A notice at the centre
CEFR A175 words
Au centre, un atelier de dessin commence samedi. Pour participer, on donne son nom à l'accueil avant vendredi soir. Le matériel est dans la salle.
Inès veut venir avec Paul. Jeudi, elle donne son nom. Paul arrive samedi avec des crayons, mais son nom n'est pas sur la liste. La personne à l'accueil lui propose le prochain atelier. Inès entre dans la salle sans crayons. Elle prend une feuille et un crayon sur la table.
Words you may not know
- accueilreception desk
Questions
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Why can Inès participate while Paul must wait?
Elle donne son nom avant vendredi. — Names must be given before Friday evening, and only Inès does so; pencils do not replace registration.
What should Paul change for another workshop with the same rule?
Donner son nom avant la date limite. — His name is missing on Saturday and the rule requires advance registration; he must complete that step earlier.
Paul lends Inès his pencils when they arrive. How does this loan affect their participation in Saturday’s workshop?
Inès garde sa place ; Paul doit attendre le prochain atelier. — Inès gave her name on Thursday; Paul arrived without being on the list and was offered the next workshop. Lending pencils neither registers Paul nor transfers Inès’s place. Materials are available in the room, so they are not the condition that grants entry.
If Inès gives Paul’s name on Saturday as she enters, how does that differ from her Thursday registration?
Le nom de Paul arrive après la date demandée. — Inès gives her name on Thursday, before Friday’s deadline. Giving Paul’s on Saturday is too late, even if an already registered participant does it.
Inès gives her name on Thursday and Paul at noon on Friday for a workshop with the same rules. Both arrive without pencils on Saturday. What can reception decide from the story?
Les deux peuvent utiliser les crayons déjà présents dans la salle. — Thursday and noon on Friday are before Friday evening’s deadline. Inès also demonstrates that the centre provides pencils. Both meet the registration rule and can use those materials; the deadline is not the start of Friday, and personal pencils are not required.
Paul gives his name on Thursday for a workshop with the same rules but arrives without pencils on Saturday. What would his situation be according to the story?
Il pourrait participer en utilisant le matériel de la salle. — Thursday meets the Friday deadline and the materials are in the room, as Inès demonstrates. He can therefore enter without his pencils; he does not need Inès’s place or have to wait for lack of his own materials.