Two tables for lunch
CEFR A184 words
Ana y Luis están en un café. Ana tiene una bolsa grande. Luis tiene un libro. Hay dos mesas libres: una está junto a la puerta y otra junto a la ventana. La mesa de la puerta es pequeña.
Junto a la ventana hay dos sillas. Una tiene una chaqueta. La chaqueta es de la camarera; ella está en la cocina.
Ana pone su bolsa en el suelo, junto a la ventana. Luis tiene el libro en la mano. Los dos quieren comer juntos.
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Questions
You answer them with the text in front of you. It isn't memory: it's understanding.
Which place needs an item moved before Ana and Luis can sit together?
The area beside the window — The friends need two seats. There are two window chairs, but a jacket occupies one; it must be moved before both can sit.
The waitress puts her jacket into Ana’s bag before returning to the kitchen. Where would the jacket then be?
On the floor by the window — Ana’s bag is on the floor by the window. Putting the jacket inside it moves the jacket to that location; the waitress going to the kitchen does not carry the bag there.
The waitress removes her jacket. Ana puts her bag on one window chair. How many window chairs remain clear for Luis?
One window chair — There are two window chairs. Removing the jacket clears its chair; placing one bag on one of the two leaves one chair clear. Zero counts both objects as still present, two overlooks the bag, and three adds a chair not in the text.
Luis clears the window chair by moving its item to the kitchen. Whose item changes location?
The waitress’s — The item on the window chair is the jacket, which belongs to the waitress. Clearing that chair moves her item, not either customer’s bag or book.
Ana puts her bag on an empty window chair instead of the floor. How many window chairs would then hold an object?
Two occupied chairs — One window chair already holds a jacket. Putting the bag on the other chair makes two occupied chairs; the book remains in Luis’s hand.
Ana gives her bag to Luis, who keeps everything he was already holding. How many personal objects would Luis then be holding?
Two personal objects — Luis already holds his book and Ana owns one bag. Receiving that bag while retaining the book leaves him holding two objects. One omits the book or bag, zero ignores the transfer, and three includes the waitress’s jacket, which he has not received.