B1 Reading 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Advert: 'Buy one, get one half price on all jackets this weekend only.' When does the offer apply?
- All month
- This weekend (Correct answer)
- Next year
- Every day
Correct answer: This weekend
The phrase 'this weekend only' limits the offer.
Question 2: Choose the correct meaning: 'The instructions were clear, so the task was straightforward.' 'Straightforward' means ___.
- difficult
- easy (Correct answer)
- expensive
- long
Correct answer: easy
'Straightforward' means simple or easy.
Question 3: Notice in a train: 'Priority seats for passengers who are elderly, disabled or pregnant.' Who should NOT use these seats first?
- An elderly person
- A pregnant woman
- A fit young adult (Correct answer)
- A disabled person
Correct answer: A fit young adult
The seats are reserved for elderly, disabled or pregnant passengers.
Question 4: Postcard: 'Weather's been awful, but the food makes up for it!' How does the writer feel about the food?
- Disappointed
- Positive (Correct answer)
- Bored
- Worried
Correct answer: Positive
'Makes up for it' shows the food is a positive point.
Question 5: Sign: 'Wet paint — do not touch.' What is the warning about?
- The floor is slippery
- The paint is not yet dry (Correct answer)
- The wall is broken
- The room is closed
Correct answer: The paint is not yet dry
'Wet paint' means the paint has not dried.
Question 6: Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- She have lived here for years.
- She has lived here for years. (Correct answer)
- She having lived here for years.
- She is lived here for years.
Correct answer: She has lived here for years.
Present perfect uses 'has' with a third-person singular subject.
Question 7: Recipe step: 'Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and stir occasionally.' When do you add the pasta?
- Before heating
- When the water boils (Correct answer)
- After cooling
- Never
Correct answer: When the water boils
Pasta is added once the water is boiling.
B1 Reading 3
Advert: 'Buy one, get one half price on all jackets this weekend only.' When does the offer apply?