UPSTREAM - INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 8

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la UNIT 8 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa VIII intitulat UPSTREAM INTERMEDIATE – Student’s Book, Editura Express Publishing, Autori Virginia Evans si Jenny Dooley, Editia 2002

UNIT 8: You Are What you Eat

Lead-in

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Exercise 1

Exercise 3 a

I think the article is about how healthy habits can help a person to lose weight.

I expect to read about how to lose weight, exercise, have a healthy diet, have a standard daily routine, plan what to eat, and what spices to use.

Exercise 3 b

0.   C

1.     A

2.   H

3.   B

4.   G

5.    F

6.   E

1.     reference words: ‘exercising’ in the previous sentence; ‘the first part’ in the next sentence

2.   reference words: ‘eleven’ in the previous sentence; ‘lunch’ in the next sentence

3.   reference words: ‘lunch in the previous sentence

4.   reference words: ‘this meal’ in the next sentence

5.    reference words: ‘getting off to sleep’ in the next sentence

6.   summarizing the main points for a conclusion

Exercise 3 c

schedule: timetable

intervals: times

satisfy: fulfill

panic: be frightened

alternatives: substitutes

natural: organic

on the rise: on the increase

hectic: chaotic

slim: thin

replace: restore

vital: important

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Exercise 4

Vocabulary Practice

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Exercise 5 a

Students’ own answers

Exercise 5 b

bread, butter, chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, etc.

eggs, butter, cheese, etc.

apples, bananas, melon, peaches, pears, pineapple, grapes, etc.

Exercise 5 c

Students’ own answers

Exercise 6 a

We can peel potatoes with a peeler.

We can stir soup with a spoon.

We can soup with a spoon.

We can sieve flour with a sieve.

We can grate cheese with a grater.

We can roll pastry with a rolling pin.

We can chop parsley with a knife.

Exercise 6 b

mi – millimeters (volume)

kg – kilogram (weight)

g – gram (weight)

Exercise 6 c

1.     peel

2.   chop

3.   sieve

4.   stirring

5.    grate

6.   stir

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Exercise 7 a

salt and pepper

strawberries and cream

bread and butter

cheese and biscuits

Season the sauce with a little salt and pepper.

Do you like strawberries and cream?

Would you like a slice of bread and butter with your soup?

After the main course we had some cheese and biscuits.

Exercise 8

sweet – bitter/ sour

tender – tough

fatty – lean

spicy – mild

sparkling – still

tender chicken – tough steak – fatty meat – spicy curry – mild cheese – sparkling apple juice – still water

Exercise 9 b

1.     steak

2.   water

3.   bread

4.   breakfast

5.    tea

Exercise 10

1.    R

2.    R

3.    R

4.    R

5.    B

6.    F

7.    F

8.    F

9.    R

10.     B

11.     R

12.     F

13.     R

14.     F

15.     F

Exercise 11

When they finished their meal, they asked for the bill.

I always leave a big tip if I have enjoyed my meal.

Crystal glasses are a sign of a quality restaurant.

The menu changes daily.

I prefer using cloth napkins to paper napkins.

You order at the counter in a fast food restaurant.

I don’t like to drink out of a plastic cup.

The waiter was very helpful.

You pay at the till in a food restaurant.

Takeaway restaurants don’t have any cutlery at all.

I don’t like sitting on plastic chairs.

Exercise 12 a

Speaker 1 – takeaway

Speaker 2 - restaurant

Speaker 3 - supermarket

Speaker 4 – fast food

Exercise 12 b

a.    Fast food restaurant – cheeseburger and chips

b.   Restaurant – steak, pasta

c.    Takeaway – pizza, Indian, Chinese

Exercise 13

dirty – knife

chipped – glass

cold – soup

overcooked – steak

wrong - order

Grammar in use

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Exercise 14

1.     some

2.   any

3.   little

4.   few

5.    no

6.   some

7.    any

8.   few

9.   little

10.    no

  

Exercise 15

1.     some

2.   any

3.   no

4.   little

Exercise 16 a

1.     much

2.   no

3.   little

4.   anything

5.    many

6.   any

7.    some

8.   little

9.   few

10.                      some

Exercise 16 b

Exercise 17

1.     much

2.   a little

3.   many

4.   some/ a few

5.    plenty of

6.   a few

7.    much

8.   plenty of/ a lot of

9.   a little

10.                      many

11.a lot of

12.                       much

 Exercise 18

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Exercise 19

Exercise 20

Exercise 21

1.     g

2.   b

3.   c

4.   h

5.    i

6.   l

7.    k

8.   j

9.   e

10.    d

11. f

12.     a

Exercise 22 a

1.     on

2.   to

3.   between

4.   from

5.    in

6.   for

7.    in

8.   from

Exercise 22 b

1.     about

2.   on

3.   at

4.   for

5.    in

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Exercise 23

1.     put off

2.   made up

3.   made up for

4.   put out

5.    put forward

6.   put up with

7.    make out

8.   putting aside

9.   put away

10.                      made off with

Exercise 24

0. these

1. by

2. as

3. it

4. be

5. same

6. such

7. in

8. their

9. can

10. up

11. more

12. as

13. the

14. into

15. too

Exercise 25 a

1.     cake (= easy)

2.   beans (= energetic)

3.   tea (= to one’s taste)

4.   nutshell (= simple put)

5.    potato (= controversial)

6.   soup (= in trouble)

Exercise 25 b

Students’ own answers

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Exercise 26

1.     eye

2.   good

3.   sun

4.   ocean

1.     bring sth to the attention of the public

2.   romantic idea of the past

3.   the place where you most want to be

4.   a very small amount

Exercise 27 a

meat grinder – mincer

candy – sweets

jelly – jam

chips – crisps

cookie/cracker – biscuit

eggplant – aubergine

French fries – chips

zucchini – courgette

ground meal - mincemeat

Exercise 27 b

Students’ own answers

Exercise 28

1.     piece

2.   grain

3.   loaf

4.   bunch

5.    pinch

6.   clove

It was tiny, the size of a grain of rice.

He went to the baker’s to get a loaf of bread.

At the market I bought a bunch of grapes.

Add a pinch of salt to the water when it starts to boil.

First chop and fry a clove of garlic and then add the onion to the pan.

Exercise 29

1. isn’t much milk left

2. offered (to give) us

3. reminded him to take

4. have run out of

5. is hardly any food/ anything

6. advised Tim to cut down

7. much does that saucepan cost

8. suggested inviting/ (that) we invite Lisa

1.     not + much + uncountable noun

2.   reported speech

3.   reported speech

4.   fixed phrase

5.    fixed phrase

6.   reported speech

7.    fixed phrase

8.   reported speech

Exercise 30

1.     it

2.   √

3.   been

4.   √

5.    The

6.   be

7.    √

8.   they

9.   are

10.                      lots

11.can

12.                       √

13.                       they

14.                       all

15.                       √

16.                       up

17.                       √

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Exercise 31

1.     G

2.   F

3.   G

4.   S

5.    F

6.   S

7.    G

Exercise 32

Exercise 33

1.     T

2.   T

3.   F

4.   F

5.    F

6.   T

Exercise 34

Exercise 35

1.     a

2.   b

3.   c

4.   a

5.    b

6.   a

Exercise 36

The pictures shows: burger and French fries, prawns and rice, steak and onion, green salad, griller chicken, club sandwich, chocolate cake, fruit salad, baked potato and pasta.

I think the best choice for the boys would be the grilled chicken with baked potatoes and a green salad. This would give them a very filling and healthy meal. They could also have the fruit salad for dessert.

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Exercise 37 a

2nd

Exercise 37 b

1.     Thanks, that sounds like fun, I’d love to.

2.   I guess so. I don’t think I’ve got anything else planned.

3.   Thanks for asking me, it sounds great but I’m afraid I can’t.

4.   No, thanks. I don’t enjoy children’s parties.

Exercise 37 c

Exercise 38 a

At a delicatessen counter/ shop.

Exercise 38 b

1.     What would you like?

2.   Would you like anything else?

3.   Will that be all?

4.   Who’s next, please?

Exercise 39 a

Two

Exercise 39 b

1.     Have you been served?

2.   What can I get you?

3.   Would you like any fries with that?

4.   OK. Anything else?

5.    That’s £6.20 then, please.

Exercise 39 c

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Exercise 41

He could be describing himself because some aspects of Oliver Twist reflect Dickens’ own childhood when he was sent out to work in a factory at the age of twelve.

Exercise 42 a

Exercise 42 b

Students’ own answers

Exercise 43

Picture 1

Exercise 44 

13

2

4

8

5

10

6

3

pale ≠ rosy-cheeked

quiet ≠ loud

dark ≠ light

cold ≠ hot

frightened ≠ unafraid

angrily ≠ calmly

enthusiastic ≠ indifferent

  

Exercise 45 a

9

1

12

7

11

Exercise 45 b

Oliver Twist – pale, thin and very small

The master – fat and healthy

Mr Sowerberry – tall and thin with black clothes

Mrs Sowerberry – short and thin with a narrow face

  

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Exercise 47

       

Exercise 48

1.     Introduction

2.   Food & Prices

3.   Service

4.   Atmosphere

5.    Conclusion

Positive points: wide range of Indian cuisine, beautifully cooked and presented, good value for money, reasonable prices, friendly and polite waiters, tasteful décor, pleasant atmosphere.

Negative points: service a little slow, poor lighting.

Linking contrasting ideas: However, Nevertheless, although

Linking similar ideas: What is more, as, and, In addition, Therefore

Exercise 49

        

Exercise 50

start

end

end

start

end

start

end

Exercise 51

         

Exercise 52 a

       The first four

Exercise 52 b

        The first four and the last four

Exercise 53 a

        

Exercise 53 b

      

Exercise 54

-        You can only judge whether something is good/ successful etc. or not after you have tried it or experienced for yourself.

-        You shouldn’t worry too much about dietary advice and better to eat what you enjoy.