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A weekend market guide

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A weekend market guide · 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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A weekend market guide

Read the original English material and answer with evidence. The level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.

The new Riverside Market opens every Sunday from nine until two. The organisers first planned to use the old station yard, but building work there is taking longer than expected. For the next three months, you will find the market in the school playground. The school is a ten-minute walk from the station. There is no parking inside the school gates, so drivers should use the public car park by the bridge.

Food stalls are outside, while craft sellers use the covered area beside the hall. If it rains, the food stalls will still open, but the outdoor music will be cancelled. The school hall is not open to visitors because students’ work is stored there. Toilets are in the small building behind the covered area.

Most sellers accept cards, but the bread stall takes cash only. You can buy breakfast at the market, although hot food is not sold after one. Bring your own shopping bag. Sellers can provide paper bags for small items, but not large bags for a full week’s shopping.

Each Sunday, a different local group runs the welcome desk. The first week’s group is collecting clean children’s coats. Please take donations to the desk rather than leaving them at a food stall. The market website lists the collection planned for the following week.

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Stated details · Reasons · Conditions and permissions

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. 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.

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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A weekend market guide — context illustration
ReadingA2

A weekend market guide

Read the original English material and answer with evidence. The level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.

The new Riverside Market opens every Sunday from nine until two. The organisers first planned to use the old station yard, but building work there is taking longer than expected. For the next three months, you will find the market in the school playground. The school is a ten-minute walk from the station. There is no parking inside the school gates, so drivers should use the public car park by the bridge.

Food stalls are outside, while craft sellers use the covered area beside the hall. If it rains, the food stalls will still open, but the outdoor music will be cancelled. The school hall is not open to visitors because students’ work is stored there. Toilets are in the small building behind the covered area.

Most sellers accept cards, but the bread stall takes cash only. You can buy breakfast at the market, although hot food is not sold after one. Bring your own shopping bag. Sellers can provide paper bags for small items, but not large bags for a full week’s shopping.

Each Sunday, a different local group runs the welcome desk. The first week’s group is collecting clean children’s coats. Please take donations to the desk rather than leaving them at a food stall. The market website lists the collection planned for the following week.

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A weekend market guide

Where is the market during its first three months?

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Step 1 · Warm-up

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Stated details · Reasons · Conditions and permissions

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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. 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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Conditions and permissions

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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.
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Stated details

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Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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A weekend market guide

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A weekend market guide

Lesson points

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Stated details · Reasons · Conditions and permissions

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. 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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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.

D01 · Warm-up

A weekend market guide

Where is the market during its first three months?

  1. In the car park by the bridge.
  2. In the school playground.
  3. In the old station yard.
  4. Inside the school hall.
Answer & explanation
In the school playground.

Answer: “In the school playground.”. Evidence: “For the next three months, you will find the market in the school playground.”. Check “In the old station yard.”: This was the earlier plan, not the final one. Evidence: “The organisers first planned to use the old station yard”. Check “Inside the school hall.”: This is not the place given for this action. Evidence: “The school hall is not open to visitors”.

D02 · Warm-up

A weekend market guide

Why is the original site unavailable?

  1. Food sellers do not like the site.
  2. The station is too far from the school.
  3. Building work is taking longer than expected.
  4. The bridge car park has closed.
Answer & explanation
Building work is taking longer than expected.

Answer: “Building work is taking longer than expected.”. Evidence: “The organisers first planned to use the old station yard, but building work there is taking longer than expected.”. Check “The station is too far from the school.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “Food sellers do not like the site.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.

D03 · Warm-up

A weekend market guide

Where should visitors arriving by car park?

  1. Inside the school gates.
  2. Under the covered craft area.
  3. In the public car park by the bridge.
  4. Behind the school hall.
Answer & explanation
In the public car park by the bridge.

Answer: “In the public car park by the bridge.”. Evidence: “There is no parking inside the school gates, so drivers should use the public car park by the bridge.”. Check “Under the covered craft area.”: This is not the place given for this action. Check “Behind the school hall.”: This is not the place given for this action.

P01 · Build the skill

A weekend market guide

Which sellers work under cover?

  1. All sellers and musicians.
  2. The bread stall alone.
  3. Craft sellers.
  4. Only food sellers.
Answer & explanation
Craft sellers.

Answer: “Craft sellers.”. Evidence: “Food stalls are outside, while craft sellers use the covered area beside the hall.”. Check “All sellers and musicians.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows. Check “Only food sellers.”: This gives the action or role to the wrong person or group. Evidence: “Food stalls are outside”.

P02 · Build the skill

A weekend market guide

What changes if it rains?

  1. The market moves to the station.
  2. Visitors can shop inside the hall.
  3. The outdoor music is cancelled.
  4. All food stalls close.
Answer & explanation
The outdoor music is cancelled.

Answer: “The outdoor music is cancelled.”. Evidence: “If it rains, the food stalls will still open, but the outdoor music will be cancelled.”. Check “All food stalls close.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Check “Visitors can shop inside the hall.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “The school hall is not open to visitors”.

P03 · Build the skill

A weekend market guide

What should someone buying bread bring?

  1. Cash.
  2. A paper shopping bag instead of payment.
  3. A payment card instead of cash.
  4. A ticket from the welcome desk.
Answer & explanation
Cash.

Answer: “Cash.”. Evidence: “Most sellers accept cards, but the bread stall takes cash only.”. Check “A payment card instead of cash.”: This is not the item named for this action. Evidence: “the bread stall takes cash only.”. Check “A paper shopping bag instead of payment.”: This is not the item named for this action.

P04 · Build the skill

A weekend market guide

Where are the toilets?

  1. At the welcome desk.
  2. Inside the closed school hall.
  3. Behind the covered area.
  4. By the station platform.
Answer & explanation
Behind the covered area.

Answer: “Behind the covered area.”. Evidence: “Toilets are in the small building behind the covered area.”. Check “By the station platform.”: This is not the place given for this action. Check “At the welcome desk.”: This is not the place given for this action.

R01 · Related practice

A weekend market guide

Why may visitors not enter the school hall?

  1. Students’ work is stored there.
  2. The toilets are being repaired.
  3. A concert is taking place there.
  4. The market has no craft sellers.
Answer & explanation
Students’ work is stored there.

Answer: “Students’ work is stored there.”. Evidence: “The school hall is not open to visitors because students’ work is stored there.”. Check “A concert is taking place there.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “The toilets are being repaired.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it.

R02 · Related practice

A weekend market guide

What can a visitor not buy after one?

  1. Bread of any kind.
  2. Craft items.
  3. Hot food.
  4. Small items in paper bags.
Answer & explanation
Hot food.

Answer: “Hot food.”. Evidence: “You can buy breakfast at the market, although hot food is not sold after one.”. Check “Bread of any kind.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows. Check “Craft items.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Evidence: “craft sellers use the covered area beside the hall.”.

R03 · Related practice

A weekend market guide

Why is bringing a large shopping bag useful?

  1. Visitors must carry their coats in it.
  2. Sellers do not provide bags for a full week’s shopping.
  3. Every bag is checked at the school gate.
  4. Paper bags are banned at the market.
Answer & explanation
Sellers do not provide bags for a full week’s shopping.

Answer: “Sellers do not provide bags for a full week’s shopping.”. Evidence: “Sellers can provide paper bags for small items, but not large bags for a full week’s shopping.”. Check “Paper bags are banned at the market.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “Sellers can provide paper bags for small items”. Check “Visitors must carry their coats in it.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Evidence: “The first week’s group is collecting clean children’s coats.”.

X01 · Text challenge

A weekend market guide

Where should the first week’s coat donations go?

  1. To any food stall.
  2. To the bread seller.
  3. Inside the school hall.
  4. To the welcome desk.
Answer & explanation
To the welcome desk.

Answer: “To the welcome desk.”. Evidence: “Each Sunday, a different local group runs the welcome desk. The first week’s group is collecting clean children’s coats. Please take donations to the desk rather than leaving them at a food stall.”. Check “Inside the school hall.”: This says the opposite of the relevant detail. Evidence: “The school hall is not open to visitors”. Check “To the bread seller.”: This is not the place given for this action.

X02 · Text challenge

A weekend market guide

What can visitors check on the website?

  1. A promise that every week collects coats.
  2. The result of the old station’s building inspection.
  3. The collection planned for the next week.
  4. The names of all students using the hall.
Answer & explanation
The collection planned for the next week.

Answer: “The collection planned for the next week.”. Evidence: “The market website lists the collection planned for the following week.”. Check “The result of the old station’s building inspection.”: The text does not give this detail. Do not add it. Check “A promise that every week collects coats.”: This makes the statement wider or stronger than the text allows. Evidence: “The first week’s group is collecting clean children’s coats.”.