Evening Courses

Question 1

C

Where: Paragraph C
Sentence in the passage: This course is for parents who want to learn how to make fun food with the aim of showing their kids how to cook later at home.
Why: The task is to match the statement about teaching others to the correct course (A-F). The third paragraph (Section C) mentions that this course 'is for parents who want to learn... with the aim of showing their kids how to cook later at home.' This explicitly states that the parents (participants) will learn how to teach their cooking skills to their children. Therefore, Course C is the correct match.

Question 2

E

Where: Paragraph E
Sentence in the passage: To really benefit from the course, learners should have time to read ahead between sessions.
Why: The task is to match the statement about preparing at home to the correct course. The third sentence of the fifth paragraph (Section E) states: 'To really benefit from the course, learners should have time to read ahead between sessions.' 'Reading ahead between sessions' implies preparation or homework to be done outside of class time, which aligns with the statement about preparing at home. Therefore, Course E is the correct match.

Question 3

D

Where: Paragraph D
Sentence in the passage: Base metals are supplied free.
Why: Course D is the jewellery class, and it is the only advert that says anything is provided at no extra cost: base metals are supplied free. The other adverts mention recipes, lenses or reading ahead, but none promises materials within the fee. Students need only bring their own notebook and pen and suitable clothing.

Question 4

B

Where: Paragraph B
Sentence in the passage: This course has plenty of ideas and tips for special occasions that you can enjoy preparing, love eating and be proud to provide.
Why: The task is to match the statement about preparing meals for guests to the correct course. The second paragraph (Section B) is titled 'Entertaining the easy way' and its first sentence states: 'This course has plenty of ideas and tips for special occasions that you can enjoy preparing... and be proud to provide.' 'Entertaining' and 'special occasions' are synonymous with having guests over, and the aim is to 'provide' meals for these occasions. Therefore, Course B is the correct match.

Question 5

E

Where: Paragraph E
Sentence in the passage: This course will allow you to take full advantage of your digital camera.
Why: The task is to match the statement about making the best use of an item to the correct course. The first sentence of the fifth paragraph (Section E) states: 'This course will allow you to take full advantage of your digital camera.' This explicitly mentions helping participants make 'full advantage of' a specific item, a 'digital camera', which means making the best use of it. Therefore, Course E is the correct match.

Question 6

A

Where: Paragraph A
Sentence in the passage: These are classes for those of you who can already make basic meal by keeping strictly to a simple recipe, but who would now like to use your imagination as well.
Why: The cooking course A is for people who can already follow a simple recipe strictly but now want to add imagination. That is the same as going beyond obeying instructions. Course B also builds personal style, but it is aimed at special-occasion entertaining and builds on current skills rather than starting from strict recipe-following.

Question 7

C

Where: Paragraph C
Sentence in the passage: We’ll learn plenty of tasty tips for snacks and picnics, family favourites, and dishes with fresh fruit and vegetables so that you and your family can get really fit and well and enjoy your food.
Why: Only the family cooking course makes a health promise: its dishes with fresh fruit and vegetables are meant to help parents and children become 'really fit and well'. Other adverts talk about confidence, style or skills, so none of them link the lessons to participants' health.

Question 8

TRUE

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 3
Sentence in the passage: All our bikes are hand-restored by our team and come with a three month’s guarantee.
Why: The Bike Foundry repairs every bike it sells by hand, and the bikes come from donations of unwanted ones. So all stock is used, never new. Cheap prices and a guarantee do not change that. The statement agrees with the text, so it is TRUE.

Question 9

FALSE

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 5
Sentence in the passage: We offer maintenance and cycle training to schools and small groups on their own premises.
Why: Training is not limited to the workshop. The Foundry says it also goes to schools and small groups and teaches them on their own premises. Because some sessions happen elsewhere, "all" is wrong, and the statement contradicts the text. It is FALSE, not NOT GIVEN.

Question 10

NOT GIVEN

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 8
Sentence in the passage: This is a three-hour course which will teach you everything you need to know to keep on top of simple maintenance issues like looking after brakes and gears and how to repair a puncture.
Why: Bike Basics is described by what it teaches: brakes, gears and puncture repair. Nothing says who it suits, and nobody is called a new cyclist. Only Home Mechanics has a stated audience. With no information about beginners, the answer is NOT GIVEN.

Question 11

NOT GIVEN

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 11
Sentence in the passage: Most importantly, we have tea- and coffee-making facilities and a fridge where participants can keep their sandwiches, etc. Unfortunately our training room is up a flight of stairs.
Why: Food is mentioned only as a facility: tea and coffee equipment and a fridge for participants' own sandwiches. Participants bring their own food, but the text never says the Foundry provides snacks. Providing and allowing are different things, so the answer is NOT GIVEN.

Question 12

TRUE

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 12
Sentence in the passage: There’s a range of reference manuals available and a mechanic to offer advice.
Why: Tool Club members get more than workshop time. The text lists a range of reference manuals among the things available to them. "Cycle reference books" is a simple rewording of reference manuals for bikes, so the statement is TRUE.

Question 13

NOT GIVEN

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 14
Sentence in the passage: Our qualified instructors can teach you how to ride your bike, whether you have had prior experience or not.
Why: The cycling course is open to people who can already ride and to people who cannot. The text gives no numbers or proportions, so we cannot tell if beginners are the majority. A claim about "most" participants needs data that is missing. The answer is NOT GIVEN.

Question 14

TRUE

Where: Passage 1, paragraph 17
Sentence in the passage: We ask for a 50% deposit to confirm your place, refundable up to seven days before the course.
Why: The deposit rule gives the deadline: money back is possible up to seven days before the course starts. Cancelling exactly one week before falls inside that limit. "One week" equals "seven days", and "up to" includes the day itself, so the statement is TRUE.

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