A Neighbourhood Café’s Opening Week
About this practice test
Read about Lina’s first week running a small neighbourhood café, including its opening-day offer, customers, a power cut, and a later menu change.
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:
8 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
- A2. 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
- True / False / Not Given
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.
A Neighbourhood Café’s Opening Week
Last Monday, Lina opened Bean Corner on Maple Street. She wanted the café to feel friendly, so she put fresh flowers near the window and wrote the day’s menu on a blackboard. On the first day, she offered free tea with every sandwich. Many neighbours came before work, and the café sold out of muffins by noon. Lina smiled when people said the cakes were soft and warm. By late afternoon, the room was full, but at 6 p.m. a power cut stopped the coffee machine and the lights. Lina had planned to stay open until 8 p.m., so she was sorry to close early. Two days later, the café was quieter. Lina added a soup of the day and wrote a note saying it would change each morning. She hoped the small shop would become a busy meeting place.
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Question 1 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
The café gave free tea with every sandwich.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- True
True. The passage says Lina offered free tea with every sandwich on the first day. The other options do not fit this fact.
On the first day, she offered free tea with every sandwich
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Question 2 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
Customers could pay by card.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- Not Given
Not Given. The passage describes the flowers and menu, but gives no information about how customers paid. It does not say whether card payment was possible.
She wanted the café to feel friendly, so she put fresh flowers near the window and wrote the day’s menu on a blackboard
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Question 3 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
Many neighbours came before work.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- True
True. The passage says many neighbours came before work on the first day. This matches the statement exactly in meaning.
Many neighbours came before work
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Question 4 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
The café stayed open until 8 p.m. on Monday.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- False
False. Lina planned to stay open until 8 p.m., but the power cut made her close early. So the café did not stay open until 8 p.m. on Monday.
Lina had planned to stay open until 8 p.m., so she was sorry to close early
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Question 5 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
Two days later, the café was busier than it was on the first day.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- False
False. Two days later, the café was quieter than on the first day, so it was not busier.
Two days later, the café was quieter
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Question 6 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
Lina added a soup of the day on the first day.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- False
False. The soup of the day was added two days later, not on the first day. The statement changes the time and is contradicted by the text.
Two days later, the café was quieter. Lina added a soup of the day
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Question 7 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
A power cut made Lina close early.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- True
True. The text says a power cut stopped the coffee machine and the lights, and Lina had to close early. This directly supports the statement.
a power cut stopped the coffee machine and the lights
she was sorry to close early
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Question 8 · True / False / Not Given
Decide whether the statement agrees with the information. Choose Not Given when the text or recording does not provide the information.
The café has a garden behind it.
Return to the passage, recording or visual- True
- False
- Not Given
Check answers and explanations
- Answer
- Not Given
Not Given. The passage mentions flowers near a window, but it gives no information about a garden behind the café. We cannot tell whether the café has one.
she put fresh flowers near the window and wrote the day’s menu on a blackboard
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.