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A photography workshop

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A photography workshop · B1. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.

Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.

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ListeningB1

Working with the camera you already have

Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.

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Stated details · Conditions and permissions

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

Reasons

Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

We meet inside because it is raining.

Conditions and permissions · What an example supports · Limits of the evidence

Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened. Identify the point that this example supports, without treating it as universal proof. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.

If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.

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A photography workshop — context illustration
ListeningB1

Working with the camera you already have

Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.

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Working with the camera you already have

What equipment may learners use?

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Step 1 · Warm-up

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Step 2 · Build the skill

Stated details · Conditions and permissions

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Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Reasons

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Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

We meet inside because it is raining.
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Conditions and permissions · What an example supports · Limits of the evidence

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Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened. Identify the point that this example supports, without treating it as universal proof. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.

If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.
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Related practice

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Step 6 · Text challenge

Text challenge

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A photography workshop

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A photography workshop

Lesson points

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Stated details · Conditions and permissions

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Reasons

Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

We meet inside because it is raining.
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Conditions and permissions · What an example supports · Limits of the evidence

Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened. Identify the point that this example supports, without treating it as universal proof. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.

If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.

Questions & answers

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D01 · Warm-up

Working with the camera you already have

What equipment may learners use?

  1. A professional camera, even if its owner cannot save an image.
  2. Any phone, even if its camera cannot save photographs.
  3. A phone only if it produces professional-quality photographs.
  4. A phone whose camera they know how to operate.
Answer & explanation
A phone whose camera they know how to operate.

Answer: “A phone whose camera they know how to operate.”. Evidence: “A phone is fine, provided you know how to open its camera and save a photograph.”. Check “A professional camera, even if its owner cannot save an image.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text. Check “A phone only if it produces professional-quality photographs.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text.

D02 · Warm-up

Working with the camera you already have

Why does the tutor ask learners to bring a jacket?

  1. The first exercise involves photographing clothes outdoors.
  2. Because the group will go outside even in cloudy weather.
  3. The windows must stay open throughout the classroom session.
  4. The group will begin outside in the town square.
Answer & explanation
Because the group will go outside even in cloudy weather.

Answer: “Because the group will go outside even in cloudy weather.”. Evidence: “Bring a jacket because we will go outside even if the weather is cloudy.”. Check “The windows must stay open throughout the classroom session.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “The first exercise involves photographing clothes outdoors.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.

D03 · Warm-up

Working with the camera you already have

Will choosing not to join the online gallery reduce a learner’s feedback?

  1. No, provided a learner submits pictures to the public gallery instead.
  2. No, gallery participation is optional and does not affect feedback.
  3. Yes, because partners will comment only on gallery images.
  4. Feedback is available only after the gallery has closed.
Answer & explanation
No, gallery participation is optional and does not affect feedback.

Answer: “No, gallery participation is optional and does not affect feedback.”. Evidence: “Participation in the gallery is optional; it will not affect the feedback you receive.”. Check “Feedback is available only after the gallery has closed.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “Yes, because partners will comment only on gallery images.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail.

P01 · Build the skill

Working with the camera you already have

What should learners turn off?

  1. The camera between each of the three positions.
  2. All conversation during partner feedback.
  3. The camera sound.
  4. Automatic saving of photographs.
Answer & explanation
The camera sound.

Answer: “The camera sound.”. Evidence: “Please turn off the sound so it does not disturb other learners.”. Check “The camera between each of the three positions.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “Automatic saving of photographs.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “provided you know how to open its camera and save a photograph.”.

P02 · Build the skill

Working with the camera you already have

Why has the group’s starting location changed?

  1. The market prevents learners from moving the cup.
  2. The classroom windows provide less light after lunch.
  3. The canal path will be too busy before lunch.
  4. A street market would make instructions hard to hear.
Answer & explanation
A street market would make instructions hard to hear.

Answer: “A street market would make instructions hard to hear.”. Evidence: “a large street market is being held there today, and it would be difficult for the group to hear instructions.”. Check “The canal path will be too busy before lunch.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “The classroom windows provide less light after lunch.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.

P03 · Build the skill

Working with the camera you already have

What is the first exercise intended to demonstrate?

  1. How changing the subject makes a phone camera perform better.
  2. How the photographer’s position changes the image.
  3. How an unusual subject is more important than background or light.
  4. How moving the cup changes the image.
Answer & explanation
How the photographer’s position changes the image.

Answer: “How the photographer’s position changes the image.”. Evidence: “The point is to see how changing your own position changes the background and the light.”. Check “How moving the cup changes the image.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Evidence: “without moving the cup.”. Check “How changing the subject makes a phone camera perform better.”: This gives a different detail from the one asked for.

R01 · Related practice

Working with the camera you already have

What must stay in the same place during the first exercise?

  1. The camera.
  2. The photographer’s partner.
  3. The cup.
  4. Each photographer.
Answer & explanation
The cup.

Answer: “The cup.”. Evidence: “You will photograph it from three different positions without moving the cup.”. Check “The photographer’s partner.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Evidence: “you will choose one picture to show a partner.”. Check “Each photographer.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “You will photograph it from three different positions”.

R02 · Related practice

Working with the camera you already have

What should learners explain before a partner comments?

  1. What they were trying to do in the photograph.
  2. Why their partner should prefer that subject.
  3. Which gallery the photograph will be published in.
  4. Why they chose an expensive camera.
Answer & explanation
What they were trying to do in the photograph.

Answer: “What they were trying to do in the photograph.”. Evidence: “Explain what you tried to do before your partner comments.”. Check “Why they chose an expensive camera.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “Why their partner should prefer that subject.”: This uses a different test of success from the one in the text. Evidence: “rather than just whether someone likes the subject.”.

X01 · Text challenge

Working with the camera you already have

What is required before publishing a photograph of another learner?

  1. Asking that person for permission.
  2. Agreeing with the partner that the photograph looks good.
  3. Waiting until the private gallery opens.
  4. Selecting the image as one of the final two.
Answer & explanation
Asking that person for permission.

Answer: “Asking that person for permission.”. Evidence: “Please do not publish photographs of other learners without asking them first.”. Check “Agreeing with the partner that the photograph looks good.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text. Check “Waiting until the private gallery opens.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text. Evidence: “a small private online gallery.”.

X02 · Text challenge

Working with the camera you already have

What outcome does the tutor consider realistic for one day?

  1. The ability to judge every photograph without further practice.
  2. A complete understanding of every camera setting.
  3. Two finished images that must be published publicly.
  4. A more deliberate approach and a few exercises to continue.
Answer & explanation
A more deliberate approach and a few exercises to continue.

Answer: “A more deliberate approach and a few exercises to continue.”. Evidence: “I hope you leave with a more deliberate way of looking and one or two exercises you can continue at home.”. Check “A complete understanding of every camera setting.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows. Check “The ability to judge every photograph without further practice.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows.