A change of plan
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What has changed?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: The meeting place
Hello, this is a message for the Saturday walking group. We planned to meet outside the station, but roadworks have closed that entrance. Please meet beside the museum instead, at nine thirty as usual. Bring a raincoat because the forecast has changed. We will still finish at the riverside café.
What time should the walking group meet?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: At nine thirty
The meeting time remains nine thirty as usual.
Why is the station entrance unavailable?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Roadworks have closed it
The message explicitly mentions roadworks.
What should walkers bring?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: A raincoat
The forecast has changed, so they should bring a raincoat.
Where will the walk finish?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: At the riverside café
The final destination is still the riverside café.
What has changed?
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Correct answer: The meeting place
Hello, this is a message for the Saturday walking group. We planned to meet outside the station, but roadworks have closed that entrance. Please meet beside the museum instead, at nine thirty as usual. Bring a raincoat because the forecast has changed. We will still finish at the riverside café.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: At nine thirty
The meeting time remains nine thirty as usual.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Roadworks have closed it
The message explicitly mentions roadworks.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: A raincoat
The forecast has changed, so they should bring a raincoat.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: At the riverside café
The final destination is still the riverside café.
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