The bicycle for Sunday
CEFR A2123 words
El viernes pedí una bicicleta prestada a mi prima Laura para hacer una excursión el domingo. Me dijo que podía usarla durante la mañana, pero que la necesitaba a las dos. La ruta desde su casa hasta el lago dura una hora en bicicleta, y la vuelta dura lo mismo.
Quedé con Diego a las diez en casa de Laura. Él propuso llevar comida y pasar toda la tarde junto al agua. Yo le enseñé el mensaje de mi prima. Después cambiamos el plan: llevamos un pequeño desayuno, no comida para todo el día.
El domingo salimos a la hora acordada. En el lago buscamos un sitio para sentarnos. Mi teléfono tenía una alarma a las doce y media para empezar el regreso.
Words you may not know
- prestadaborrowed
- rutaroute
- vueltareturn journey
- acordadaagreed
Questions
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Keeping Diego’s original afternoon plan, where would the bicycle be when Laura needs it?
The lake, during their afternoon stay — Laura needs the bicycle at two. Diego’s original plan keeps them beside the water for the whole afternoon, so the bicycle would still be at the lake then.
They start back when the alarm rings. How much time remains before Laura’s deadline when they reach her house?
Thirty minutes before the deadline — Leaving at 12:30 and cycling for an hour gives arrival at 1:30, half an hour before Laura needs the bicycle at two.
They leave Laura’s house as agreed but start the return ride at one o’clock. How much time at the lake does this plan allow?
Two hours at the lake — They leave at ten and the outward ride lasts one hour, so they arrive at eleven. A one o’clock departure gives two hours at the lake. One subtracts another travel hour; three counts from leaving the house; four extends the stay to Laura’s deadline.
They leave Laura’s house as agreed and depart from the lake when the alarm rings. How long is their stay beside the water?
Ninety minutes — They leave at ten and arrive after an hour, at eleven. From eleven to the 12:30 alarm is ninety minutes.
A friend proposes leaving the lake at 1:30. At what time would the bicycle reach Laura’s house?
At 2:30 — The return ride takes one hour. Starting it at 1:30 gives arrival at 2:30; the departure time is not the arrival time.
Laura now needs the bicycle at noon. Keeping the ten o’clock departure, which adaptation can meet that limit?
Reach the lake and turn straight back — The two one-hour rides already fill ten to noon. Returning immediately at eleven meets the new deadline. Any stay, including waiting until twelve or 12:30, would make the return late.