Thursday dinner
CEFR A183 words
Los jueves Nerea cena con su compañero Sam. A Nerea le gusta cocinar; a Sam le gusta limpiar la cocina. Hoy Nerea tiene arroz y huevos en casa. Sam trae tomates. Mañana Sam trabaja temprano.
Sam no come huevos. Nerea prepara arroz para los dos y pone los huevos en otro plato. El arroz no lleva huevo. Los tomates son para una ensalada.
Después de cenar, Nerea lava la mesa. Sam limpia los platos. Quiere salir de casa de Nerea a las nueve.
Words you may not know
- compañerocompanion; here a friend
- traebrings
- llevacontains; here an ingredient
- tempranoearly
Questions
You answer them with the text in front of you. It isn't memory: it's understanding.
Before Sam arrives, which planned dish is missing its main ingredient?
The tomato salad — Nerea already has rice and eggs at home. Sam brings the tomatoes used for salad, so that dish still lacks its main ingredient before he arrives.
Nerea mixes the separate plate into the shared rice. Who would then be unable to eat that rice according to the stated preference?
Sam would avoid the mixed rice — The separate plate contains eggs. Mixing it into the rice adds the ingredient Sam avoids; Nerea is not described as avoiding eggs.
Which dish uses the food brought from outside Nerea’s home?
The salad served alongside the rice — Sam brings tomatoes and those tomatoes are for a salad. Nerea already has the rice and eggs at home.
Which person’s after-dinner task matches the kitchen activity that person says they enjoy?
Sam, through his work on the dishes — Sam likes cleaning the kitchen and cleans dishes after dinner. Nerea’s stated preference is cooking, although she also cleans the table.
Sam starts his after-dinner task at 8:50. How long does he have to finish it by his planned departure?
Ten minutes — Sam cleans the dishes and wants to leave at nine. From 8:50 to nine there are ten minutes; the text gives no duration for the cleaning itself.
Sam spends fifteen minutes on his after-dinner task and leaves at his planned time. What is the latest time he can start that task?
8:45 — Sam cleans the dishes and plans to leave at nine. Starting fifteen minutes before nine means starting at 8:45.