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A swimming lesson

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A swimming lesson · A1. 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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Before your first lesson

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.

A little clarity first

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.

Stated details · Reasons

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

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

Stated details · Purpose and intended outcome

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Ask what the person or message is trying to achieve, and for whom.

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

Learning material
A swimming lesson — context illustration
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Before your first lesson

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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Before your first lesson

Where should the group meet Sara?

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Your learning route

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Step 1 · Warm-up

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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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Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Step 6 · Text challenge

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Practice notes in this unit

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A swimming lesson

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A swimming lesson

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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Stated details · Reasons

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Stated details · Purpose and intended outcome

Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Ask what the person or message is trying to achieve, and for whom.

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

Questions & answers

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D01 · Warm-up

Before your first lesson

Where should the group meet Sara?

  1. Beside the big pool.
  2. At the school gate.
  3. Outside the cafe.
  4. Beside the small pool.
Answer & explanation
Beside the small pool.

Answer: “Beside the small pool.”. Evidence: “Meet Sara beside the small pool.”. Check “Beside the big pool.”: This is not the place given for this action.

D02 · Warm-up

Before your first lesson

On which day is the first lesson now?

  1. Friday.
  2. Tuesday.
  3. Wednesday.
  4. Thursday.
Answer & explanation
Thursday.

Answer: “Thursday.”. Evidence: “The lesson is on Thursday, not Tuesday.”. Check “Wednesday.”: This is not the day stated for this event.

D03 · Warm-up

Before your first lesson

Must learners swim across the pool on the first day?

  1. Only if they bring a swimming hat.
  2. No, that is not required.
  3. Yes, before learning to feel comfortable in the water.
  4. Yes, before the class starts.
Answer & explanation
No, that is not required.

Answer: “No, that is not required.”. Evidence: “You do not have to swim across the pool on the first day.”. Check “Only if they bring a swimming hat.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text.

P01 · Build the skill

Before your first lesson

What time should learners arrive?

  1. At seven in the evening.
  2. At a quarter past six.
  3. At six in the evening.
  4. At six in the morning.
Answer & explanation
At six in the evening.

Answer: “At six in the evening.”. Evidence: “Please arrive at the sports centre at six in the evening.”. Check “At a quarter past six.”: This mixes up the time of this event with another time. Evidence: “The lesson starts at a quarter past six and finishes at seven.”.

P02 · Build the skill

Before your first lesson

Why did the day change?

  1. The sports centre is closed on Thursday.
  2. The adult group cannot meet in the evening.
  3. The school team needs the small pool.
  4. Sara is busy on Tuesday.
Answer & explanation
Sara is busy on Tuesday.

Answer: “Sara is busy on Tuesday.”. Evidence: “We changed the day because our teacher, Sara, is busy on Tuesday.”. Check “The school team needs the small pool.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.

P03 · Build the skill

Before your first lesson

What is the purpose of this message?

  1. To describe what learners achieved in their first lesson.
  2. To ask learners to choose a new teacher.
  3. To explain how to join the school swimming team.
  4. To help learners prepare for their first lesson.
Answer & explanation
To help learners prepare for their first lesson.

Answer: “To help learners prepare for their first lesson.”. Evidence: “Here is some information about your first swimming lesson.”. Check “To explain how to join the school swimming team.”: This is not what the message or text is mainly trying to do.

R01 · Related practice

Before your first lesson

Who is using the big pool?

  1. Sara’s family.
  2. The school team.
  3. Visitors from another town.
  4. The eight adult learners.
Answer & explanation
The school team.

Answer: “The school team.”. Evidence: “Do not wait beside the big pool, where the school team is training.”. Check “Visitors from another town.”: This gives the action or role to the wrong person or group.

R02 · Related practice

Before your first lesson

What must learners bring to close their lockers?

  1. Coins for the lockers.
  2. Keys from Sara.
  3. Swimming hats.
  4. Their own small locks.
Answer & explanation
Their own small locks.

Answer: “Their own small locks.”. Evidence: “You can use a locker for your bag, but you must bring your own small lock.”. Check “Swimming hats.”: This is not required; the text asks for something else. Evidence: “There is no need to bring a swimming hat for this class.”.

X01 · Text challenge

Before your first lesson

What does Sara plan to teach first?

  1. How to swim across the pool quickly.
  2. How to train the school team.
  3. How to win a swimming race.
  4. How to feel comfortable in the water.
Answer & explanation
How to feel comfortable in the water.

Answer: “How to feel comfortable in the water.”. Evidence: “Sara will show you how to feel comfortable in the water.”. Check “How to win a swimming race.”: This gives a different detail from the one asked for.

X02 · Text challenge

Before your first lesson

What should learners do if they have a question before Thursday?

  1. Ask the school team by email.
  2. Email the sports centre.
  3. Wait until the first lesson to ask.
  4. Phone Sara at home.
Answer & explanation
Email the sports centre.

Answer: “Email the sports centre.”. Evidence: “If you have a question before Thursday, email the sports centre.”. Check “Wait until the first lesson to ask.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text.