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Vocabulary
1 Choose the correct answer.

1. Taste this ice cream. Theflavour / diet / vitamin is amazing.

2. Get a good night’s sleep or you won’t have the
fat / calcium / strength to run in the race tomorrow.
3. Fruit and vegetables are extremelynutritious / unfit / exhausted.
4. If you want to be healthy, you should eat
crisps / protein / fast food.
5. You’ll ruin yourfat / iron / appetite for dinner if you eat sweets now.

2 Match the words in A to the definitions in B.

A B
1. recover …… a. weighing more than you should
2. overweight …… b. the desire to eat
3. appetite …… c. get better
4. nutritious …… d. extremely tired
5. diet …… e. the type of food a person eats
6. unfit …… f. good for you to eat
7. physical strength …… g. not in good shape
8. exhausted …… h. the body’s ability to do things

3 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 2.

1. Fruit and vegetables are more ……………………… than sweets and cakes.
2. I hope that you will ……………………… quickly from your operation.
3. Wendy should stop eating so much. She’s ……………………… .
4. I stayed up all night studying for an exam. I’m ……………………… .
5. Our dog is always looking for something to eat. He’s got an enormous ……………………… .
6. Tim never exercises or plays sport. That’s why he’s so ……………………… .
7. It’s important to eat a healthy ……………………… .
8. I can’t lift this heavy box. I’ve got no ……………………… .

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use the prefixes multi-, under-,
over-, pre-, un-, dis-, im- or in-.
1. After he fell, he was in terrible ……………………… (comfort).
2. It’s ……………………… (possible) to eat that whole thing. It’s huge!
3. What is this? It smells awful and looks ……………………… (edible).
4. It’s ……………………… (healthy) to eat sweets.
5. The ……………………… (packaged) vegetables have been washed.
6. Many doctors recommend that their patients take a ……………………… (vitamin) every day.
7. Michelle is ……………………… (weight). She needs to start eating more.
8. Harry, you’ve got to stop eating so much. You’re ……………………… (weight).

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5 Choose the sentence that is closer in meaning to the original sentence.

1. I prefer very spicy food.

a. I like food with a strong flavour.
b. I like fast food.
2. A nutritious diet includes food with plenty of vitamins, iron, calcium and protein.
a. A good diet is a balanced diet.
b. A good diet helps you lose weight.
3. Since last week, I haven’t been hungry enough for anything more than a light meal.
a. I’ve lost my appetite.
b. I’ve had a quick recovery.
4. Linda misses a lot of school because she is in poor health.
a. Linda is watching her weight.
b. Linda is unfit and is often ill.

6 Match A to B to form sentences.

A B
1. Ken is ill. I hope he has a …… a. balanced diet.
2. My aunt can’t work because she is in …… b. quick recovery.
3. To be healthy, eat a …… c. catch a cold.
4. That’s too much food. I’d prefer a …… d. poor health.
5. Dress warmly. You don’t want to …… e. light meal.
6. Eat small meals and you won’t …… f. gain weight.

Grammar
1 Choose the correct answer.

1. When you woke up this morning, already

I made/ had already made/ have already madebreakfast.
2. Had the food/ Has the food/ Will the food havealready burned by the time you arrived?
3. In ten years’ time, everyonehas forgotten/ had forgotten/ will have forgottenabout his book.
4. He had been / has been / will have beenin poor health for years before he became a vegetarian.
5. I hadn’t had / haven’t had/ won’t have hada good appetite ever since my last illness.
6. We have finished/ will have finished/ had finishedour preparations by the time the cooking competition begins.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple or
Future Perfect Simple.
1. I’m trying to change my diet. ………………………………
I (not have) any fast food for at least a month.
2. ………………………………you ………………………………(finish) baking the birthday cake before the guests arrive?
3. He won’t be at school tomorrow because he
………………………………(catch) a terrible cold.
4. By the time I got to the restaurant, ………………………………
it (already close).
5. You ………………………………(not lose) enough weight to fit into those trousers by next week.
6. ………………………………they ………………………………(hear) about the film before you told them about it?
7. By the time you called, ………………………………
I (already recover) from the accident.
8. He looks terrible. How long………………………………he ………………………………(be) in poor health?

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3 Choose the correct answer.

1. I have been trying/ had been tryingto save money, but I haven’t succeeded.
2. He has been working/ had been workingfor hours, and the house is finally clean.
3. She hadn’t been eating/ hasn’t been eatingwell for a long time before she became ill.
4. They finished writing the cookbook last month. They
had been working/ have been workingon it for a year.
5. You are unfit because youhaven’t been exercising/ hadn’t been exercising
.

4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect
Continuous.
1. He’s an expert in art history. He………………………………(work) in a museum for ten years and he loves his job.
2. She’s upset because she………………………………(not get) good marks at school.
3. Dan ………………………………(not plan) to eat the whole cake, but it was so delicious, he couldn’t stop.
4. I’m worried about Shelly. She………………………………(catch) one cold after another.
5. By the time he came home, the children
………………………………(sleep) for hours.
6. We ………………………………(work) all day, but we’re stopping now.

5 Complete the questions in the dialogue with the correct perfect tense. Pay attention to the words in bold.

Dan: 1. ................................................................................
all morning?
Ellen: I’ve been watching cooking programmeson TV.
Dan: 2. .................................................................................................
?
Ellen: I’ve been interested in cookingsince last year. I went to a doctor and he told me that my diet was terrible.
Dan: 3. ...................................................before you went to the doctor?
Ellen: No, I hadn’t been feeling ill
, but I was exhausted all the time.
Dan: 4. .................................................................................................
?
Ellen: I had been eatinga lot of fast food.
Dan: 5. .........................................................................................
lately?
Ellen: Lately, I’ve been eating morehome-cooked meals and salads
.
Dan: 6. .................................................................................................
?
Ellen: My mum and Ihave been preparing these meals together.