True or False?
How good are you at thinking logically? Read the short story given below, and then consider the statements that follow it. In each case decide whether the statement is definitely true, definitely false or could be either true or false.
A pedestrian had just stepped off the pavement when a vehicle, travelling at high speed, came round the corner. The car driver quickly applied his brakes and the man on the zebra crossing narrowly escaped serious injury. The police were called the scene of the incident and later the guilty party was prosecuted for dangerous driving.
| (a) | At the beginning of the story a man stepped off the pavement. |
| (b) | The car was travelling at high speed. |
| (c) | The man on the zebra crossing was not injured. |
| (d) | After the incident the police were called to the scene. |
| (e) | A driver was found guilty of dangerous driving. |
| (f) | A man escaped serious injury because the car driver braked quickly. |
| (g) | A vehicle came round the corner just after a pedestrian had stepped off the pavement. |
| (h) | A man was crossing the road at the time of the incident. |
| (i) | The car stopped on or near a zebra crossing. |
| (j) | The car stopped. |
| (k) | The car driver was prosecuted for dangerous driving. |
| (l) | The incident involved at least one driver. |
| (m) | The zebra crossing was near a bend in the road. |
| (n) | The events described in the story could not have taken place in a one-way street. |
| (o) | None of the people referred to in the story could have been riding a bicycle. |
| (p) | It is possible that the incident involved two vehicles. |
| (q) | The story states that a vehicle being driven at high speed knocked down a man on a zebra crossing injuring him only slightly. |
| (r) | Three people are mentioned in the story, apart from the police. |
