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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Instructions for apartment guests
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Instructions for apartment guests · A2. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event.
Read the original English material and answer with evidence. The level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
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Instructions for apartment guests
Read the original English material and answer with evidence. The level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
Welcome to our apartment. Your key is in the small metal box beside the side entrance. We sent the code in a private message. Please close the box after taking the key. The main entrance closes automatically after eight in the evening, but the side entrance can be opened with your key at any time.
The kitchen cupboard contains tea and coffee for guests. The food in the labelled blue container belongs to the owner, so please leave it there. You can use the washing machine, but do not start it after nine at night because it is noisy in the flat below. Washing powder is in the cupboard under the sink. The small basket on top of the machine is for wet cleaning cloths, not guest washing.
There are two bins outside the kitchen window. Put paper and clean plastic bottles in the green one. The grey bin is for other household rubbish. Glass bottles go to the collection point opposite the bakery; they must not go in either apartment bin.
On your last day, leave before eleven. You do not need to wash the towels. Put them on the bathroom floor and leave the key on the kitchen table. Please do not put it back in the outside box, because our cleaner will enter through the main door. If you need a later departure, contact us the day before. We can sometimes help, but it depends on the next booking.
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Conditions and permissions
Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.
If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.
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Instructions for apartment guests
Read the original English material and answer with evidence. The level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
Welcome to our apartment. Your key is in the small metal box beside the side entrance. We sent the code in a private message. Please close the box after taking the key. The main entrance closes automatically after eight in the evening, but the side entrance can be opened with your key at any time.
The kitchen cupboard contains tea and coffee for guests. The food in the labelled blue container belongs to the owner, so please leave it there. You can use the washing machine, but do not start it after nine at night because it is noisy in the flat below. Washing powder is in the cupboard under the sink. The small basket on top of the machine is for wet cleaning cloths, not guest washing.
There are two bins outside the kitchen window. Put paper and clean plastic bottles in the green one. The grey bin is for other household rubbish. Glass bottles go to the collection point opposite the bakery; they must not go in either apartment bin.
On your last day, leave before eleven. You do not need to wash the towels. Put them on the bathroom floor and leave the key on the kitchen table. Please do not put it back in the outside box, because our cleaner will enter through the main door. If you need a later departure, contact us the day before. We can sometimes help, but it depends on the next booking.
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Instructions for apartment guests
Where do arriving guests collect the key?
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Step 1 · Warm-up
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Step 2 · Build the skill
0/2Stated details
Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event.
The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.03
Step 3 · Build the skill
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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.04
Step 4 · Build the skill
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Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.
If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.05
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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.Conditions and permissions
Keep the stated condition or permission; a rule does not prove that an event happened.
If the front door is locked, use the side entrance.Questions & answers
Opening an answer records help for that question.
Instructions for apartment guests
Where do arriving guests collect the key?
- From the cleaner’s apartment.
- From the kitchen table.
- From a metal box beside the side entrance.
- From the bakery.
Answer & explanation
From a metal box beside the side entrance.
Answer: “From a metal box beside the side entrance.”. Evidence: “Your key is in the small metal box beside the side entrance.”. Check “From the kitchen table.”: This changes the order of the actions. Evidence: “leave the key on the kitchen table.”. Check “From the cleaner’s apartment.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.
Instructions for apartment guests
Where did the hosts send the code?
- In a private message.
- On a label in the kitchen.
- In the bakery window.
- On the front door.
Answer & explanation
In a private message.
Answer: “In a private message.”. Evidence: “We sent the code in a private message.”. Check “On the front door.”: This is not the place given for this action. Check “On a label in the kitchen.”: This is not the place given for this action.
Instructions for apartment guests
Which entrance can guests use with their key at any time?
- The cleaner’s private entrance.
- The side entrance.
- Only the main entrance.
- The main entrance only before eight.
Answer & explanation
The side entrance.
Answer: “The side entrance.”. Evidence: “the side entrance can be opened with your key at any time.”. Check “The main entrance only before eight.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text. Evidence: “The main entrance closes automatically after eight in the evening”. Check “The cleaner’s private entrance.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.
Instructions for apartment guests
Which food should guests leave untouched?
- Everything under the sink.
- Any food kept in a kitchen cupboard.
- All the tea and coffee.
- The food in the labelled blue container.
Answer & explanation
The food in the labelled blue container.
Answer: “The food in the labelled blue container.”. Evidence: “The food in the labelled blue container belongs to the owner, so please leave it there.”. Check “Any food kept in a kitchen cupboard.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows. Evidence: “The kitchen cupboard contains tea and coffee for guests.”. Check “All the tea and coffee.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “The kitchen cupboard contains tea and coffee for guests.”.
Instructions for apartment guests
Why should the washing machine not be started late?
- The water is turned off after nine.
- Its noise can disturb people below.
- The cleaner needs it every night.
- Guests are forbidden to wash clothes.
Answer & explanation
Its noise can disturb people below.
Answer: “Its noise can disturb people below.”. Evidence: “do not start it after nine at night because it is noisy in the flat below.”. Check “The water is turned off after nine.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “Guests are forbidden to wash clothes.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail.
Instructions for apartment guests
What does the final sentence say about leaving later?
- It costs the same as another night in every case.
- It is never allowed.
- It may be possible, depending on the next booking.
- It is guaranteed if guests ask on departure day.
Answer & explanation
It may be possible, depending on the next booking.
Answer: “It may be possible, depending on the next booking.”. Evidence: “We can sometimes help, but it depends on the next booking.”. Check “It is guaranteed if guests ask on departure day.”: This changes or leaves out a condition in the text. Check “It is never allowed.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail.
Instructions for apartment guests
Where should clean plastic bottles go?
- In the green bin.
- In the grey bin.
- In the blue food container.
- On the kitchen table.
Answer & explanation
In the green bin.
Answer: “In the green bin.”. Evidence: “Put paper and clean plastic bottles in the green one.”. Check “On the kitchen table.”: This is not the place given for this action. Check “In the blue food container.”: This is not the item named for this action.
Instructions for apartment guests
Where should guests take glass bottles?
- To the side entrance box.
- To the bathroom floor.
- To either apartment bin.
- To the collection point opposite the bakery.
Answer & explanation
To the collection point opposite the bakery.
Answer: “To the collection point opposite the bakery.”. Evidence: “Glass bottles go to the collection point opposite the bakery; they must not go in either apartment bin.”. Check “To the side entrance box.”: This is not the place given for this action. Check “To either apartment bin.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail.
Instructions for apartment guests
What must guests do with towels on departure?
- Wash and dry them.
- Return them to the metal box.
- Leave them on the bathroom floor.
- Put them in the kitchen basket.
Answer & explanation
Leave them on the bathroom floor.
Answer: “Leave them on the bathroom floor.”. Evidence: “You do not need to wash the towels. Put them on the bathroom floor”. Check “Wash and dry them.”: This is not required; the text asks for something else. Check “Return them to the metal box.”: This is not the place given for this action.
Instructions for apartment guests
Where must the key be left on the last day?
- Under the sink.
- Back in the outside box.
- At the bakery.
- On the kitchen table.
Answer & explanation
On the kitchen table.
Answer: “On the kitchen table.”. Evidence: “leave the key on the kitchen table.”. Check “Back in the outside box.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “Please do not put it back in the outside box”. Check “Under the sink.”: This is not the place given for this action.
Instructions for apartment guests
Why should the key not be returned to the outside box?
- The cleaner will use the main door.
- The box is for glass bottles.
- The side entrance is closing permanently.
- The owner has lost the box code.
Answer & explanation
The cleaner will use the main door.
Answer: “The cleaner will use the main door.”. Evidence: “Please do not put it back in the outside box, because our cleaner will enter through the main door.”. Check “The box is for glass bottles.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “Your key is in the small metal box beside the side entrance.”. Check “The side entrance is closing permanently.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.
Instructions for apartment guests
What belongs in the basket on the washing machine?
- Used towels on departure.
- Wet cleaning cloths.
- Guest clothes waiting to be washed.
- Empty glass bottles.
Answer & explanation
Wet cleaning cloths.
Answer: “Wet cleaning cloths.”. Evidence: “The small basket on top of the machine is for wet cleaning cloths, not guest washing.”. Check “Empty glass bottles.”: This is not the item named for this action. Evidence: “Glass bottles go to the collection point opposite the bakery”. Check “Guest clothes waiting to be washed.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail.