"That which is left unsaid speaks volumes"

Test your assumptions in the text.

Read the following report and answer the questions that follow.

T= True when you think it is definitely true
F=False when you think it is definitely false
U=Uncertain when you think there is not enough information to be sure.

There was an accident on the building site.A carpenter had fallen from the third floor scaffolding.The site manager was in attendance and called an ambulance.A strong looking individual lifted a heavy beam off the carpenter's chest.A well known Perth doctor was walking past at the time and heard what was going on.An examination was made of the carpenter and blood was cleaned from a head wound.The ambulance arrived and the medical crew carefully placed a body on a stretcher.

1. The doctor examined the carpenter T F U
2.The carpenter had a head wound T F U
3.The carpenter died T F U
4.The site manager called an ambulance T F U
5.The man who fell was working on the third floor T F U
6.There was more than one person involved in the accident T F U
7.The doctor was well known in Perth T F U
8.The ambulance arrived because the site manager called for it. T F U
9.There were no women in this report. T F U
10.There were only six people referred to T F U

Locating the assumptions of a text is not always easy.It can help if you ask these questions:

-What has been left out of this text?
-Who will benefit from this version of things?

Answers
1 U 2U 3U 4T 5U 6U 7T OR U 8U 9U 10 U


Source: New Directions 3A and 3B by Don Munro
Heinemann