Details of a Food Collection
About this practice test
Read about a school food collection, including donated items, volunteer tasks, timings, and the organiser’s reasons for helping families.
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
- Fill in the blank (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.
Details of a Food Collection
On Saturday, the Green Street school hall held a food collection for the river shelter. Families arrived with cans, rice, pasta, and soap. A local shop also sent apples and milk. Maya and Tom checked each bag and put a blue sticker on full boxes. At the door, a poster asked people to bring unopened food only. By 10 o'clock, three tables were covered. First, volunteers sorted the items by type. Then they packed the heaviest boxes for the shelter van, which came after lunch. The organiser, Mrs Lee, said the collection mattered because winter was close and many families needed quick meals. She was pleased that children had also added tea bags and biscuits, because these small things made the parcels feel friendlier. Before everyone left, the team counted the boxes and found forty-two in total.
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Question 1 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. The food collection was held in the ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- school hall
The correct completion is “school hall” because the passage says the event was held there. “River shelter” is where the food was going, so it does not fit the sentence.
the Green Street school hall held a food collection
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Question 2 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. A local shop also sent ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- apples and milk
The passage states that the shop sent “apples and milk”. Other foods are mentioned elsewhere, but only these two items match this sentence.
A local shop also sent apples and milk.
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Question 3 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. Maya and Tom put a blue sticker on ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- full boxes
The correct words are “full boxes” because the passage says they put the sticker on full boxes. “Each bag” is mentioned too, but they checked the bags, not the sticker location.
put a blue sticker on full boxes
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Question 4 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. The poster asked people to bring ___ food only.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- unopened
“Unopened” is correct because the poster asked for unopened food only. “Open” would mean the opposite, so it does not fit.
a poster asked people to bring unopened food only
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Question 5 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. By 10 o'clock, ___ were covered.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- three tables
The passage says that three tables were covered by 10 o'clock, so “three tables” is correct. “Boxes” appears later in the text and does not complete this sentence.
By 10 o'clock, three tables were covered.
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Question 6 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. First, volunteers sorted the items by ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
- Blank 1
- type
“Type” is correct because the passage says the volunteers sorted the items by type. “Kind” is similar in meaning, but it is not the word used in the passage.
First, volunteers sorted the items by type.
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Question 7 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. The shelter van came after ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- lunch
The van came after lunch, so “lunch” is correct. “First” is used earlier for sorting, but it does not answer this timing question.
the shelter van, which came after lunch
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Question 8 · Fill in the blank (text)
Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage. Mrs Lee said many families needed ___.
Return to the passage, recording or visualCheck answers and explanations
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- quick meals
The correct completion is “quick meals” because Mrs Lee says families needed quick meals. “Tea bags and biscuits” are also mentioned, but they are not the reason she gave.
many families needed quick meals
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.