A weekend cooking class
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What is the purpose of the message?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: To help people prepare for a class
The tutor gives arrival instructions and explains what to bring.
What time should participants arrive?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: At nine forty-five
The class starts at ten, and they should arrive fifteen minutes early.
What should participants bring?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: A container
The class supplies food and aprons, but participants need a container.
What will they cook?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Vegetable soup and bread
The tutor names vegetable soup and fresh bread.
Why should someone email before Friday?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: To mention a food allergy
The tutor needs advance notice to prepare suitable ingredients.
What is the purpose of the message?
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Correct answer: To help people prepare for a class
The tutor gives arrival instructions and explains what to bring.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: At nine forty-five
The class starts at ten, and they should arrive fifteen minutes early.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: A container
The class supplies food and aprons, but participants need a container.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Vegetable soup and bread
The tutor names vegetable soup and fresh bread.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: To mention a food allergy
The tutor needs advance notice to prepare suitable ingredients.
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