1 Grammar ★★ Name:

Past simple Past time expressions

1 Complete the text with the past simple form of 3 Complete the sentences with the words below.
the correct verb in brackets.
ago  hour  last  week  yesterday

On Tuesday, Mum, Dad, and I 1 went

1 Where’s my curry? I ordered it
(go / make) to a junk food restaurant for the first an hour ago!
time. I 2 (not eat / not
3
2 A new vegetarian restaurant opened in our
want) to go because I
town month.
(like / think) the food wasn’t fresh. But when
3 This milk tastes sour! But I only bought
we 4 (arrive / have), the
it .
menu looked great. There were so many nice
4 A year , I decided to stop
things to eat – I 5 (not
eating meat.
bring / not know) what to choose! In the end,
5 I don’t want to wash the car again! I did it
I6 (become / have) a
last .
vegetable burger with salad, and Mum and
Dad 7 (choose / put)
the curry. We all really 8
Polite offers and requests
(enjoy / think) our meals!
Put it together
2 Write past simple questions and short answers.
Use the information in the table. 4 Complete the conversation with the customer’s
make eat like have buy polite answers and requests. Use your own
cakes them it lunch eggs ideas.
1
I ✓ Waiter: Hello there. What can I get you?
Customer: Hi. I’d like a chicken curry, please.
2
you ✗
Waiter: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m afraid we haven’t
3
she ✗
got that today.
4
we ✓
Customer: Oh, that’s a pity.
5
they ✓ instead?
Waiter: Yes, of course. Would you like
1 Did I have lunch ? Yes, you did .
anything else? We’ve got some
2 ?
delicious sandwiches.
.
Customer: That sounds nice.
3 ?
.
Waiter: Certainly. All our sandwiches come
4 ?
with a salad. What would you like in
.
yours?
5 ?
Customer:
.

Waiter: Of course. And anything to drink?

Customer:

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1 Vocabulary ★★ Name:

Food nouns Food adjectives

1 Reorder the letters to make food and drink 2 Choose the correct answers.
words. Then match the words to the pictures 1 Cheese is salty / sweet.
and write C (countable) or U (uncountable).
2 Lemons are crunchy / sour.
1 radeb 2 tertbu
3 Oranges are juicy / salty.
bread i U
4 Ham is salty / spicy.
3 cejiu 4 cetulte
5 Chicken curry is crunchy / spicy.

6 Cake is sour / sweet.
5 nooni 6 trorac
7 Rice dishes are sour / salty.

8 Apples are spicy / sweet.
7 pelpa 8 scubiti
9 Egg dishes are salty / sour.

10 Old milk is crunchy / sour.
9 atpoot 10 e s e c h e
11 Biscuits are crunchy / juicy.

12 Fish dishes are sweet / salty.
11 g e n r o a owl

Put it together
a b
shrew
robin 3 Write answers that are true for you.
1 What is your favourite drink? Why do you like it?

c d
caterpillar
2 What do you put in your favourite sandwiches?
ladybird

e f
3 What did you have for dinner last night?
greenfly

rose lettuce
g h
4 What’s your favourite meal? Why? Where do
you eat it?

i j

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Reading 2 Read the text again. Are the sentences T (true)

or F (false)?
1 Read the text. Then answer the question.
1 Eat Well for Less is a book about British food.
Eat Well for Less is a very popular programme T   F ✓
on British TV. It helps people to spend less 2 The family spent too much money on food.
money on food and to eat more healthily. Last T   F
week, the programme introduced the Brook
3 The girls only liked fruit.
family who regularly spent £140 on their
T   F
food for the week. That’s a lot of money! The
girls didn’t like fruit or vegetables, but loved 4 The dad, Paul, ate too much cheese.
eating sweet things, like cakes and biscuits, T   F
and Paul, the dad, ate a lot of cheese and 5 The family learned to cook healthier food.
crisps between meals! Mum, Janine, cooked T   F
a separate meal for the girls every day, and
6 Their food bill became smaller.
another one for her and Paul later in the
evening. This meant that the family hardly ever T   F
ate together. They needed to change the way
they ate, and fast. 3 Read the text again. Then answer the questions.
1 Where can you watch Eat Well for Less?
The programme showed the family how to cook
You can watch it in the UK.
delicious, healthy meals. The girls began to
eat less sugar and more fruit and vegetables. 2 How much money did the Brook family spend
More importantly, the family could enjoy meals on food each week?
together again and saved lots of money!

3 How many evening meals did Janine cook

every day?

4 What did the girls eat too much of?

5 What did the family learn from the

programme?
Why didn’t the Brook family eat together?

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1 Unit Summary Name:

Vocabulary Past simple endings

Verb ending in consonant: + -ed
Review the vocabulary. Write your own study notes want – wanted
(or translation) for each word. Verb ending in e: + -d
invite – invited
Countable food nouns
Verb ending in consonant + -y: -y + -ied
a biscuit an egg
hurry – hurried
a carrot an onion
Verb with short vowel and consonant: double the
a potato an orange consonant + -ed
an apple stop – stopped

Uncountable food nouns

Past simple: irregular verbs
beef fish
Infinitive form Past simple form
bread ham
choose chose
butter juice
eat ate
cake lettuce
go went
cheese milk
have had
chicken rice
make made
Food adjectives see saw
crunchy sour
juicy spicy Grammar: could / couldn’t
salty sweet The past tense of can / can’t is could / couldn’t.
Could / couldn’t has got only one form.
He could hear you.
I could cook.
Grammar We couldn’t eat it.
Past simple: regular verbs She couldn’t see them.
Affirmative
Past time expressions
I / you / he / she / we / liked it.
you / they last week last month
Negative two days ago a week ago two months ago
I / you / he / she / we / didn’t like it. yesterday
you / they We can put past time expressions at the beginning or at
Questions the end of a sentence.
Did I / you / he / like it?
she / we / Polite offers and requests
you / they Offer Would you like a drink?
Short answers Request I’d like a drink.
Yes, I / you / he / she / we / did. Could I have a drink?
No, you / they didn’t. We use the phrases Would you like …, I’d like …, and
Wh- questions Could I have … to make polite offers and requests.

What did I / you / he / watch?

Who she / we / help?
When you / they leave?
We use the past simple to talk about completed events
in the past.

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