Straightforward Pre-Intermediate Unit Test 6

							Use of English test                                              EOI Fuengirola
A1                                                               April 2008
Name _______________________

A         Complete the text with words from the box.

sad         bored         awful        thrillers      love story      hate


I saw an (1) ____________ film at the cinema last night. It was a (2) ____________ and it
had a (3) ____________ ending. All my friends cried but I didn’t. I was really (4)
____________. I really like (5) ____________ but my friends (6) ____________ them. What
can I do?


B         Complete the text with words from the box.

waiter         tomato        tip        table         salty        menu      restaurant
rice        food         main course          drink       dish


Last week I went to a new (1) ____________ with my friend. The waiter showed us to a
(2) ____________ next to the window and gave us a (3) ____________ each. To start
with I had a (4) ____________ and onion salad. For my (5) ____________ I ate a special
fish and pasta (6) ____________. It was good but very (7) ____________. My friend had
sushi. Sushi is (8) ____________ and raw fish. We had white wine to (9) ____________. We
really liked the (10) ____________ so we left a big (11) ____________ for the waiter.
C         Complete with the correct word.

(12) I don’t like __________ food like chocolate. (salty/ spicy/ sweet)


(13) Can I have the __________, please?
a) bill       b) table       c) tip


(14) I like my steak well __________.


(15) My favourite __________ is ice cream.


(16) On our __________ you can only eat fish and fruit.


(17) We liked our meal so we left the waitress a __________.
D     Complete the sentences with the correct words. (too, any, how much, how
many, many, a lot of, isn’t, aren’t, etc)

(18) I’m sorry, but this soup is ___________ salty.
(19) Can I have ___________ milk, please?
(20) A:_____________ milk do you want? B: About 500 ml.
(21) I don’t have ___________ eggs. Only three.
(22) He drinks _____________ coffee. About 10 cups a day.
(23) There isn’t _________ sugar. We need to go to buy some.
(24) _____________ cheese is there in the fridge?
(25) There ______________ a lot of cheese. We have enough to make some
sandwiches.


E      Match a–f from the box to 39–44 below.

a) a drink?       b) by credit card?         c) for four, please.   d) is the bill?
e) the menu, please?          f) to order?


(39) A table __________
(40) Could we see __________
(41) Are you ready __________
(42) Can I pay __________
(43) Would you like __________
(44) How much __________



F      Complete the conversation with the sentences from exercise F.

Waiter:        Good evening, Sir.
Man:           (45) _____________________________________________________________
Waiter:        Certainly. Smoking or non-smoking?
Man:           Non-smoking, please.
Waiter:        (46) _____________________________________________________________
Man:           Yes, please. Can we have a bottle of white wine, please?
Man:           (47) _____________________________________________________________
Waiter:        Of course. Here you are.
Man:           Thank you.
Waiter:        (48) __________________________________________________________
Man:           Yes, I’ll have the fish, please.
Woman:         And I’ll have the paella …
Man:           (49) _____________________________________________________________
Waiter:        It’s £85, Sir.
Man:           (50) _____________________________________________________________
Waiter:        Certainly, Sir.
G Complete the conversation with the verbs in the past simple.
A: Where did you go (you/go) for your last summer holiday?
B: We went (go) to Egypt.
A: Oh really? How interesting! __________________ (you/enjoy) it?
B: Oh yes! We _______. Paul ___________ (love) the river Nile and I _____________ (think)
the pyramids and all the historical sights ______________ (be) fascinating.
A: How long ________________ (you/stay)?
B: For four weeks. We _________________ (be) there for the whole of October.
A: How nice. So you _______________ (have) lots of time to travel round.
B: Yes, we _________. –well, quite a lot. But we only ______________ (see) a few places
so I’d like to go again.
A: __________________ (you/learn) any Egyptian Arabic?
B: I ________________ but Paul _________________. I ________________ (study) the
language for a few weeks before we _______________ (go). I _______________ (find) a
good Arabic language cassette in the local library and that ______________(be) very
helpful.
A: ___________________ (you/talk) to the local people?
B: Not really, but I ___________ (know) how to order food and drink in the cafés and
restaurants.
A: Well, that’s good.
B: Yes, it is, but I _____________ (want) to talk to people too so I’m still studying Arabic
and I hope to go again next year.
A: Well, best of luck!
H Complete the sentences using too or enough, too much or too many.


   a) I can’t eat this soup because it’s too hot (hot)
   b) We couldn’t buy the tickets because we didn’t have __________________
       (money)
   c) Is you coffee _________?(sweet)
   d) We didn’t buy the car because it wasn’t ______________ (big)
   e) Shall we have another coffee? Do we have ______________(time?)
   f) I couldn’t see her because it was _________________(dark)
   g) I can’t decide what to do because I haven’t got ___________________
        (information)
   h) I couldn’t finish the exam because there were ____________________
        (questions)
   i)   You can’t change the situation now. It’s _________________ (late)
   j)   Mary passed the exam because she answered _________________(questions)
        correctly.
   k) He did badly in the exam because he was ____________(nervous)
   l)   I didn’t enjoy the party because there were __________________ (people)
        there.
   m) Is that chair _______________(comfortable) or would you like to sit here?


I Put the verbs into the interrogative form of past simple, then complete the
answers and match them to the questions.


   a) What time did you get up (you/get up) this morning?
   b) When _________________ (she/move) to London?
   c) Why ___________________(he/go) to Paris?
   d) Where ______________(he/see) the film?
   e) Whose car ________________(she/drive) this morning?
   f) Who _______________ (they/invite) to dinner?
   g) What _________________ (you/have) for lunch?


    1) _________________ four years ago
    2) ____________________ at the cinema
    3) ____________________ pizza
    4) I got up at eight o’clock.
    5) ______________________ Jean and Tom
    6) _______________________ for a holiday
    7) _________________________ Robert’s.