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✅ Revise & Check

Units 3 & 4 — Consolidation

Food for Thought meets Wild Planet. Rebuild narrative tenses, conditionals and the pronunciation habits that make you sound fluent.

Narrative tenses · Perfect vs SimpleGerund / Infinitive · Conditionals~45 min
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"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Review desk
1. Grammar diagnostic

Rewrite & rebuild

10 min

Rewrite each sentence using the structure in brackets. Then reveal.

1. I cooked dinner. Then the phone rang. (past continuous + past simple)

2. She arrived and the film started before that. (past perfect)

3. It was very hot, so I couldn't eat it. (so … that)

4. I saw that film. (last night — past simple / present perfect?)

5. I don't want to smoke anymore, so I no longer do it. (stop + …)

6. The temperature reaches zero. Water freezes. (zero conditional)

7. I'll call you the moment I arrive. (as soon as)

8. It's necessary to act now. (take …)

2. Vocabulary recall

Words from Units 3 & 4

8 min

Pick the best option, then check.

  1. Vegetables cooked in hot water are ___.

  2. A person who eats no meat or animal products is a ___.

  3. Cutting down large areas of forest is called ___.

  4. An animal that no longer exists is ___.

  5. To 'take ___' of a situation = benefit from it.

  6. A meal so good you couldn't stop eating is ___.

3. Grammar in context

Drag the word into each gap

8 min

Drag each word into the correct sentence and check.

Word bank — drag or tap, then tap a gap
  1. When we arrived, the guide  drop  already started the tour.
  2. I  drop  reading — it changed my life.
  3. As soon as it stops raining, we  drop  head out.
  4. I  drop  cooking new recipes on weekends.
  5. She  drop  preparing dinner when the storm hit.
  6. I  drop  never tried sushi before yesterday.
4. Pronunciation check

Endings, weak forms & linking

7 min

Listen to the drill, then mark each item.

🎧 Review drill — listen and repeat

1. 'washed' → the -ed ending sounds like…

2. 'wanted' → the -ed ending sounds like…

3. 'take_action' — describe the linking.

4. 'as soon as it stops' — which words reduce?

5. Listening review

Re-listen with new questions

10 min

Replay these dialogues from earlier and answer the new comprehension questions.

🎧 From 3A — a memorable meal

a) Which narrative tense dominates the story?

b) Give one example of 'so … that' or 'such … that' from the exchange.

🎧 From 4B — the volunteer

a) Spot ONE zero and ONE first conditional.

b) Give one 'take + noun' expression used.

6. Self-check

Can you…?

3 min

Tick everything you can do confidently. Aim for at least 6/8.

0 / 8

Revise the gaps in 3A · 3B · 4A · 4B before the quiz.

7. Graded review test

Final 15-question quiz

15 min

Pass mark: 75%. Go with your first instinct.

Challenge

Revise & Check 3 & 4 — final quiz

14 questions · 70% to pass · instant feedback after you submit.

  1. Q1.Choose the best sentence to describe a scene interrupted in the past:

  2. Q2.Pick the sentence with correct past perfect use:

  3. Q3.Meat cooked over an open fire is…

  4. Q4.Complete: 'The soup was ___ hot ___ I burnt my tongue.'

  5. Q5.Choose the natural sentence about a finished period of time:

  6. Q6.'She's a ___ potato — she watches TV all evening.' Best word:

  7. Q7.Choose the correct form: 'I really enjoy ___ podcasts on my commute.'

  8. Q8.'I stopped ___ smoke — my lungs finally recovered.' Which fits?

  9. Q9.The rise in Earth's average temperature is called…

  10. Q10.Choose the zero conditional (general truth):

  11. Q11.Choose the correct future time clause:

  12. Q12.'You should ___ action before it's too late.'

  13. Q13.Which past form is pronounced /wɒʃt/ (unvoiced /t/)?

  14. Q14.Which phrase shows the clearest CONSONANT-to-VOWEL linking?

0/14 answered

Where to next?

Strong score? You're ready for Unit 5. Below 75%? Revisit the lesson(s) where you stumbled.

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