A table for the group
CEFR A177 words
Dans la salle, la table près de la porte a trois chaises. La table près de la fenêtre a quatre chaises. Le groupe de Lina a quatre personnes. Max aime la fenêtre, mais Lina aime la porte.
Le groupe a un gâteau. Il mange ensemble, à une seule table. Lina apporte quatre assiettes. Max apporte trois verres. Dans la cuisine, il y a un verre propre. La fenêtre est ouverte. Max a froid et ferme la fenêtre.
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Questions
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Which table seats the whole group?
Celle près de la fenêtre. — There are four people at one table; the window table has four chairs.
What still needs to be fetched to serve everyone?
Un verre dans la cuisine. — For four people there are four plates but only three glasses; the clean kitchen glass is needed.
The whole group wants to sit at Lina’s preferred table. How would the seats be used?
Une personne resterait sans chaise. — Lina prefers the door: that table has three chairs and the group has four people. One chair is therefore missing. The four-seat table is by the window; the chosen table does not have two spare chairs.
Max and one other person do not come. The others sit at Lina’s preferred table. How are its chairs used?
Une chaise reste libre. — Two of the four people remain. Lina prefers the table by the door, which has three chairs: two are used and one is spare. Counting three people or keeping the original shortage ignores the two absences.
Which problem is solved without changing tables?
Le froid près de leur table. — Max feels cold by the open window and closes it; the table keeps its four seats.
Whose preference is not followed when the suitable table is chosen?
Être près de la porte, comme Lina. — The four-seat table keeps them together, but it is not by Lina’s preferred door.