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01Our group had two weeks to prepare a presentation about reducing food waste. At the first meeting, everyone had ideas, but nobody wrote them down. We talked for an hour and left without deciding who would do each task.

02Three days later, two students had collected the same information, while nobody had prepared the slides. I felt worried, so I suggested a short second meeting. This time, we made a list of tasks and agreed on a deadline for each one.

03Leo interviewed the school cook, Hana researched ways to store food, and I organised the slides. Amira checked the sources and helped us practise. We shared our work two days before the presentation so there was time to solve problems.

04During practice, we noticed that our talk was too long. We removed repeated information and kept one practical example for each main point. On the day, we finished on time. Our teacher said the clearest part was the connection between the problem and our suggested actions.

Skills to work on in this practice
  • Find details without guessing
  • Support answers with words from the text
  • Recognise the main idea and vocabulary in context

A few useful words.

Open a word to explore its meaning.

deadline

The latest time by which a task must be finished.

sources

Places from which information comes.

repeated

Said or done more than once.

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Question 1

What was missing after the first meeting?

  1. Ideas
  2. A division of tasks
  3. Enough students
Answer & explanation

A division of tasks. Paragraph 1: they had ideas but had not decided who would do each task.

Question 2

Why was some work wasted?

  1. Two students researched the same information.
  2. Nobody did any research.
  3. The topic changed.
Answer & explanation

Two students researched the same information.. Paragraph 2 says two students had collected the same information.

Question 3

Who checked the sources?

  1. Leo
  2. Hana
  3. Amira
Answer & explanation

Amira. Paragraph 3 directly identifies Amira.

Question 4

Why did they share their work early?

  1. To avoid presenting
  2. To leave time to solve problems
  3. To change the whole topic
Answer & explanation

To leave time to solve problems. Paragraph 3: they shared two days early so they could solve problems.

Question 5

What improved their practice presentation?

  1. Adding more slides
  2. Removing repeated information
  3. Speaking much faster
Answer & explanation

Removing repeated information. Paragraph 4 explains that they cut repetition and kept practical examples.

Question 6

How much time did the group have for the project?

  1. One month.
  2. Two weeks.
  3. Three days.
Answer & explanation

Two weeks.. Paragraph 1 gives the total preparation period as two weeks.

Question 7

What had nobody prepared before the second meeting?

  1. The slides.
  2. Any ideas at all.
  3. The same information twice.
Answer & explanation

The slides.. Paragraph 2 contrasts duplicated research with the missing slides.

Question 8

Why did assigning different roles help?

  1. It removed the need to check sources.
  2. It meant nobody needed to practise.
  3. It reduced the chance of doing the same work twice.
Answer & explanation

It reduced the chance of doing the same work twice.. The duplicated work in paragraph 2 is addressed by the distinct responsibilities in paragraph 3.

Question 9

What does deadline mean in this passage?

  1. The title of a presentation.
  2. The latest agreed time to finish a task.
  3. The first idea at a meeting.
Answer & explanation

The latest agreed time to finish a task.. Paragraph 2 says each task received a deadline, meaning a time by which it should be finished.

Question 10

What did the teacher particularly praise?

  1. The link between the problem and suggested actions.
  2. The number of slides.
  3. The length of the first meeting.
Answer & explanation

The link between the problem and suggested actions.. Paragraph 4 identifies the connection between the problem and actions as the clearest part.

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