Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a club's colours
Craft and Structure practice question
The town's football club was founded by a group of railway workers in 1888. Its colours, red and black, were the colours of the railway company's flag. The railway is long gone; the colours are not.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain the origin of the club's colours and note that they have outlasted it.Correct
- B. To describe the club's best season.
- C. To argue that the club should change its colours.
- D. To explain how railways were built.
Answer: A. To explain the origin of the club's colours and note that they have outlasted it.
A flag's colours on a shirt.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe the club's best season.
- No season.
- C. To argue that the club should change its colours.
- No argument.
- D. To explain how railways were built.
- No building.
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