A2 Key for Schools (KET) Reading & Writing Part 4 Test – Food Culture, Eating Out & Special Diets 6
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Test 1
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A Trip to the Bakery
One of the best things to do on a weekend is visit a local bakery. To get the freshest food, you have to go very early in the (19)…………… , before most people are awake.
As you walk down the street, you will start (20)…………… the sweet sugar and butter in the air. Inside the shop, the bakers are always very busy. They spend hours making many different kinds of (21)…………… and delicious cakes.
If you are lucky, the food will still be (22)…………… when the baker gives it to you. Many students enjoy (23)…………… a small chocolate pastry or a sweet snack to eat on the way home. Eating a fresh snack is a wonderful way to get (24)…………… for a long, fun day with your friends!
19 A morning B afternoon C evening
20 A tasting B touching C smelling
21 A soup B bread C meat
22 A heavy B warm C bright
23 A paying B buying C spending
24 A sure B well C ready
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (morning): This requires understanding the broader context. The text mentions going "very early" and "before most people are awake". This only happens in the 'morning'.
20 C (smelling): This tests semantic fit. When sugar and butter are "in the air" as they are being cooked, you experience them through your nose by 'smelling' them. You cannot 'taste' or 'touch' something that is just in the air down the street.
21 B (bread): This tests semantic fit. A bakery is a specific type of shop that makes baked goods like cakes and 'bread'. A bakery does not make or sell 'soup' or 'meat'.
22 B (warm): This tests phrase-level meaning. When food is freshly baked and just comes out of the oven, it has a high temperature, so it is 'warm'. It is not 'heavy' (weight) or 'bright' (light).
23 B (buying): This tests a strong A2 vocabulary distinction. You 'buy' an object (like a pastry). You 'pay' for an object, and you 'spend' money. Because there is no preposition "for", 'buying' is the only grammatically and logically correct option.
24 C (ready): This tests a very common A2 collocation. 'Get ready' is the correct fixed phrase meaning to prepare yourself for something (like a fun day). 'Get sure' is incorrect (we say 'make sure'), and 'get well' means to recover from an illness, which does not fit this happy context.
Test 2
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Trying Different Types of Cheese
Cheese is a very popular food that people eat all over the world. To make it, farmers usually use fresh (19)…………… from cows, goats, or sheep. Today, there are hundreds of different kinds of cheese to choose from in the supermarket.
You can find many interesting shapes and colours. Some cheeses are clean and white, but others are a bright (20)…………… colour. When you touch them, you will notice that some are very (21)…………… to cut with a knife, while others are very soft.
If you want to find your favourite one, a food festival is a great place to go. You can spend the afternoon (22)…………… many different types. When you find one you love, you can use it to (23)…………… a delicious sandwich. You can also just put a small (24)…………… of cheese on a biscuit for a simple snack!
19 A milk B soup C juice
20 A yellow B blonde C pale
21 A hard B heavy C strong
22 A tasting B drinking C washing
23 A make B do C grow
24 A piece B group C drop
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (milk): Semantically, "milk" is the correct factual ingredient that comes from cows, goats, or sheep to make cheese. "Soup" and "juice" are also liquids, but animals do not naturally produce them.
20 A (yellow): Semantically, "yellow" is the correct colour used to describe standard bright cheese. "Blonde" is strictly used to describe human hair colour, and "pale" means lacking colour, which contradicts the word "bright".
21 A (hard): At a phrase level, "hard" is the correct adjective to describe something that is difficult to cut, acting as the direct opposite of "very soft" later in the sentence. "Heavy" describes weight, and "strong" describes taste or smell, not the physical feeling of cutting it.
22 A (tasting): Based on the broader context of finding your favourite food at a festival, "tasting" is the correct action to try small amounts. You do not "drink" solid cheese, and you do not go to a food festival to practice "washing" it.
23 A (make): "Make a sandwich" is the correct and very common natural collocation for preparing a meal. In English, we do not use the verb "do" for preparing food, and you cannot "grow" a sandwich.
24 A (piece): "A piece of" is the correct fixed collocation and vocabulary for a small portion of solid food. A "group" is used for a number of people or whole objects, and a "drop" is strictly used for small amounts of liquid, not solid cheese.
Test 3
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Visiting a Fruit Farm
Visiting a farm to get fresh fruit is a wonderful activity. Many families like to (19)…………… a trip to a local farm when the weather is nice. This is very popular during the (20)…………… months, when students have a lot of free time and the sun is hot.
Walking among the tall (21)…………… to find your own food is a great experience. When you find the perfect fruit, you can carefully pull it off the branch. (22)…………… your own apples or strawberries is very exciting for young people.
Because farms are outdoors, the food can sometimes get a little dirty. For this reason, (23)…………… the fruit with clean water is necessary before you eat it. When everything is ready, farm fruit is usually very (24)…………… because it grows naturally in the warm sunshine.
19 A take B do C make
20 A weekend B summer C morning
21 A flowers B forests C trees
22 A Catching B Picking C Holding
23 A washing B cooking C drinking
24 A sweet B heavy C kind
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (take): This is a collocation. The standard English verb for going on a journey or visit is to 'take' a trip. We do not 'do' or 'make' a trip in this context.
20 B (summer): This is a strong collocation. The fixed English expression for the hottest time of the year is the "summer months". We do not naturally say the "morning months" or "weekend months".
21 C (trees): This is a semantic fit. Apples grow on tall plants with branches, which are 'trees'. 'Flowers' are small and grow close to the ground, and a 'forest' is a large area of land, not individual plants you walk among.
22 B (Picking): This fits the phrase-level meaning. The specific action of pulling fruit off a branch to collect it is 'picking'. 'Catching' is for an object thrown in the air, and 'holding' is just keeping an object in your hands without removing it.
23 A (washing): This fits the broader context. The previous sentence explains that the fruit can get "dirty" because it is outdoors. The logical action to remove dirt with clean water is 'washing'. 'Cooking' or 'drinking' do not specifically clean dirty fruit.
24 A (sweet): This is a semantic fit. The text describes a delicious fruit grown in the warm sunshine. 'Sweet' correctly describes this pleasant taste. 'Heavy' describes weight, and 'kind' describes a nice person, neither of which fit the description of a fruit's taste.