’s habits.

4.

Jamie Oliver’s TV series...

5.

Kevin’s school started a school garden ...

6.

At the garden club ... d) ...last year. e) ...some students didn’t know what a carrot was. f) ...you will probably have some diseases like diabetes.

1 2 3 4 5 6

C.

Answer the following questions about the text. Give complete answers.

1.

Why is Andrea’s school famous?

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2.

What did students eat before Oliver’s TV series?

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D.

Match the words from the text with their synonyms on the right.

1. famous

2. amazing

3. began

4. ban

5. improves

6. obese a) forbid

b) incredible c) very fat d) well-known e) started f) makes it better

PART II – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

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A.

Write down the name of each food item:

2 3 4

1._________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

4. _________________________

5 6 7

5. ________________________

6. ________________________

7. ________________________

8. ________________________

B.

Write the following words / expressions under the correct heading: toxic waste organic gardening global warming recycling ice melting solar energy food pyramid chemicals saving water pollution

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C.

Write down a / an or ( x )behind the given word. Write (U) uncountable and (C) countable in

front of the word. eg : _ a_ pen _C_

Healthy World Unhealthy world

1.

____ water _____

2.

____ orange _____

3.

____banana _____

4.

____ cup of coffee ____

5.

____ juice ____

6.

____ rice ____

7.

____ egg ____

8.

____ flour ____

9.

____ sandwich ____

10.

____ bar of chocolate ____

D.

Complete with much / many / some and any.

1.

I’m thirsty. I need to drink __________ water.

2.

Is there _________ juice in the fridge? – No, but there are ________ cans of ice-tea.

3.

How ________ eggs and how ________ sugar do you need to bake the cake?

4.

I’m afraid we haven’t _________ butter left.

5.

Would you like _________ more cake? – Yes, please.

6.

There aren’t __________ oranges left.

E.

Complete with the correct forms of the adjectives:

Adjective

Tall

Delicious

Funny

Big

Good bad

Comparative taller than

F.

Write sentences with the given words. Use the superlative form of the adjectives.

1.

Breakfast / important / meal / of the day

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2.

Venus / hot / planet / of the solar system.

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3.

Water / healthy / drink / in the world.

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Superlative the funniest

4.

Chocolate mousse / good / dessert / for me

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G.

Choose the correct option: comparative or superlative.

1.

This recipe is delicious. It´s ____________ recipe I’ve ever eaten. a) the goodest b) better

2.

The cheetah is ____________ animal on Earth. c) the best

3.

a) the fastest b) the most fast

I find this test _______ than the last one.

a) easier b) the easiest

4.

My house is _________ from school than yours. a) further b) more far

5.

This is _________ book I’ve ever read. a) the bad b) the worst

6.

The film is _________ than the book. a) interestinger b) more interesting

H.

Complete the following table: c) the faster c) more easy c) farther c) the baddest c) the most interesting

INFINITIVE

Break

Drink

Drive

Give

Know

PAST TENSE PORTUGUESE

MEANING

INFINITIVE

I.

Write the following sentences in the negative:

Leave

See

Sleep

Swim

Tell

PAST TENSE PORTUGUESE

MEANING

1.

Andrea took the trash to the recycling bin._____________________________________________

2.

Jamie Oliver wrote a book about organic gardening. _________________________________________

PART III – WRITING

A.

Are you a person with healthy habits?

Express your opinion on the above question. Don’t forget to mention:

Your eating habits (what you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner); - your favourite food; - what you do in your free time; - what you do to protect the environment; etc

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