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Once bitten
This task is about identifying important information that will help you get the main idea of a text.
Read "Once bitten" by David Hill, pages 43-48 School Journal Part 4, Number 3, 1994.
Question
a) Choose the
three
pieces of information below that are most important to this text.
The storyteller liked Wild West movies.
The bikie's good manners.
Things kept sliding round on the tray.
The storyteller went to a coffee bar.
The storyteller thought the bikie had taken his muesli bar.
The storyteller spent his newspaper money.
The bikie was drinking a cup of coffee.
The bikie's appearance.
Question
b) What is the main idea of this text?
Bikies have tattoos and leather gear.
You can't work out how people will behave from the way they look.
You should be careful who you sit next to when you're on your own.
You shouldn't eat other people's food.