TD ENGLISH HELP AC1.2 - 8EF 1) Choose the correct options. a) I usually peel / season potatoes, because I don’t like eating the skin. b) I love it when they grate / roast extra cheese on my pizza. c) We need a sharper knife to grill / slice this meat. d) Have you ever tried baking / heating your own bread? e) Be careful not to fry / overcook the food in the oven. 2) Choose the correct options to complete the test. Pancakes are easy to make and can be delicious, too. You will need some flour, eggs, milk and just a (1) handful / pinch / cup of salt. The first thing to do is mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Then, leave it for 30 minutes. Heat one (2) pinch / piece / spoonful of oil in a pan, and then pour some of the liquid that you mixed into the pan. Don’t (3) overcook / season / slice it – the pancake will be ready when you can throw it up into the air! You can (4) slice / season / grate a pancake with almost anything – sugar or honey with lemon juice is my favourite. Make sure you use a (5) piece / chunk / sprinkle of tissue paper, because the honey and lemon juice can drip everywhere! 3) Choose the correct option. a) This music sounds / tastes great. b) My mother’s food always tastes / feels nice. c) These flowers taste / smell like perfume. d) Paul feels / looks sad today. e) My skin feels / sounds better after I have shaved. 4) Complete the text with the words below. colourful | rough | shiny | sour | spicy | transparent TD ENGLISH HELP AC1.2 - 8EF We went to a Thai restaurant yesterday, and the food was very interesting. I was surprised by how __________ it was, with a variety of green, yellow, red and orange fruits and vegetables. First, we had a soup which had a lot of chilli in it, so it was very __________. Then we had a dish of spring rolls. They were made of layers of __________ rice – you could see the prawns and vegetables through it. Then, I had meat cooked in a sauce that was both sweet (from the sugar) and __________ (from the vinegar and lemon juice). Finally, I had some fresh jackfruit. This is a large fruit with very hard, __________ skin, like an elephant! But inside, the fruit is yellow and __________, like little pieces of gold! 5) Choose the correct options. a) Don’t add too much salt. It will / is taste bad. b) These biscuits have large chunks of chocolate in them. They’re will / going to be delicious! c) Tom only had two pieces of fruit in his lunch box. I’m sure he will / may be very hungry later. d) A: When are our guests arriving? B: I don’t know. They may / will be here at about 6 o’clock. e) A: Is it going to / will rain later today? B: Yes, look at those black clouds! 6) Complete the sentences with the future perfect form of the verbs in brackets. a) When ____________________ (you / complete) the work? b) I think astronauts ____________________ (land) on Mars by the year 2050. c) I don’t know where my keys are. I hope I ____________________ (find) them by the time I need to go out. d) I put the meat in the oven an hour ago, so it ____________________ (finish) roasting by now. e) I put a packet of biscuits on the table, but our guests ____________________ (not eat) them all yet. 7) Complete the sentences with the future continuous form of the verbs in brackets. TD ENGLISH HELP AC1.2 - 8EF a) We __________ (peel) a lot of vegetables this afternoon! b) I __________ (not stay) at a hotel when we go on holiday this year. c) What __________ (you cook) for the barbecue tomorrow? Vegetables and meat? d) __________ (you see) any of your friends at the weekend? e) Maria __________ (bake) a big chocolate cake for her sister’s birthday. 8) Choose the correct options. a) Tom is stuck in a traffic jam. He must / may be late. b) This curry isn’t spicy. It could / can’t have any chilli in it. c) Sally likes colourful clothes. This green and red skirt might / can't be a good present for her. d) That road looks rough. It can’t / could be difficult to drive on. e) This milk smells bad. It mustn’t / can’t be fresh. f) Don’t walk home alone at night. It might / must be dangerous. 9) Choose the correct options. Helen: Yesterday there was a storm, wasn’t there? It 1must / mustn’t / should feel pretty scary being on a plane in rough weather. Carl: Yes, it was. We 2ought / had to / must sit down and put on our seatbelts for most of the journey. Helen: Yes. You 3haven’t / didn’t have to / mustn’t move around when the plane is shaking. Carl: I think you 4have to / had to / could be very good at looking calm and in control when you work on a plane. But there are probably lots of times when that 5shouldn’t / mustn’t / can’t be very easy! 10) Choose the correct options. Liam: What 1will you be doing / will you have done this weekend? Paula: Well, by this time on Saturday, 2I’ll be sitting / I will have sat on a train! I’m going to my grandparent’s house. It’s a really long journey, and I 3won’t TD ENGLISH HELP AC1.2 - 8EF even be arriving / won’t even have arrived before night time. Liam: That’s a long time to sit on a train! Paula: I know. 4I’ll be taking / I’ll have taken lots of food with me. You can buy food on the train, but I 5won’t be doing / won’t have done that. It’s expensive, and by the end of the journey, 6I’ll be saving / I’ll have saved a lot of money by bringing my own food.
