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La clé du casier
The Locker Key — Léo mistakes Emma’s lost key for his own before she helps him find his key at the bottom of his bag.
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Léo entre dans le collège avec son sac à dos. Il a un cours de maths dans cinq minutes, mais il ne trouve pas sa clé de casier. Il cherche dans ses poches, puis dans son sac, mais rien. Soudain, il voit une clé par terre près de la porte. Est-ce la sienne ? Il la prend et essaie d’ouvrir son casier. La clé ne tourne pas. Léo est déçu. À ce moment, Emma, sa camarade, crie : « C’est ma clé ! » Léo rougit et s’excuse. Emma rit et récupère la clé. Puis elle l’aide à chercher. La clé de Léo était au fond de son sac, sous un cahier. Ils vont ensemble au cours de maths, en discutant du problème de géométrie du jour.
Vocabulary
- le casierthe locker
- déçudisappointed
- rougirto blush
- la géométriegeometry
- chercherto search
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Léo enters the middle school with his backpack. He has a math class in five minutes, but he can’t find his locker key. He searches his pockets, then his bag, but nothing. Suddenly, he sees a key on the floor near the door. Is it his? He picks it up and tries to open his locker. The key does not turn. Léo is disappointed. At that moment, Emma, his classmate, shouts: “That’s my key!” Léo blushes and apologizes. Emma laughs and takes the key back. Then she helps him search. Léo’s key was at the bottom of his bag, under a notebook. They go together to math class, discussing the day’s geometry problem.
Comprehension questions
1. Why can’t Léo open his locker at first?
- He forgot the combination.
- He can’t find his key.
- The locker is broken.
- He is late for class.
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He can’t find his key.
2. Léo finds his own key on the floor.
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false
3. Complete with what Léo carries on his shoulders when he arrives: En arrivant au collège, Léo porte son ___ sur les épaules.
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sac à dos
4. What does 'rougir' mean in this context?
- to run
- to laugh
- to blush
- to search
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to blush
5. What does Emma say when she sees Léo with the key?
- That’s my key!
- Where did you find it?
- Thank you!
- Let’s go to class.
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That’s my key!
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