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TOEIC-style: Reading notices and short emails

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Independent practice in the style of TOEIC reading questions, not an official test: read a workplace notice and a short email, then answer questions about them.

Notice to all staff: Car park repairs

The staff car park behind the main building will be closed from Monday 12 May to Wednesday 14 May. Workers will repaint the lines and repair the lights.

During these three days, staff can park at the Greenhill Sports Centre on Station Road. The sports centre is a ten-minute walk from our building. A free minibus will also run between the sports centre and our main entrance every 15 minutes from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Staff who cycle to work can still use the bicycle shelter next to the side entrance.

If you have a disability parking permit, please contact Ines Moreau in Facilities before Friday 9 May. We will keep five spaces for you at the front of the building.

Thank you for your patience.

Facilities Department

Email: Next week's team meeting

From: Aiko Tanaka

To: Marketing team

Subject: Next week's team meeting

Hi everyone,

Because of the car park repairs next week, some of you may arrive a little later than usual. For this reason, I have moved the start time of our weekly team meeting on Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:30. We will meet in Room 4B on the fourth floor, not in our usual room, because visitors from our office in Lisbon are using it all day.

Please bring the sales figures for April. Kofi will also show the designs for the new summer brochure, so the meeting will be longer than usual, about an hour and a half.

If you cannot come, please let me know by Monday afternoon.

Thanks,

Aiko

Questions about the notice

Read the notice about the car park. Choose the best answer.

What is the main purpose of the notice?
- a) To announce a new sports centre
- b) To tell staff that the car park will be closed for a short time
- c) To ask staff to cycle to work
- d) To introduce a new member of the Facilities team
How long will the car park be closed?
- a) One day
- b) Two days
- c) Three days
- d) One week
What will the workers do?
- a) Build a bicycle shelter
- b) Make the car park bigger
- c) Clean the main entrance
- d) Paint the lines again and fix the lights
How often will the minibus run in the morning?
- a) Every 10 minutes
- b) Every 15 minutes
- c) Every 30 minutes
- d) Once an hour
What should staff with a disability parking permit do?
- a) Contact Ines Moreau before 9 May
- b) Park at the sports centre
- c) Use the side entrance
- d) Take the minibus
What is true about staff who cycle to work?
- a) They must park at the sports centre.
- b) They can still use the bicycle shelter.
- c) They must contact the Facilities Department.
- d) They need to arrive before 7:30 a.m.

Questions about the email

Read the email from Aiko. Some questions also need information from the notice. Choose the best answer.

Why did Aiko write the email?
- a) To cancel the team meeting
- b) To change the time and place of a meeting
- c) To invite visitors from another office
- d) To ask for new designs
What time will the meeting start?
- a) 9:00
- b) 9:30
- c) 10:30
- d) 12:00
Why can't the team use their usual meeting room?
- a) Visitors are using it.
- b) It is being repaired.
- c) It is too small.
- d) Kofi has booked it for a presentation.
What should team members bring to the meeting?
- a) The new brochure
- b) Their parking permits
- c) Kofi's designs
- d) The sales figures for April
How long will the meeting probably last?
- a) About 30 minutes
- b) About an hour
- c) About 90 minutes
- d) All day
Why does Aiko think some people may arrive late?
- a) Because the buses are slow
- b) Because the meeting room has changed
- c) Because visitors are coming
- d) Because the car park will be closed
What should team members do if they cannot come?
- a) Tell Aiko by Monday afternoon
- b) Send an email to Kofi
- c) Call the Facilities Department
- d) Book another meeting room

Answer key

Questions about the notice

b) To tell staff that the car park will be closed for a short timeThe notice explains that the car park will be closed for three days and what staff can do instead.
c) Three daysIt is closed from Monday to Wednesday, which is three days. The notice also says during these three days.
d) Paint the lines again and fix the lightsThe notice says they will repaint the lines and repair the lights. Repair means fix.
b) Every 15 minutesThe minibus runs every 15 minutes. Ten minutes is the time it takes to walk.
a) Contact Ines Moreau before 9 MayThe notice asks them to contact Ines Moreau in Facilities before Friday 9 May.
b) They can still use the bicycle shelter.The notice says cyclists can still use the bicycle shelter next to the side entrance.

Questions about the email

b) To change the time and place of a meetingAiko moved the start time to 10:30 and the meeting to Room 4B.
c) 10:30Aiko moved the start time from 9:00 to 10:30.
a) Visitors are using it.Visitors from the Lisbon office are using the usual room all day.
d) The sales figures for AprilAiko asks everyone to bring the April sales figures. Kofi will show the designs himself.
c) About 90 minutesAn hour and a half is 90 minutes.
d) Because the car park will be closedThe meeting is during the car park repairs. Drivers have to park further away at the sports centre, so the journey takes longer.
a) Tell Aiko by Monday afternoonAiko writes: If you cannot come, please let me know by Monday afternoon.