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Hi Rina,
I need to change what I bring to the family picnic on Sunday. I promised to bake vegetable pies, but my oven stopped heating properly this morning. The repair appointment is not until next week, and I do not want to risk serving pies that are only partly cooked.
Could I bring a large pasta salad instead? I can prepare it on the stove and keep it cold in my blue cooler. Auntie Meena was going to bring a green salad, so I do not want our dishes to feel too similar. I thought pasta with roasted peppers, olives and cheese would still be filling enough for lunch.
Please tell me whether any guests avoid cheese. I can pack it in a separate container so people add it only if they want it. I will also put the olives on the side because the children did not enjoy them at our last picnic.
I still have the folding serving table in my garage. Since I am no longer carrying warm pie dishes, I will have room in my car and can bring the table too. Could you ask Uncle Dev to stop loading his smaller table?
I am sorry to change the plan, but I think this will be safer and easier. Let me know what you think.
Arun
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2.Arun chooses pasta salad over another green salad since
3.For guests with different tastes, Arun says
4.About putting the olives on the side, Arun explains
5.Arun will be able to bring the folding table on Sunday, when
6.Arun is writing to Rina mainly to
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The pasta salad sounds like a good replacement. You are right not to 7. when the oven is unreliable. It will also be different enough from Auntie Meena's green salad.
One guest avoids cheese, so please 8. Serving the olives separately is thoughtful too, since 9. last time.
I will tell Uncle Dev that you can bring the larger table. Because you are not carrying the pie dishes, you 10. Do not worry about changing the menu. Your new plan will still provide 11.
Rina
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Correct Answer: his oven may not cook them safely
Why this is correct: Arun explains that his oven stopped heating properly this morning. Pies from that oven might be only partly cooked. He does not want to serve unsafe food, so he will not bake them.
Passage Reference: I do not want to risk serving pies that are only partly cooked.
Tips: Find where Arun says he will not bake the vegetable pies. Read the sentences around it and check each option.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the family asked him to avoid vegetables: His replacement salad still contains vegetables.
- Rina has already baked the same pies: Rina is coordinating the plan, and no pies from her are mentioned.
- he left the pie dishes at the last picnic: Arun skips pies because his oven may leave them undercooked, not because dishes were lost.
Correct Answer: it will be different from Auntie Meena's dish
Passage Reference: Auntie Meena was going to bring a green salad, so I do not want our dishes to feel too similar.
Why this is correct: Arun wants a filling cold dish that does not repeat the green salad already planned.
Tips: Find where Arun mentions the green salad. Read the whole sentence to find his reason.
Why the other options are wrong:
- it can be served warm from the oven: Arun chooses pasta salad because he can use the stove and cooler without the oven.
- it contains no vegetables at all: Roasted peppers and olives are included.
- it must be prepared by Uncle Dev: Arun offers to make the pasta salad himself.
Correct Answer: he will let people add the cheese themselves
Passage Reference: I can pack it in a separate container so people add it only if they want it.
Why this is correct: Packing cheese separately lets each guest decide whether to include it.
Tips: Find the part where Arun thinks about what some guests like or avoid. Read what he offers to do about it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- he will ask them to bring their own lunch: Arun still plans to supply a large shared salad.
- he will cancel the picnic meal: Only his contribution changes. The picnic goes ahead.
- he will replace the pasta with pie: The broken oven is why pie is no longer safe to prepare.
Correct Answer: the children disliked them previously
Passage Reference: I will also put the olives on the side because the children did not enjoy them at our last picnic.
Why this is correct: Arun remembers that the children did not enjoy olives and makes them optional.
Tips: Look for the earlier reaction that explains today's choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the cooler is too small to hold them: Olives stay on the side because the children disliked them last time, not for lack of cooler space.
- Auntie Meena is bringing them too: She is bringing green salad. Its ingredients are not listed.
- they need to stay warm until lunch: Olives do not need warming, and the new dish is kept cold.
Correct Answer: his car will have space without the hot dishes
Passage Reference: Since I am no longer carrying warm pie dishes, I will have room in my car and can bring the table too.
Why this is correct: Removing bulky pie dishes from the trip creates room for the serving table.
Tips: Connect the item removed from the car with the item that can now fit.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the smaller table has been repaired: No table is broken. Uncle Dev simply does not need to load his.
- the picnic has moved to his garage: The table is stored there, but the picnic location has not changed.
- Rina will collect the pasta salad: Arun plans to transport his own dish and table.
Correct Answer: offer a safer dish in place of his pies
Passage Reference: Could I bring a large pasta salad instead? I can prepare it on the stove and keep it cold in my blue cooler.
Why this is correct: The whole message is about one change. Arun's oven stopped heating properly, so his pies could be only partly cooked. He asks to bring a large pasta salad instead. He ends by saying the new plan will be safer and easier. So he is writing mainly to offer a safer dish in place of his pies.
Tips: For a question about why someone is writing, ask what the whole message is built around. Check that your choice fits every part of it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- cancel his part in the family picnic: Arun is not dropping out. He still brings a large pasta salad and the folding table.
- move the picnic to a later date: The picnic stays on Sunday. Only the dish Arun brings changes.
- complain that his oven repair is late: Arun mentions the repair date only to explain the change. He does not complain about it. He says sorry for changing the plan.
Correct Answer: serve food that may be undercooked
Passage Reference: I do not want to risk serving pies that are only partly cooked.
Why this is correct: Rina agrees that Arun should avoid pies his faulty oven may not cook through.
Tips: Complete Rina's agreement with the risk Arun wants to avoid.
Why the other options are wrong:
- prepare a cold dish on the stove: That is Arun's safe replacement plan, which Rina supports.
- bring the folding table: Bringing the table is helpful and unrelated to food safety.
- call the repair company next week: The repair timing is already arranged and is not the unsafe action.
Correct Answer: keep it in a separate container
Passage Reference: I can pack it in a separate container so people add it only if they want it.
Why this is correct: A separate cheese container lets the guest who avoids it eat the pasta salad.
Tips: Find the part of Arun's letter about guests who may not want cheese. Match Rina's request to what he offered.
Why the other options are wrong:
- mix it into Auntie Meena's salad: Mixing it into another dish would not help someone avoiding cheese.
- leave it in your garage: Food should come to the picnic. Only the folding table is stored in the garage.
- remove all vegetables: The dietary issue concerns cheese, not vegetables.
Correct Answer: the children did not like them
Passage Reference: the children did not enjoy them at our last picnic.
Why this is correct: Rina confirms that the children's earlier response makes optional olives considerate.
Tips: Use the previous picnic as the reason for changing how olives are served.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the oven failed to heat them: The oven problem affects baking pies, not serving olives.
- the adults ate every one: Adult preferences are not given.
- they made the table too heavy: The table's transport has nothing to do with olives.
Correct Answer: can fit the table in your car
Passage Reference: I will have room in my car and can bring the table too.
Why this is correct: Without the hot pie dishes, Arun has enough vehicle space for the larger table.
Tips: Follow how the change in food frees space for another useful item.
Why the other options are wrong:
- need Uncle Dev's smaller table: Rina will tell him not to load it because Arun brings the larger one.
- must keep the cooler at home: The cooler is needed to keep the pasta salad cold.
- have room for warm pie dishes: Those dishes are exactly what Arun will no longer carry.
Correct Answer: a filling dish for lunch
Passage Reference: I thought pasta with roasted peppers, olives and cheese would still be filling enough for lunch.
Why this is correct: Rina accepts the pasta salad as a substantial replacement for the pies.
Tips: Look for where Arun describes his new plan. Check each option against what he says it will provide.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a reason to delay the picnic: Rina supports the replacement so the event can continue as planned.
- two similar green salads: Arun chooses pasta specifically to avoid repeating Auntie Meena's green salad.
- uncooked vegetable pies: The unsafe pies have been removed from the menu.
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