Finding Specific Information - French 2
- Lucas is a university student who wants to enroll in the intermediate-level course for one trimester. He has never taken a course at the Alliance Française before. What is the total amount he must pay at the time of registration? Answer: 297,00 € — the discounted course fee of 272,00 € plus the one-time registration fee of 25,00 € When a question asks for a "total amount to pay," you need to identify every applicable fee — not just the course tuition. Here, two separate costs apply to Lucas: the course tariff and the one-time registration fee. Start with the intermediate course tariff: 320 €. Since Lucas is a university student, he qualifies for the 15% student discount — but he must present his student card. Applying the discount: , so his discounted tuition is . Next, because Lucas has never taken a course at the Alliance Française, he must pay the one-time annual registration fee of 25 €. His total is therefore , making A the correct answer. B is wrong because it ignores both the student discount and the registration fee — it simply takes the base tariff at face value. C is a common trap: it correctly adds the 25 € registration fee, but forgets to apply Lucas's student discount, overstating the total by 48 €. D applies the discount correctly but wrongly assumes the registration fee doesn't apply — the passage clearly states it is required for enrollment, with no exemption for students. A useful strategy: when reading fee announcements in French, make a quick checklist — tariff + reductions + mandatory fees. Questions are often designed to test whether you apply a discount but forget a fee, or include the fee but forget the discount. Always account for all line items before choosing your answer.
- Isabelle wants to buy fresh fish, local honey, and handmade jewelry in a single visit to the market. What is the earliest possible date in the summer schedule when she can purchase all three items at once? Answer: The first Saturday in July, since fish is only sold in July–August, honey is only sold on Saturdays, and jewelry is only sold on Saturdays — all three conditions are met on that day When a question asks you to find the earliest date that satisfies multiple scheduling conditions simultaneously, you need to identify the most restrictive condition first, then check whether the remaining conditions are compatible with it. Here, Isabelle needs three things: fresh fish, local honey, and handmade jewelry. Scanning the availability rules, fish is the most restrictive — it's only sold in July and August, meaning no June visit works at all, regardless of the day. Honey and jewelry add a second layer of restriction: both are available Saturdays only. This means her visit must be a Saturday in July or August. The earliest such day is the first Saturday in July, which satisfies all three conditions at once — confirming that D is correct. Choice A fails because Wednesdays don't offer honey or jewelry, which are Saturday-only items. Finding fish on a Wednesday in July still leaves two items completely unavailable that day. Choice B is doubly wrong: June is excluded because fish isn't sold until July, and Wednesdays exclude honey and jewelry regardless of month. Choice C gets the Saturday requirement right but ignores the fish restriction — fish isn't available in June at all, so no June Saturday works, no matter how early in the summer schedule the market opens. A useful strategy here is to work from the most restrictive condition outward. Fish has both a month restriction and implicitly requires an open market day; honey and jewelry have a weekday restriction. When conditions stack like this, the correct answer is always the date where every rule is satisfied — not just some of them.
- Céline wants to attend yoga classes every Monday and Wednesday evening AND spinning every Saturday morning for exactly 4 months. She is deciding between a monthly subscription and a carnet of 10 sessions. Which option costs less, and what is the total cost including any mandatory fees? Answer: The monthly subscription is cheaper: 4 months × 45,00 € = 180,00 € plus the 30,00 € registration fee = 210,00 €, and it includes the group classes she needs When comparing membership options, you need to check what's included before doing any math. The flyer states clearly that group classes (yoga, pilates, zumba, spinning) are included in subscriptions but not available with the carnet. This single rule eliminates the carnet entirely for Céline's needs — she wants yoga and spinning, which are group classes. Since only a monthly subscription works, the cost calculation is straightforward: . The registration fee of 30,00 € is waived only for annual subscriptions signed before January 31 — it is not waived for monthly subscriptions. So the total is , making D the correct answer. A makes two critical errors: it ignores that carnets don't include group classes, and its session count (3/week × ~17 weeks ≈ 48, not 40) is wrong anyway. B correctly identifies roughly 48 sessions but still assumes the carnet grants access to group classes — which it explicitly does not. Even if the math were right, this option would be disqualified by the flyer's rules. C gets the right option (monthly subscription) and the right base cost, but wrongly claims the registration fee doesn't apply to monthly members. The flyer says the fee is waived for annual subscribers, which implies it's charged to everyone else. Study tip: On reading-comprehension questions with pricing, always scan for eligibility restrictions before calculating costs — a cheaper price means nothing if the option doesn't cover what you need.
- The Moreau family — two adults and a 4-year-old child — plans a 3-night stay in July, including breakfast for the adults only. They have a dog. What is the total cost of their stay? Answer: 402,00 € — three nights in a double room (3 × 110 €) plus breakfast for two adults for three days (6 × 12 €) plus the pet supplement for three nights (3 × 15 €) When a question asks you to calculate a hotel bill from a tariff sheet, your job is to carefully match each condition in the problem to the corresponding rule — missing even one fee changes the total entirely. Here, the Moreau family consists of two adults and a child under 6. The key details to track are: room type, child policy, breakfast scope, and the dog. Since the child is 4 years old, the conditions explicitly state that children under 6 stay free in the parents' bed — but only in a double room or suite. A standard double room (110 €/nuit) is therefore appropriate and sufficient; no upgrade is needed. Over three nights, that's . Breakfast is requested for the two adults only: . Finally, they have a dog, and the tariff sheet clearly states a pet supplement of 15 €/night regardless of room type: . Total: , confirming C is correct. Answer A makes the same room and breakfast calculation correctly but ignores the pet supplement entirely — a classic "incomplete reading" trap. Answer D omits both the pet fee and the breakfast charge, keeping only the room cost. Answer B books a suite unnecessarily (the family of three doesn't require one), charges breakfast for the child who wasn't included in the request, and inflates the total significantly. Study tip: On tariff-reading questions, make a quick checklist — room, meals, extras, exceptions — and verify each item against the conditions before calculating. One overlooked line is all it takes to choose the wrong answer.
- A group of 14 university students (all with valid student cards) arrives on a Saturday afternoon and wants to take the French-language guided tour. What is the total amount the group pays? Answer: 98,00 € — the student rate of 4,00 € per person applies since all members present valid student cards, plus 3,00 € per person for the guided tour: (4,00 + 3,00) × 14 = 98,00 € When a question gives you multiple pricing categories, your job is to identify which rules actually apply to the specific group described — and check whether those rules can stack together. Here, 14 university students arrive on a Saturday wanting the French-language guided tour. Two conditions matter: their student cards qualify them for the student rate (4,00 €), and the guided tour costs an additional 3,00 € per person. Since nothing in the dépliant says these two rates are mutually exclusive, you simply add them: That confirms B is correct. A is a tempting trap because 14 people does meet the group minimum of 12. However, the group rate (5,50 €) and the student rate (4,00 €) are separate discounts — the flyer lists them independently, and since the student rate is actually lower, the students benefit more from presenting their cards. There is no rule saying you must apply the group rate simply because the group is large enough to qualify. C invents a rule that doesn't exist — the flyer never says guided tour fees are waived for groups on Saturdays. Don't add information the text doesn't provide. D misreads the situation entirely, applying the adult rate (7,00 €) and incorrectly multiplying by 11 instead of 14, while also ignoring the tour surcharge. Both the rate chosen and the headcount are wrong. Study tip: On pricing questions, list every applicable condition first, then check the text carefully for any rule that prohibits combining them. If no such rule exists, you can stack the charges.
- Thomas wants to attend the jazz concert, the Latin dance evening, AND the Grande Finale with fireworks. He plans to buy his tickets online. What is the minimum he will spend, and is the weekend pass a better deal than individual tickets? Answer: The weekend pass is the better deal: individual tickets total 20 € + 18 € + 30 € = 68 €, which exceeds the 60 € pass covering all Friday and Saturday events — Thomas should buy the pass and spend 60 € When a French document offers both individual tickets and a bundle pass, your job is to compare total costs carefully — reading every condition before doing any math. Here, Thomas wants three events: the jazz concert (Friday, 20 €), the Latin dance evening (Friday, 18 €), and the Grande Finale (Saturday, 30 €). His events span both Friday and Saturday, which means the Pass Week-end applies directly to him. Adding individual ticket prices gives . The weekend pass costs 60 €, covers unlimited access to both stages on both days, and since Thomas is buying online, there is no surcharge — the +2 € fee only applies to purchases sur place (at the door). So the pass costs 60 €, saving him 8 €. C is correct. A is wrong on two counts: it invents a "free Grande Finale with Friday purchase" rule that doesn't exist anywhere in the passage, and it ignores that Thomas needs Saturday access. B misreads the pass's coverage. The passage clearly states the pass includes both Friday and Saturday — "vendredi + samedi uniquement." The Grande Finale is a Saturday event, so it is already included. There is no extra 30 € charge on top of the pass. D confuses the surcharge direction. The +2 € per ticket applies to buying at the door, not online. Thomas is buying online, so no surcharge applies to the pass. As a study tip: when a French program lists a pass option, always check which days it covers and where the surcharge applies — these two details are the most common trap in French-2 reading comprehension tasks.
- Sophie (a 35-year-old teacher) and her 10-year-old daughter want to see a film together on Saturday. They want to finish by 14h00 at the latest. Which film can they attend, and what is the total cost for both tickets? Answer: They can see « Les Petits Héros » at the 11h00 Saturday screening; Sophie pays 11,00 € and her daughter pays 5,50 €, for a total of 16,50 € Questions like this test your ability to cross-reference multiple conditions simultaneously — eligibility, scheduling, and pricing — all from a French program listing. You need to satisfy every constraint before choosing an answer. Let's trace the logic. Sophie and her daughter need a Saturday film that finishes by 14h00. « L'Aventure Bleue » runs Saturday at 20h15 — far too late. « Les Petits Héros » runs Saturday at 11h00 and lasts 1h20, finishing at 12h20 — well before 14h00. ✓ Now check eligibility: Sophie's daughter is 10 years old, and « Les Petits Héros » is rated tous publics, recommandé 6 ans et plus, so both can attend. ✓ For pricing: Sophie (35 years old, a teacher) has no special discount category listed, so she pays the tarif plein of 11,00 €. Her daughter is under 12, which qualifies her for the tarif enfant of 5,50 €. Total: . This is exactly answer A, the correct choice. Answer B is wrong on two counts: « L'Aventure Bleue » has no Saturday 14h00 screening (that's a Tuesday screening), and a 14h00 start wouldn't finish before 14h00 anyway. Answer C correctly identifies the film and screening but wrongly applies tarif plein to the daughter, ignoring the tarif enfant listed specifically for children under 12. Answer D makes the same scheduling error as B and incorrectly mixes pricing from different films. Strategy tip: On French reading comprehension questions with schedules, always check three things in order: Who can attend (age restrictions), when they can go (match the constraint), and what each person pays (never assume everyone pays the same rate).