Progress check

 Read 1–14 and evaluate your learning in Unit 3. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?

1 I can't do this.    2 I have some problems with this.    3 I can do this well.

A  In my fridge

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Name three things you can learn about a food item you bought by reading the label.

I can understand a text about the life cycle of food and how it affects the environment.

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• 2Name five verbs you can use to describe the life cycle of ketchup.

I can describe the life cycle of a processed food item.

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• 3What is the difference between a rubbish dump and a recycling centre?

I can use compound words to talk about the environment.

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B  Burger or broccoli?

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 4Why do we say a few tomatoes but a little ketchup? What other words do we use to talk about quantities?

I can talk about quantities using determiners.

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• 5What is the difference between how much and how many?

I can ask questions about quantities.

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C  Eating out

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 6What are vending machines? Name five things you can buy from a vending machine.

I can understand a radio programme about unusual eating places.

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• 7Which words can we combine with some-, any-, no- and every-? Which of these words do we use to talk about places?

I can use indefinite pronouns and adverbs to talk about people, things and places.

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• 8What parts of speech are usually key words?

I can recognize key words in spoken English.

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• 9How would you invite a friend to your birthday party? How would you respond to a friend's invitation?

I can make and respond to invitations.

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D  Notes from a big country

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 10How are American eating habits different from the eating habits of people in your country?

I can talk about healthy and unhealthy diets.

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• 11In what containers would you find

  abiscuits?

  bvinegar?

  ctoothpaste?

I can talk about quantities using container words.

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• 12Complete the sentences with relative pronouns.

I can use relative pronouns and adverbs to give more information.

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E Short texts: notes, invitations, adverts and announcements

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 13Complete the sentence: The purpose of a text can be to: invite, explain, announce, ....................., ....................., ....................., etc.

I can decide what the purpose of a text is before I start writing.

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• 14Which is not an abbreviation: ■ RSVP   ■ don't   ■ esp.   ■ asap?

I can use abbreviations in short texts like notes, adverts, etc.

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