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A2 French story: a free exhibition and a separately booked workshop

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Read an A2 French cultural-outing story where free exhibition entry and a paid workshop have separate conditions. Follow the booking, tickets and arrival times.

In short

The free exhibition does not include the workshop. Karim books two separate workshop places at 8 € each and receives two workshop tickets. On Saturday, they visit the exhibition first, then show those tickets before the 15 h activity.

Abstract framed prints hang in a gallery beside a doorway into a printmaking workshop.
The exhibition and the printmaking workshop are separate activities; read the conditions for each. Illustration: Atelier

Maya first sees the exhibition and the workshop in the same programme. The story explains which part is free, which part needs a reservation and how the siblings fit both into one afternoon. Look for the nouns that the tickets actually refer to.

A2 · Free entry and a separate workshop

Deux activités dans le même lieu

Karim invite sa sœur Maya à une exposition de gravures samedi après-midi. L’entrée1 est gratuite et l’exposition est ouverte de treize heures à dix-huit heures. Maya regarde le programme sur son téléphone. Une photo montre aussi un atelier où les visiteurs fabriquent une petite image. « On va faire ça aussi ? », demande-t-elle.

Karim lit les détails. L’atelier2 commence à quinze heures, dure une heure et coûte huit euros par personne. Il faut réserver une place séparément. La visite gratuite de l’exposition ne donne pas accès à cet atelier. Karim n’a encore fait aucune réservation3.

Il ouvre la page de réservation vendredi matin. Il reste deux places pour samedi à quinze heures. Maya confirme qu’elle veut participer. Karim réserve les deux places et reçoit un courriel avec deux billets4 pour l’atelier. Il les envoie aussi à Maya.

Samedi, les deux arrivent à treize heures trente. Ils entrent librement dans l’exposition et regardent les gravures. À quatorze heures cinquante, ils vont à l’accueil5 de l’atelier et montrent leurs billets. La personne à l’accueil vérifie les deux réservations.

Maya comprend maintenant la différence : l’exposition est gratuite et ouverte sans billet, mais l’activité guidée demande sa propre place. Après l’atelier, elle repart avec sa petite image. Karim garde le programme6 pour choisir une autre sortie le mois suivant.

Read it in English

Karim invites his sister Maya to a print exhibition on Saturday afternoon. Admission is free and the exhibition is open from one to six. Maya looks at the programme on her phone. A photo also shows a workshop where visitors make a small picture. “Are we going to do that too?” she asks.

Karim reads the details. The workshop starts at three, lasts an hour and costs eight euros per person. A place must be booked separately. The free exhibition visit does not give access to the workshop. Karim has not made any booking yet.

He opens the booking page on Friday morning. There are two places left for Saturday at three. Maya confirms she wants to take part. Karim books both places and receives an email with two workshop tickets. He sends them to Maya too.

On Saturday, the two arrive at half past one. They enter the exhibition freely and look at the prints. At ten to three, they go to the workshop reception desk and show their tickets. The person at reception checks both bookings.

Maya now understands the difference: the exhibition is free and open without a ticket, but the guided activity needs its own place. After the workshop, she leaves with her small picture. Karim keeps the programme to choose another outing the following month.

Question 1No account needed
What does the free exhibition entry include?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The exhibition visit only. The text explicitly separates the free exhibition from the paid workshop.

Question 2No account needed
How much do the two workshop places cost together?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

16 €. The workshop costs 8 € per person, so two places cost 16 €.

Question 3No account needed
When do Karim and Maya show the workshop tickets?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

At 14:50 before the 15:00 workshop. The reception scene is at quatorze heures cinquante, ten minutes before the workshop.

Attach the ticket to the activity

Deux billets pour l’atelier identifies exactly what Karim receives. L’exposition est gratuite does not describe the workshop’s price. When two events appear together, the phrase after pour or the activity heading helps you keep their conditions separate.

The booking happens Friday; the visit happens Saturday. Within Saturday, the exhibition comes first and the workshop follows. These two time sequences explain both preparation and the order of the afternoon.

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