The name on the door
CEFR A178 words
Soy Omar. Estoy en un centro de idiomas con mi hermana Sara. Nuestra profesora se llama Clara. En la primera puerta hay un papel: «Clara, sala azul». La puerta está cerrada.
La sala verde está abierta. Dentro está Diego, el profesor de mi amigo Tomás. Tomás está con él.
Sara tiene nuestros dos cuadernos. Yo tengo un mensaje de Clara: «Estoy en la sala azul. La entrada está detrás del centro». Sara y yo estamos delante del edificio.
Words you may not know
- salaroom
- cerradaclosed
- detrásbehind
- delantein front
Questions
You answer them with the text in front of you. It isn't memory: it's understanding.
Which action takes Omar and Sara towards their own teacher?
Walk round to the back entrance — Clara is their teacher and her message places the entrance at the back. They are currently in front. The open green room belongs to Diego’s group, not theirs.
Clara and Diego exchange rooms. Which teacher would Tomás find on returning to the room where he started?
Clara alone — Tomás starts in the green room with Diego; Clara starts in the blue room. Exchanging rooms places Clara in the green room, so Tomás finds Clara there. Diego retains the former arrangement; both ignores that the teachers exchange separate rooms; neither removes both teachers without support.
Omar walks behind the centre and Sara stays in front. Which sibling could use the entrance Clara describes without walking round the building?
Omar alone — Clara places the entrance behind the centre. Under the new positions Omar is already at the back, while Sara would have to walk round from the front.
Sara gives one of her notebooks to Omar. How many would she still be holding?
One notebook — Sara initially holds two notebooks. Giving one to Omar leaves one with her; the initial quantity is only in the Spanish text.
Diego leaves the centre while Clara stays where her message says. Whose teacher can Omar still meet inside the centre?
His own teacher — Clara is Omar’s teacher and stays in her blue room. Diego teaches Tomás but has left under the hypothetical change. Omar can still meet his own teacher, Clara. Tomás’s teacher ignores Diego’s departure; both keeps Diego inside; neither ignores Clara remaining.
Tomás comes outside and stands with the siblings. To rejoin his teacher, which room should he return to?
The green room — Diego teaches Tomás and is in the green room. Following Tomás’s teacher relationship, rather than the siblings’ message, identifies green.