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A1 French story: the guide takes off the red hat

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Read an A1 identification story with eight glosses. A guide removes her red hat, so use the remaining glasses, scarf and name badge to recognise her.

In short

Mina is still the guide after she takes off the red hat. In the story, Paul recognises her round glasses and white scarf, then reads Mina on her badge. The hat moves from her head to her bag; the other identifying details remain available.

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A guide wearing round glasses, a white scarf, a navy jacket and a blank badge puts a red hat into a cream tote beside a garden pond.
Glasses and scarf remain visible as the guide puts away her hat. The story supplies the name written on her badge. Illustration: Atelier

A single accessory is a useful first clue, but it may be removed. Follow the descriptions before and after the change. The story explicitly names the remaining features, so you do not need to guess an age or a personality trait to identify the guide.

A1 · One detail changes

Mina sans le chapeau rouge

Le groupe attend devant le musée. La guide1 s’appelle Mina. Au début, elle porte un chapeau2 rouge, une écharpe blanche et des lunettes rondes. Elle a aussi une veste bleu marine et un badge avec son prénom. Mina dit : « Nous allons entrer dans le jardin. Suivez-moi. » Paul regarde surtout le chapeau rouge pour la retrouver.

Dans le jardin, il fait chaud. Mina enlève3 son chapeau et le met dans son sac. Paul s’arrête près d’un arbre pour prendre une photo. Quand il relève la tête, il ne voit plus de chapeau rouge. « Où est notre guide ? » demande-t-il à son amie Sara. Elle lui montre une personne près du bassin.

Paul regarde le visage4 de Mina : elle porte toujours ses lunettes5 rondes. Son écharpe6 blanche est aussi visible sur sa veste. « Oui, je la vois maintenant », dit-il. Mina attend le groupe à côté du bassin. Paul s’approche et lit le badge7 : « Mina ». C’est bien la guide.

Sara sourit : « Le chapeau est dans son sac, mais les autres détails sont les mêmes. » Paul reconnaît8 Mina grâce aux lunettes, à l’écharpe et au badge. Il range son téléphone et rejoint le groupe. Mina commence à présenter les plantes du jardin. Paul écoute : maintenant, il sait qui parle, même sans chapeau rouge.

Read it in English

The group waits outside the museum. The guide is called Mina. At first she wears a red hat, a white scarf and round glasses. She also has a navy jacket and a badge with her first name. Mina says, “We are going into the garden. Follow me.” Paul mostly watches the red hat to find her.

In the garden it is warm. Mina takes off her hat and puts it in her bag. Paul stops near a tree to take a photo. When he looks up, he no longer sees a red hat. “Where is our guide?” he asks his friend Sara. She points out a person near the pond.

Paul looks at Mina’s face: she is still wearing her round glasses. Her white scarf is also visible against her jacket. “Yes, I can see her now,” he says. Mina waits for the group beside the pond. Paul comes closer and reads the badge: “Mina.” It is indeed the guide.

Sara smiles: “The hat is in her bag, but the other details are the same.” Paul recognises Mina thanks to the glasses, scarf and badge. He puts away his phone and rejoins the group. Mina starts presenting the garden’s plants. Paul listens: now he knows who is speaking, even without the red hat.

Question 1No account needed
Where does Mina put the red hat?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

In her bag. The text explicitly says she removes the hat and puts it in her bag.

Question 2No account needed
Which pair of visible features stays the same?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Round glasses and white scarf. Mina still wears round glasses and a white scarf after removing the hat.

Question 3No account needed
What final written detail confirms the identity?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The badge reading Mina. Paul reads Mina on the guide’s name badge.

Toujours in elle porte toujours ses lunettes means the glasses are still there. Ne… plus in il ne voit plus de chapeau rouge means the hat is no longer visible. Those small words explain the change without introducing a different guide.

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