Correct Answer: members wanted an inexpensive prepared lunch
Passage Reference: Since several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead, we will make a pasta salad on Tuesday.
Why this is correct: Ella says several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead. In other words, members wanted an inexpensive prepared lunch, so she chose a pasta salad.
Tips: Look for the request or need that appears just before the writer announces a plan.
Why the other options are wrong:
- helpers wanted a restaurant tasting: It is a cooking session.
- members wanted a formal nutrition contest: The session is not a health competition.
- the club needed an oven-baking lesson: The chosen recipe uses the stovetop.
Correct Answer: which type of pasta to use
Passage Reference: We will offer both whole-wheat and regular pasta.
Why this is correct: Members can compare whole-wheat pasta with regular pasta. Their choice is which type of pasta to use.
Tips: When the passage compares two items, check whether the question is asking about that choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- which day the session runs: Tuesday is fixed.
- which shop supplies the tomatoes: The station shop already has the order.
- whether to use the oven: The oven is unavailable.
Correct Answer: at 5:40
Passage Reference: The session starts at six, but please arrive twenty minutes early to help me set out the ingredients.
Why this is correct: Twenty minutes before six o'clock is 5:40. Priya should arrive at 5:40 to help set out ingredients.
Tips: Turn early into subtraction: start at 6:00, then subtract twenty minutes.
Why the other options are wrong:
- at 6:20: That is twenty minutes late.
- at 5:20: That is forty minutes early.
- at 6:00: That is the session start.
Correct Answer: the helpers will also eat
Passage Reference: I have ordered enough ingredients for sixteen portions because each of the four helpers will need lunch too.
Why this is correct: Twelve members have booked and four helpers also need food. Sixteen portions are planned because the helpers will also eat.
Tips: Check that numbers add up by matching each group of portions to a group of people.
Why the other options are wrong:
- sixteen members have booked: Only twelve have booked.
- four portions are reserved for the shop staff: They are for the helpers.
- each visitor needs two portions: Sixteen would not provide two each.
Correct Answer: share her plans for the next club evening
Passage Reference: I have finished planning our next cooking-club evening. Since several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead, we will make a pasta salad on Tuesday.
Why this is correct: Ella says she has finished planning the next cooking-club evening, then gives the recipe, times, numbers and a task for Priya. So the main purpose of her message is to share her plans for the next club evening.
Tips: For the main purpose, ask what every paragraph adds up to. Each one gives a detail about the same event.
Why the other options are wrong:
- cancel the evening because the oven is broken: The recipe only needs the stovetop. So the session goes ahead on Tuesday.
- announce a contest to find the healthiest meal: This is the opposite of what Ella says. The evening is a cooking session, not a competition.
- ask for help choosing a new recipe: Ella has already chosen the pasta salad. The only help she asks for is collecting the tomatoes.
Correct Answer: to recover the money she spends
Passage Reference: Please keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay you.
Why this is correct: The receipt proves how much Priya pays for the tomatoes. She should keep it to recover the money she spends.
Tips: The word so introduces the purpose of keeping the receipt.
Why the other options are wrong:
- to show which pasta she preferred: The receipt supports repayment.
- to prove she booked the kitchen: The receipt is for tomatoes.
- to claim another free order: No free second order is offered.
Correct Answer: 5:40
Passage Reference: The session starts at six, but please arrive twenty minutes early to help me set out the ingredients.
Why this is correct: Ella needs Priya twenty minutes before the six o'clock start. The correct arrival time is 5:40.
Tips: Recalculate repeated time details instead of choosing a number simply because it appeared earlier.
Why the other options are wrong:
- 6:00: That leaves no early setup time.
- 5:20: That is forty, not twenty, minutes early.
- 6:20: That is after the session starts.
Correct Answer: tomatoes
Passage Reference: Could you collect the tomatoes from the grocery shop beside the station?
Why this is correct: Ella asks Priya to pick up an ingredient reserved at the grocery shop. Priya will collect the tomatoes.
Tips: Follow the action verb collect to the specific item that comes directly after it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- regular pasta: The request names tomatoes.
- whole-wheat pasta: The specific collection request is tomatoes.
- salad containers: Members bring their own containers.
Correct Answer: the treasurer
Passage Reference: Please keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay you.
Why this is correct: Ella asks Priya to keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay her. So Priya keeps it for the treasurer.
Tips: Find where Ella talks about the receipt. Test each option against her exact words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the club secretary: Ella never mentions a secretary. She names the person who will pay Priya back.
- the club president: No president is mentioned in the letter. The receipt goes to the person who repays Priya.
- our next meeting: The receipt is not for a meeting. Ella wants it so Priya can get her money back.
Correct Answer: a food container
Passage Reference: The kitchen provides pans and knives, so members only need to bring a container to take their food home.
Why this is correct: Ella says the kitchen provides pans and knives, so members only need to bring a container to take their food home.
Tips: Find where Ella writes about what members should bring. Test each option against her exact words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a saucepan: The kitchen provides pans, so members do not need to bring one.
- an apron: Ella says members only need to bring one thing, and an apron is not it.
- a kitchen knife: Knives are provided by the kitchen.
Correct Answer: the stovetop
Passage Reference: Fortunately, this recipe only needs the stovetop.
Why this is correct: Cooking the pasta does not require the unavailable oven. It can be prepared on the stovetop.
Tips: Choose the cooking surface named as the direct solution to the oven problem.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a replacement microwave: No microwave is required or mentioned.
- an outdoor barbecue: The described session uses the kitchen stovetop.
- the broken oven: It cannot be used.
