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DELF A2 details: stated, contradicted or not mentioned?

Edited by Chris Lee · Updated · About the library

Sort twelve claims against three original French notices: supported, contradicted or not mentioned. Practise treating missing information as unknown.

In short

A detail is contradicted only when the text gives incompatible information. If a notice gives no price, “It costs €12” is not mentioned. If it says “free”, that same claim is contradicted. Use the three categories below as an original reading drill, not as a claimed official question format.

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Open blank folders and books are arranged with a small stone sample. Teaching diagram: Atelier

Read all three texts before sorting. Each claim names its source, so compare it with that text alone. Do not transfer a price, opening time or condition from one notice to another. The aim is to separate evidence from a plausible guess.

Trois textes d’entraînement

Texte A · atelier

Atelier de dessin le 22 juin, de 14 h à 16 h. Inscription avant le 18 juin. Matériel fourni.

Texte B · message de bibliothèque

Votre livre est arrivé. Merci de le retirer avant vendredi à 18 h. Attention : la bibliothèque sera fermée jeudi.

Texte C · marché

Marché samedi de 9 h à 13 h, place de l’Église. Dégustation à 11 h, sans réservation.

Use each notice’s explicit details; an omitted detail remains unknown.

Classify each claim using its named text

Tap a word, then the box it belongs in.

A missing price is not a free ticket

Text A supplies the date, hours, registration deadline and equipment. It gives no price. You cannot conclude either that the workshop costs €12 or that it is free. Matériel fourni answers a question about equipment, not a question about the admission price.

A stated closure can rule out an opening claim

Text B says the library will be closed on Thursday. That directly contradicts “open Thursday”. By contrast, it gives no book title or renewal condition. Those claims belong in non mentionné. The difference is whether the text supplies contrary evidence or simply leaves a gap.

Question 1No account needed
A text gives no parking information. How should this drill classify “Parking is free”?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Not mentioned. Absence of parking details does not settle its price or availability.

Question 2No account needed
The market hours are 9 h–13 h. What contradicts the text?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

It closes at 14 h.. A 14 h closure conflicts with the stated 13 h end.

Question 3No account needed
Does matériel fourni establish a free workshop?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

No, it concerns equipment rather than the price.. The text still has no admission price.

When answering a real reading question, follow that question’s own format and instructions. This three-way drill develops one underlying habit: identify the exact evidence before turning a likely detail into a fact.

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