Mr. Jim Cruz is the manager of the GJ Sizzles Restaurant, a 60 seater casual grill room restaurant with American type of service that is located downtown. The restaurant is always busy specially on Sundays and Saturdays. Last Saturday, around 9 o’clock in the morning, Mr. Cruz was rattled because of the chaos created by the customers who were asking for their orders and some were waiting to be attended. This was the first time that the restaurant experienced this kind of situation. When he investigated what happened, Ron and James, the waiters on duty, told Mr. Cruz that Billy called them that he can’t report to work because he has important thing to attend to. Chris, the senior waiter was on day-off. There was also a delay in the preparation of food in the kitchen. Questions to answer

1. What do you think are the root cause of the problem?

2. Do you think Mr. Cruz has a negligence on the situation? Point out those things.

3. If you were Mr. Cruz, what will you do to avoid the reoccurence of the problems?

4.What do you think may be the possible reasons on the delay of food from the kitchen?

Where can you usually find the thesis of an informational text? (5 points)

Which sentence uses the verbs correctly?

Micah wrote the following argument: our city should start a garden lottery that would award winners a free plot of land in one of the city’s abandoned lots to encourage community gardening. community gardening brings many benefits to a community, including a sense of belonging and opportunities to meet new people. gardening creates personal bonds between people of all ages. as a result, people feel connected to their neighbors, and crime decreases. which relationship does the phrase “as a result” clarify? a. the relationship between the claim that crime will decrease and the reason that community gardens foster a sense of community togetherness b. the relationship between the claim that community gardens bring many benefits to a community and the reason that people feel more connected to their neighbors c. the relationship between the claim that gardening creates bonds between people and the reason that people feel connected to their neighbors and crime decreases d. the relationship between the claim that free plots of land should be raffled in a lottery for community gardening and the reason that, as a result, neighbors will communicate more, and crime will decrease