Making the order clear – A1 English Writing Test

1   Reading

a   Read the recipe for Salade Niçoise and tick (✓) the correct answer.

1   This dish is for people who like a lot of meat.

2   This dish is for people who don't eat any meat or fish.

3   This dish is for people who like fish, vegetables and eggs.

4   This dish is for people who don't like man vegetables.

Salade Niçoise

Preparation: 45 minutes

Ingredients: For this recipe you need some fresh tuna fish (or a tin of tuna), some potatoes, some tomatoes, some French beans, a large lettuce, an onion, four eggs and some black olives.

Instructions:

1   First, boil the eggs, potatoes and French beans and wait until they are cold.

2   Then, wash the lettuce and tomatoes and cut the onion into small pieces.

3   After that, put the lettuce on a large plate with the tuna, tomatoes, onion, potatoes, beans and olives.

4   Finally, put some French dressing (olive oil, vinegar and mustard) on the salad and mix everything together.

b   Read the recipe again. Are the sentences true or false?

1   You need to use fresh fish for this salad.

2   It takes less than an hour to make this salad.

3   You can add the eggs, potatoes and beans to the salad when they’re warm.

4   You put all the food together on the same plate.

5   You add the French dressing last.

2   Writing Skills - Making the order clear

Read the recipe for a Spanish omelette. Put the instructions in the correct order.

Spanish omelette

Preparation: about 45 minutes

Ingredients: For this recipe you need six eggs, a large onion, 500 grams of potatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Instructions:

___ Next, cook all the ingredients together for about 10 minutes.

___ Then, fry the onions and potatoes in the olive oil for 30 minutes, until the potatoes are soft.

___ Finally, turn the omelette over and cook for 5 more minutes.

___ After that, put the onions and potatoes into a large bowl with the eggs, salt and pepper and mix everything together.

_1_ First, cut the onion and potatoes into small pieces.

3   Writing

Look at the pictures of someone making a pizza. Use the information under the pictures to complete the recipe. Add your own favourite pizza toppings. Remember to make the order clear (e.g. First, After that …).