Prepare your note
Your job is to make a purchase decision using a short offer. The task combines a price with an eligibility condition and a time limit. It is not advice about a real shop. Write the normal price first, then create a separate row for the reduced price. Add the requirements beside that row. This format prevents the lowest number from becoming your answer automatically. Good comprehension includes knowing when the offer does not apply, even if you clearly recognise the amount.
Imagine that you want one notebook today. You may choose two if the offer makes that useful, but you do not need them. You are not a student and you have no loyalty card. Those details might matter in another offer, but only use them if this notice makes them relevant. Read the French and identify the actual conditions. This is a useful defence against importing assumptions from other shopping situations instead of following the message in front of you.
Your scene task
Le carnet coûte huit euros. Aujourd’hui seulement, les deux sont à douze euros.
La réduction s’applique uniquement si vous achetez deux carnets identiques. Les grands modèles ne sont pas concernés.
Show English translations
The notebook costs eight euros. Today only, two cost twelve euros.
The reduction applies only if you buy two identical notebooks. The large models are not included.
Make your decision
Give the cost of one eligible notebook and of two identical eligible notebooks. Decide whether two different designs qualify if they are not identical. Decide whether two large notebooks qualify. Finally, calculate the saving against buying two eligible notebooks at their normal single price. Keep arithmetic separate from language understanding: first state which items qualify, then calculate. If the word identiques is unclear, leave that decision provisional until you check it. A correct sum cannot repair the wrong interpretation of the offer.
Open the answer key
One eligible notebook costs eight euros. Two identical eligible notebooks cost twelve euros today. Two non-identical notebooks do not meet the stated condition. Large models are excluded. Two notebooks at eight euros each would cost sixteen euros, so the qualifying pair saves four euros. The notice does not require a student card or loyalty card. It also does not state the individual price of a large model. Do not extend the eight-euro price to every notebook size without further information.
The distinction that matters
Les deux means the pair in this offer. It does not mean each notebook costs twelve euros. Uniquement si means only if, so both the quantity and the identical-item requirement matter. Ne sont pas concernés excludes the large models from the reduction. Aujourd’hui seulement limits the offer to today; it does not tell you a calendar date. In a real advertisement, that missing context matters. The exercise tests the logic of an offer, not whether the bargain is good for your needs.
Try the task on your own video
Find a French shopping or market clip where a speaker describes a bundle or reduced price. Make columns for amount, unit, condition, and limit. We make Jibber Jabber. Word lookup in captions can help you inspect a condition such as uniquement or hors promotion in an available clip. The app does not verify current offers. Use the exercise to notice what a price refers to. Before a real purchase, confirm the total with the seller, especially when the spoken offer leaves the size or eligible range unclear.
Questions and answers
Is the reduced price six euros?
Six is the calculated price per notebook in the qualifying pair. The stated offer is twelve for two.
Does the offer continue tomorrow?
The notice says today only, so it does not promise a later offer.
Must I buy two?
No. You need two only if you want this particular reduction.
Sources for this entry
- Jibber Jabber: matching French guide ↗. Publisher context for further practice. We make Jibber Jabber. Product access and pricing were checked against the official product facts on 9 November 2026.
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Jibber Jabber. “Check whether a French discount applies.” French Listening Atelier. Updated 9 November 2026. https://frenchcomprehensibleinput.com/price-discount-condition/.