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DELF A1 speaking practice: ask about a course and choose a session

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Practise a French course enquiry with a role card, a model exchange and eight questions on times, prices, requests and a full morning session.

In short

Open with Bonjour, je voudrais des renseignements sur le cours de dessin. Ask À quelle heure ? and Quel est le prix ?, then choose the session that fits your day. Here, you are free on Saturday morning and work from 13:00.

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A visitor asking about a drawing class at an arts centre reception desk.
Ask for information about le cours de dessin. Illustration: Atelier

Your role: a Saturday drawing class

Vous voulez prendre un cours de dessin le samedi. Vous êtes libre le matin. Vous travaillez à partir de 13 heures. Demandez les horaires et le prix. Choisissez une séance.

You want to take a drawing class on Saturdays. You are free in the morning. You work from 1 pm. Ask about the times and price. Choose a session.

Reception’s course card
CourseDayTimesPrice
DessinSamedi10 h–12 h ou 14 h–16 h20 euros la séance
À l’accueil
  1. Vous

    Bonjour, je voudrais des renseignements sur le cours de dessin.

    Hello, I’d like some information about the drawing course.

  2. Accueil

    Bien sûr. Il y a deux séances le samedi.

    Of course. There are two sessions on Saturdays.

  3. Vous

    À quelle heure ?

    At what time?

  4. Accueil

    De dix heures à midi ou de quatorze heures à seize heures.

    From ten until noon or from two until four.

  5. Vous

    Je préfère le matin. Quel est le prix ?

    I prefer the morning. What is the price?

  6. Accueil

    C’est vingt euros la séance.

    It’s twenty euros per session.

  7. Vous

    Je voudrais une place pour la séance du matin, s’il vous plaît.

    I’d like a place for the morning session, please.

  8. Accueil

    Je vérifie s’il reste une place.

    I’ll check whether there’s a place left.

  9. Vous

    D’accord, merci.

    All right, thank you.

Read your part aloud before selecting the answers. Le matin tells reception which part of the day suits you. La séance gives the price unit: one session. At the end, reception is checking for a place; listen for the next reply before treating the booking as confirmed.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    Greet reception and ask for information about the course.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Bonjour, je voudrais des renseignements sur le cours de dessin.. The first phrase greets reception and names the drawing course. Des renseignements means information.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Ask what time the class is.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    À quelle heure ?. À quelle heure ? asks about the time. C’est combien ? asks about the price.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    Which session fits your role card?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    De dix heures à midi.. The morning session ends at noon. Your work starts at 13:00.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    Ask the price.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Quel est le prix ?. Quel est le prix ? asks how much the course costs. The other questions ask for a name or the day.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    What does vingt euros la séance mean?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Twenty euros per session.. La séance identifies one session as the unit attached to the price.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Request a place for the morning session.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Je voudrais une place pour la séance du matin.. Je voudrais une place makes the request. Pour la séance du matin identifies your choice.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Reception says Je vérifie s’il reste une place. What happens next?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Reception checks availability.. Je vérifie means reception is checking. You are still waiting for the answer about availability.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    Now reception says Le matin, c’est complet. Keep your work hours and ask for another morning option.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Est-ce qu’il y a une place samedi prochain, le matin ?. The second question asks about another Saturday morning. It respects your afternoon work hours.

Try the conversation again

Work with a partner. Keep the course card, but let reception change one detail: the morning session is full, the price is twenty-five euros, or the class starts at nine. Ask again, then repeat the new detail in your reply: D’accord, de neuf heures à onze heures. Finish by requesting the session that fits your availability.

After your spoken exchange

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