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Free trial or free entry? Read French club words

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Match six French club expressions to short notices. Separate a trial session, free open visit, required reservation and annual membership using the stated details.

In short

A séance d’essai is a trial session; an adhésion is membership. A trial is not automatically free. In the supplied notices, the trial costs 5 €, the open visit says entrée libre et gratuite, and annual membership costs 20 €. A réservation separately holds a place.

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Read each notice’s event, price and reservation condition separately. Illustration: Atelier

Read the full notice rather than treating every welcoming phrase as a free invitation to every activity. These six expressions answer different questions: trying, entering, reserving, joining and bringing equipment. Each explanation in the matching task follows the concrete details stated here.

Six informations du club

Essayer

Séance d’essai : mardi à 18 h, 5 €. Vous pouvez essayer avant d’adhérer.

Visiter

Visite des locaux dimanche : entrée libre et gratuite, de 14 h à 16 h.

Réserver

Atelier du jeudi : huit places. Réservation obligatoire à l’accueil.

Adhérer

Adhésion annuelle : 20 €. Les tarifs des ateliers sont indiqués séparément.

Se préparer

Atelier de peinture : pinceaux et papier fournis. À apporter : votre tablier.

Each notice gives its own conditions; the free open visit is distinct from the paid trial.

Match each expression to its role here

Tap one on the left, then its partner on the right.

Essai describes the purpose, not the price

Essayer means to try. The club’s trial lets you experience one session before deciding whether to join. Its price is printed as 5 €. A different club could state a different price or offer a free trial. Use the fee line in the notice rather than inferring the price from essai alone.

The open visit is a separate event

The phrase entrée libre et gratuite concerns the Sunday visit to the premises. Gratuite explicitly removes an entrance charge for that visit. It does not make Tuesday’s trial free or pay for annual membership. Keep the event named in the same sentence attached to the access condition.

Question 1No account needed
How much does this trial session cost?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

5 €. The Essayer notice explicitly lists the séance d’essai at 5 €.

Question 2No account needed
Which event is explicitly free?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The Sunday visit. The Sunday visit says entrée libre et gratuite; the other notices give different conditions.

Question 3No account needed
Does annual membership here include every workshop fee?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The notice does not say that; workshop prices are separate. The membership notice explicitly says workshop tariffs are listed separately.

A useful follow-up question is Le prix comprend quoi ? when an inclusion is unclear. For a place, ask Il faut réserver ? Membership, access and a reserved place can be related, but this notice treats them as separate pieces of practical information.

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