Pre-Intermediate File 8C WB

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, etc.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc.)

Match the sentence beginnings and endings.

1. My parents would buy a bigger house

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, etc.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc.)

Match the sentence beginnings and endings.

2. He’d go sailing

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, etc.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc.)

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, etc.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc.)

Make adverbs from the adjectives in the box and complete the sentences.

Make adverbs from the adjectives in the box and complete the sentences.

Make adverbs from the adjectives in the box and complete the sentences.

Make adverbs from the adjectives in the box and complete the sentences.

Make adverbs from the adjectives in the box and complete the sentences.

Choose the stressed syllable.

1. dis|tance

Choose the stressed syllable.

2. do|llar

Choose the stressed syllable.

3. ad|van|tage

Choose the stressed syllable.

4. en|joy

Choose the stressed syllable.

5. com|plete|ly

Choose the stressed syllable.

6. re|mem|ber

Choose the stressed syllable.

7. pro|mise

Choose the stressed syllable.

8. sus|pi|cious

Read the article about five famous British chefs.

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Heston Blumenthal is an English chef who is famous for preparing food scientifically. After finishing secondary school, Heston went to France and taught himself to cook. He now owns the Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, UK, which has three Michelin stars and has twice been voted Best Restaurant in the UK. He has had a number of TV shows and has also published several books.
Delia Smith is one of Britain’s oldest cooks and she’s the UK’s bestselling cookery author. She started her career as a hairdresser at 16, but changed to cooking when she was 21. For 12 years, she wrote about cooking and famous chefs around the world before her first television appearance. She eventually had her own programme, where she explained carefully to viewers how to make basic dishes for the whole family.
Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s best-loved television chefs. His programmes have been broadcast internationally in countries like the USA, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Iceland, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. Jamie is most famous for his campaigns to encourage British and American schoolchildren to eat healthily. He’s married with four children.
Nigella Lawson isa popular food writer and journalist who started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has always been interested Sin food and cookery, but she has never trained as a cook. Despite this, she has
successfully hosted her own cooking shows on TV, especially in the USA, where she had almost two million viewers. She also has her own range of products called Living Kitchen.
Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain’s top chefs and he has won sixteen Michelin stars in total. He owns restaurants all over the world, but he also helps other restaurant owners who are having problems with their business. Gordon is probably most famous as the host of the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where he often shouted angrily at the participants when they made a mistake.

Read the article again and answer the questions. Choose H, D,J, N, or G.

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Heston Blumenthal is an English chef who is famous for preparing food scientifically. After finishing secondary school, Heston went to France and taught himself to cook. He now owns the Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, UK, which has three Michelin stars and has twice been voted Best Restaurant in the UK. He has had a number of TV shows and has also published several books.
Delia Smith is one of Britain’s oldest cooks and she’s the UK’s bestselling cookery author. She started her career as a hairdresser at 16, but changed to cooking when she was 21. For 12 years, she wrote about cooking and famous chefs around the world before her first television appearance. She eventually had her own programme, where she explained carefully to viewers how to make basic dishes for the whole family.
Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s best-loved television chefs. His programmes have been broadcast internationally in countries like the USA, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Iceland, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. Jamie is most famous for his campaigns to encourage British and American schoolchildren to eat healthily. He’s married with four children.
Nigella Lawson isa popular food writer and journalist who started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has always been interested Sin food and cookery, but she has never trained as a cook. Despite this, she has
successfully hosted her own cooking shows on TV, especially in the USA, where she had almost two million viewers. She also has her own range of products called Living Kitchen.
Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain’s top chefs and he has won sixteen Michelin stars in total. He owns restaurants all over the world, but he also helps other restaurant owners who are having problems with their business. Gordon is probably most famous as the host of the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where he often shouted angrily at the participants when they made a mistake.

Question:

isn’t very patient with people who are learning to cook

Read the article again and answer the questions. Choose H, D,J, N, or G.

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Heston Blumenthal is an English chef who is famous for preparing food scientifically. After finishing secondary school, Heston went to France and taught himself to cook. He now owns the Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, UK, which has three Michelin stars and has twice been voted Best Restaurant in the UK. He has had a number of TV shows and has also published several books.
Delia Smith is one of Britain’s oldest cooks and she’s the UK’s bestselling cookery author. She started her career as a hairdresser at 16, but changed to cooking when she was 21. For 12 years, she wrote about cooking and famous chefs around the world before her first television appearance. She eventually had her own programme, where she explained carefully to viewers how to make basic dishes for the whole family.
Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s best-loved television chefs. His programmes have been broadcast internationally in countries like the USA, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Iceland, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. Jamie is most famous for his campaigns to encourage British and American schoolchildren to eat healthily. He’s married with four children.
Nigella Lawson isa popular food writer and journalist who started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has always been interested Sin food and cookery, but she has never trained as a cook. Despite this, she has
successfully hosted her own cooking shows on TV, especially in the USA, where she had almost two million viewers. She also has her own range of products called Living Kitchen.
Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain’s top chefs and he has won sixteen Michelin stars in total. He owns restaurants all over the world, but he also helps other restaurant owners who are having problems with their business. Gordon is probably most famous as the host of the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where he often shouted angrily at the participants when they made a mistake.

Question:

had a completely different job when he / she left school

Read the article again and answer the questions. Choose H, D,J, N, or G.

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Heston Blumenthal is an English chef who is famous for preparing food scientifically. After finishing secondary school, Heston went to France and taught himself to cook. He now owns the Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, UK, which has three Michelin stars and has twice been voted Best Restaurant in the UK. He has had a number of TV shows and has also published several books.
Delia Smith is one of Britain’s oldest cooks and she’s the UK’s bestselling cookery author. She started her career as a hairdresser at 16, but changed to cooking when she was 21. For 12 years, she wrote about cooking and famous chefs around the world before her first television appearance. She eventually had her own programme, where she explained carefully to viewers how to make basic dishes for the whole family.
Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s best-loved television chefs. His programmes have been broadcast internationally in countries like the USA, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Iceland, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. Jamie is most famous for his campaigns to encourage British and American schoolchildren to eat healthily. He’s married with four children.
Nigella Lawson isa popular food writer and journalist who started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has always been interested Sin food and cookery, but she has never trained as a cook. Despite this, she has
successfully hosted her own cooking shows on TV, especially in the USA, where she had almost two million viewers. She also has her own range of products called Living Kitchen.
Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain’s top chefs and he has won sixteen Michelin stars in total. He owns restaurants all over the world, but he also helps other restaurant owners who are having problems with their business. Gordon is probably most famous as the host of the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where he often shouted angrily at the participants when they made a mistake.

Question:

uses chemistry in his / her cooking

Read the article again and answer the questions. Choose H, D,J, N, or G.

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Heston Blumenthal is an English chef who is famous for preparing food scientifically. After finishing secondary school, Heston went to France and taught himself to cook. He now owns the Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, UK, which has three Michelin stars and has twice been voted Best Restaurant in the UK. He has had a number of TV shows and has also published several books.
Delia Smith is one of Britain’s oldest cooks and she’s the UK’s bestselling cookery author. She started her career as a hairdresser at 16, but changed to cooking when she was 21. For 12 years, she wrote about cooking and famous chefs around the world before her first television appearance. She eventually had her own programme, where she explained carefully to viewers how to make basic dishes for the whole family.
Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s best-loved television chefs. His programmes have been broadcast internationally in countries like the USA, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Iceland, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. Jamie is most famous for his campaigns to encourage British and American schoolchildren to eat healthily. He’s married with four children.
Nigella Lawson isa popular food writer and journalist who started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has always been interested Sin food and cookery, but she has never trained as a cook. Despite this, she has
successfully hosted her own cooking shows on TV, especially in the USA, where she had almost two million viewers. She also has her own range of products called Living Kitchen.
Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain’s top chefs and he has won sixteen Michelin stars in total. He owns restaurants all over the world, but he also helps other restaurant owners who are having problems with their business. Gordon is probably most famous as the host of the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where he often shouted angrily at the participants when they made a mistake.

Question:

thinks young people should eat better

Listen to a conversation about an experiment on a TV programme.

Listen again. Choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).