Which is the best main idea of the article?
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Paper A · Lights Out for Empty Rooms
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[1] Every evening, after the last bus leaves, many classrooms at our school stay brightly lit and air-conditioned for no one. Last term, the school's electricity bill rose by 15 percent.
[2] Because empty rooms were left running, the school was paying to cool chairs and desks. To solve this problem, the Green Team launched "Lights Out" in September. First, volunteers made a checklist for each corridor. Next, the last student to leave each room switched off the lights and the air conditioning. Finally, the team checked every floor at 3:30 p.m.
[3] Unlike last term, the school's bill fell by 9 percent in September. One volunteer said, "It takes ten seconds, and it actually matters."
[4] One month of savings cannot show exactly how much the school will save over a whole year. Still, the early results are bright. Students, be the last one out and the first one to switch off.
Mock paper text written for Learnics (fictional)
Part A · Multiple choice0/10
How are paragraphs 1–2 organised overall?
Which signal word in paragraph 2 shows cause and effect?
Based on the steps, what happens right after volunteers make a checklist?
How does the writer compare September with last term?
Which inference is best supported by the text?
A post says: "Lights Out will save the school 9 percent every month." Does the article give sufficient evidence?
What is the writer's primary purpose, and who is the audience?
"…the school was paying to cool chairs and desks" and "the early results are bright": what tone do these choices create?
Which term means enough evidence to support the whole claim?
Part B · Short response
No frames — like the test. Write all sentences, then compare and mark yourself honestly.
Lights Out for Empty RoomsMock paper text written for Learnics (fictional)
[1] Every evening, after the last bus leaves, many classrooms at our school stay brightly lit and air-conditioned for no one. Last term, the school's electricity bill rose by 15 percent.
[2] Because empty rooms were left running, the school was paying to cool chairs and desks. To solve this problem, the Green Team launched "Lights Out" in September. First, volunteers made a checklist for each corridor. Next, the last student to leave each room switched off the lights and the air conditioning. Finally, the team checked every floor at 3:30 p.m.
[3] Unlike last term, the school's bill fell by 9 percent in September. One volunteer said, "It takes ten seconds, and it actually matters."
[4] One month of savings cannot show exactly how much the school will save over a whole year. Still, the early results are bright. Students, be the last one out and the first one to switch off.
What is the writer's primary purpose and target audience, and how does the text structure support this goal?
Mock paper A
Like the real test: just the labels.
Lights Out — paragraph 4Mock paper A
"Still, the early results are bright. Students, be the last one out and the first one to switch off."
Name the tone, quote two word choices and explain their combined effect.
Mock paper A
Like the real test: just the labels.