10 ELT Logic Problems

10 ELT Logic Problems

David Boughton

August 2012

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Contents

Logic Problem Language Focus 1 Farmer Joe and his

Animals

Animals

2 My Favourite Activity

Gerunds

3 Movies Movies

4 My Favourite Things

Cities and Geography

5 Summer Vacation Cities and Geography

6 The Food Court Prepositions of Place

7 Business Travel Business Vocabulary

8 Jobs Job vocabulary

9 Comparisons Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

10 Ed's Shoe Depot Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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1. Farmer Joe and his Animals Joe is a farmer with many animals. Last summer, he had his animals on his farm. This summer, there are more animals, so Joe needs to change the farm plan. Use the clues to make a new plan. 1. The sheep can't be in a pen with water. They can't swim. 2. The pigs can't be in the pens closest to the barn. They make too much noise. 3. The goats can't go in the pen with the trees. They eat all the leaves. 4. The chickens can't be in a pen with water. 5. The turkeys need a bigger pen with trees or grass. 6. The goats can't go beside the turkeys or the sheep. They fight with both when they are too close together. 7. The turkeys and the chickens can't be beside each other. They fight when they are too close together. 8. The cows need to be in the pen with the grass. 9. The donkeys and pigs need a pen with water. 10. The chickens can't go beside the cows. They are too loud, and they care the cows.

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Answers

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2. My Favourite Activity Paula, Mike, Tom, Jennifer, and Dave are talking about their favourite activities. The activities are swimming, skating, rock climbing, running, and walking. Using the clues, decide what each person’s favourite activity is.

1 Mike dislikes running.

2 Tom doesn’t enjoy swimming.

3 Walking is not Paula’s favourite activity.

4 Jennifer hates running.

5 Dave and Paula can’t stand swimming.

6 Rock climbing is not the favourite activity for any of the girls.

7 Jennifer dislikes walking.

8 Skating is a girl’s favourite activity.

9 Dave doesn’t like running. 10 Paula does not enjoy skating.

11 Dave’s favourite activity is walking.

12 Jennifer hates running.

Favourite Activity

Paula

Mike

Tom

Jennifer

Dave

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Character Likes and Dislikes

Mike

I dislike running. I hate skating.

Paula

Walking is not my favourite activity.

I can't stand swimming.

I have never tried rock climbing.

Skating is not fun for me.

Dave

I can't stand swimming.

I never enjoy skating. I don't like running very

much.

My favourite activity is walking.

Tom

I don't enjoy swimming or skating.

Jennifer

I hate running. I am afraid of rock

climbing.

I don't like walking very much.

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Answers

Paula Running Mike SwimmingTom Rock

Climbing Jennifer Skating Dave Walking

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3. Movie Logic Problem There are six people who have favourite movies. They are John, Jane, Rob, Rebecca, Brad, and Becky. These are their favourite movies:

Spiderman

Avatar Star Wars

Pirates of the Caribbean Titanic Harry Potter

Use the clues to discover which person likes which movie. 1. One of the girls likes pirates the best. 2. No one whose name begins with R likes science fiction about

space. 3. No one likes a movie that starts with the same letter as

his/her name. 4. Brad and Becky both think that Titanic is a bad movie. 5. None of the men like Avatar. 6. One of the girls likes Titanic the best. 7. None of the women like Harry Potter. 8. Rebecca doesn’t like Pirates of the Caribbean. 9. A man likes Spiderman the best. 10. Brad doesn’t like Spiderman. 11. Rob’s favourite movie is Harry Potter. 12. Rebecca hates Titanic.

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What are their favourite movies? John _________________________

Jane _________________________

Rebecca _________________________

Rob _________________________

Brad _________________________

Becky _________________________

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Answers

John ‐ Spiderman Jane ‐ Titanic Rob ‐ Jaws Rebecca ‐ Pretty Woman Brad ‐ Star Wars Brenda ‐ Pirates of the Caribbean

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My Favourite Things (2)

Favourite Musical Groups 6 people are talking about their favourite musical group. The people are Brian, Krista, Brad, Greg, Troy, and Trisha. Here is a list of their favourite groups: Musical Group Type of Music

Proud Crowd Rock

Crash Troop Rock

Bright Lights Country

Frozen Friends Pop Trapdoor Heavy Metal

Green Garden Jazz

Use the clues to fill in the table.

1. Brian and Brad don't like Crash Troop. 2. Krista does not like Trapdoor. 3. Greg does not like heavy metal or rock music. 4. Troy’s favourite group plays rock music. 5. Trisha does not listen to the Frozen Friends. 6. Neither Brad nor Greg like Bright Lights. 7. The girls do not listen to rock music. 8. Brad does not like Green Garden. 9. Brian doesn’t like Frozen Friends or Green Garden. 10. Brad’s favourite group plays rock music. 11. Trisha likes Green Garden. 12. Krista does not like Pop music.

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Person Favourite Musical Group

Brian

Krista

Brad

Greg

Troy

Trisha

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Favourite Activities

Carl, Cory, Fern, Kirk, Kurt, and Shirley are talking about their favourite activities. They all have different favourites, including surfing, curling, darts, bird watching, horse riding, and running. 1. Carl is not a runner. 2. The person who likes bird watching does not have a name that starts with K. 3. Shirley does not like sports with animals. 4. Fern does not play a sport in the water. 5. None of the boys like curling. 6. Cory's favourite sport is not darts. 7. Kirk is not a runner. 8. A girl like bird watching. 9. The person who likes surfing does not have a name that starts with C. 10. Kirk's favourite sport is darts.

Surfing

Curling

Darts

Bird Watching

Horse Riding

Running

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Answers

Favourite Musical Group

Person Favourite Musical Group

Brian Trapdoor

Krista Bright Lights

Brad Proud Crowd

Greg Frozen Friends

Troy Crash Troop

Trisha Green Garden

Favourite Activity

Surfing Kurt Curling Shirley

Darts Kirk

Bird Watching Fern

Horse Riding Carl

Running Cory

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5. Summer Vacation People are talking about their summer vacations. Each person visited a different city. Dana, Harold, William, Kevin, Amy, and Leon visited cities around the world. The cities were Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Vancouver, Tokyo, and Mexico City. Use the clues to help fill in the table.

1. Dana didn’t visit Paris. 2. Harold did not go to Mexico. 3. William didn’t visit Tokyo. 4. Kevin did not go to Vancouver. 5. Amy didn’t visit Mexico City. 6. William didn’t go to Spain. 7. Leon went to a place in Spain. 8. Harold didn’t visit Vancouver. 9. Dana did not visit Spain. 10. Amy and Kevin didn’t visit Paris or Madrid. 11. Harold did not go to Spain. 12. Dana visited a Canadian city. 13. Kevin did not visit Mexico City. 14. Amy didn’t visit Tokyo.

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Person Place Amy Kevin William Leon Dana Harold

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Answers

Amy Barcelona

Kevin Tokyo

William Mexico City Leon Madrid

Dana Vancouver

Harold Paris

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6. The Food Court There are 7 restaurants in the food court of the new shopping mall. They are Sam’s Pizza, Mookie’s Diner, TB Jones Steak House, Salad Land, Peter’s Fine Cuisine, Cafe Uno, and BB Grill. Do you know where each restaurant is? Use the clues to find the locations of each restaurant.

1. Mookie’s Diner is not beside BB Grill. 2. BB Grill is next to Cafe Uno. 3. Cafe Uno is across from Mookie’s Diner. 4. Mookie’s Diner is next to the entrance. 5. Peter’s Fine Cuisine is across from the entrance. 6. The washrooms are in between BB Grill and Sam’s Pizza. 7. The fountain is not in front of Salad Land.

Terrace Mall Food Court

Entrance

fountain

Peter’s Fine Cuisine

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Answers

Mookie’s Diner

Café Uno

BB Grill

TB Jones Steak House

Washrooms

Salad Land

Entrance

fountain

Sam’s Pizza

Peter’s Fine Cuisine

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7. Business Travel 6 people travelled for business last week. They went to conferences in 6 different cities around the world. The people's names are Cindy, Carl, Cameron, Candice, Celine, and Curtis. Use the clues to fill in the table and show where each person went.

City Country

Calcutta India

Calgary Canada

Ceder Rapids U.S.A.

Cincinnati U.S.A.

Columbus U.S.A.

Cancun Mexico Clues: 1. Curtis did not visit Calcutta. 2. Candice did not visit Columbus. 3. The people with soft Cs in their names visited the U.S.A. 4. Cameron did not go to Columbus nor Cancun. 5. Someone whose name ends in E visited Cedar Rapids. 6. Curtis and Carl did not go to Cincinnati. 7. Cameron did not visit India. 8. A person whose name starts with a hard C (K) visited Cincinnati. 9. Candice visited the U.S.A. 10. Carl didn't go to Cancun.

Person City Cindy Carl Cameron

Candice Celine Curtis

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8. Jobs Jason, Mike, Brent, Sharon, and Oscar have different jobs. They are a police officer, cashier, teacher, nurse, and waiter. Do you know who has each job? 1. Sharon does not teach. 2. Oscar does not work in a hospital. 3. Mike does not work in a restaurant. 4. Brent takes payments and collects money at his

job. 5. Oscar is not a waiter. 6. Sharon is not a cashier. 7. Jason works in a classroom. 8. Sharon is not a police officer. 9. Brent does not work with food. 10. Oscar is not a teacher.

Person Job Jason Mike Brent Sharon Oscar

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Answers

Jason Teacher Mike Nurse Brent Cashier Sharon Waiter Oscar Police Officer

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9. Comparisons

1 Phil, Luke, Krista, and Shelley are students at Terry Fox High School. Each student is a different age. Their ages are 15, 16, 17, and 18.

1. Krista is older than Luke.

2. Phil is younger than Shelley.

3. Luke is older than Phil.

4. Shelley is younger than Krista.

5. Shelley is older than Luke.

2 Jenny went shopping. She bought 4 things: shoes, pants, a jacket, and a purse. Here is her receipt:

19.95

68.95

39.99

42.79

Subtotal 171.68

Tax 22.32

Total 194

1. The shoes were more expensive than the jacket.

2. The purse was cheaper than the pants.

3. The jacket was cheaper than the pants.

4. The purse was more expensive than the jacket.

5. The purse was cheaper than the shoes.

6. The shoes were more expensive than the pants.

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3 Ages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Name Age

Richard

Sharon

Pablo

Angela

Peter

Barry

Lindsay

Lucy

1. Richard is older than Sharon. 2. Pablo is younger than Angela. 3. Lucy is one year younger than Lindsay. 4. Barry is older than Pablo. 5. Richard is younger than Peter. 6. Sharon is older than Lindsay. 7. Peter is older than Lucy. 8. Peter is 4 years older than Pablo. 9. Angela is older than Richard. 10. Richard is younger than Barry. 11. Angela is older than Sharon.

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Ed’s Shoe Depot We sell your favourite shoes and your favourite knockoffs! Here are the shoes we have today.

Shoe Name Price 1

$90

2

3

4

5

$50 6

7

8

9

$30

10

11

12

13

$16 14

15

16

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Each shoe's name is a letter from A‐M. The pictures are the same because one shoe is real and the other is fake. The cheaper shoe is the fake shoe. Use the clues to write the correct letter in the table above and decide which shoe is real and which is fake.

Information 1. A costs $16. 2. 3. 4. 5. H is not a women’s shoe. 6. 7. 8. 9. H is more expensive than G. 10. 11. 12. 13. J costs $17. 14. 15.

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Shoe Name Price 1

2

$90 3

4

5

6

$15 7

8

9

10

$13

11

12

13

14

$60 15

16

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Each shoe has a name that is a letter. The letters go from A‐M. Some of the pictures are the same shoe. Some look the same, but they are the real and fake shoe. Use the clues to write the correct letter in the table above.

1. 2. B costs the least. 3. 4. 5. 6. J is a high heel shoe. 7. 8. 9. 10. K is cheaper than P. 11. 12. 13. J costs $17. 14. 15.

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Shoe Name Price 1

2

3

$40

4

5

6

7

$17

8

9

10

11

$80

12

13

14

15

$12

16

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1. 2. 3. F costs $14. 4. 5. 6. 7. C costs the most. 8. 9. 10. 11. M costs less than K and more than D. 12. 13. 14. 15. K is cheaper than E.

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Shoe Name Price 1

2

3

4

$14

5

6

7

8

$17

9

10

11

12

$80

13

14

15

16

$20

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1. 2. 3. 4. D costs $13. 5. 6. 7. 8. I and D look the same, but I is real. 9. 10. 11. 12. A looks like G, but A is fake. 13. 14. 15.

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Answers

Ed’s Shoe Depot

Shoe Name Price

1

C $90

2

C $90

3

L $40

4

F $14

5

E $50

6

M $15

7

J $17

8

J $17

9

I $30

10

D $13

11

H $80

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H $80

13

A $16

14

G $60

15

B $12

16

K $20

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Each shoe has a name that is a letter. Use the clues to write the correct letter in the table above.

1. A costs $16. 2. B costs the least. 3. F costs $14. 4. D costs $13. 5. H is not a women’s shoe. 6. J is a high heel shoe. 7. C costs the most. 8. I and D look the same, but I is real. 9. H is more expensive than G. 10. K is cheaper than P. 11. M costs less than K and more than D. 12. A looks like G, but A is fake. 13. J costs $17. 14. F is the fake version of L. 15. K is cheaper than E.

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