How Our Small Shop Works
About this practice test
Read about a small shop’s daily routine, including opening, serving customers, pricing goods, and closing.
What you’ll practice
Finding detail
Locate specific information and evidence.
Interpreting ideas
Connect main points and inferences.
Evaluating arguments
Assess claims, evidence, and limitations.
What to expect:
2 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- A1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Cloze (text)
How to approach this practice
Read the passage for its main idea, then return to the relevant sentence or paragraph for each question. Base answers on the passage.
How Our Small Shop Works
Our small shop opens at eight. Mia unlocks the door and turns on the lights. Ben puts bread, apples, and milk on the shelves. At noon, some children buy juice and biscuits. In the afternoon, Mia writes prices on cards. She likes the quiet morning, but she does not like the busy evening. At six, Ben closes the shop and counts the money.
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Question 1 · Cloze (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each gap. Complete the summary of the first part. The shop opens at 1___. Mia 2___ the door, and Ben puts bread, apples, and milk on the 3___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
- Blank 1
- eight / 8
- Blank 2
- unlocks
- Blank 3
- shelves
Gap 1: The answer is "eight" because the passage says the shop opens at eight. Gap 2: The answer is "unlocks" because Mia unlocks the door. Gap 3: The answer is "shelves" because Ben puts the bread, apples, and milk on the shelves.
opens at eight
Mia unlocks the door
puts bread, apples, and milk on the shelves
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Question 2 · Cloze (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each gap. Complete the summary of the later part. In the afternoon, Mia writes prices on 1___. She likes the 2___ morning, but she does not like the 3___ evening.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
- Blank 1
- cards
- Blank 2
- quiet
- Blank 3
- busy
Gap 1: The answer is "cards" because Mia writes prices on cards. Gap 2: The answer is "quiet" because she likes the quiet morning. Gap 3: The answer is "busy" because she does not like the busy evening.
Mia writes prices on cards
She likes the quiet morning, but she does not like the busy evening
In the afternoon
What to review next
Find the words that support each answer. For a mistake, compare the question with the evidence and identify the detail or inference you missed.
A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.
Before you practise: a worked example
Look for evidence in the text. Separate what the writer says from what you already know about the topic.
The library normally closes at six, but on Fridays it stays open until eight. When does it close on Friday?
The answer is eight. But introduces an exception to the normal closing time, so the first time mentioned is not the answer.
This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.