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DELF B1 reading: distinguish a waiting list from a confirmed place

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Read three French registration messages to distinguish waiting-list status, a conditional offer and a confirmed place, including how acceptance changes the next action.

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Read the latest message and its condition. Liste d’attente is not a confirmed place; une place s’est libérée may still require acceptance. Votre participation est confirmée confirms participation here. Once acceptance has been acknowledged, the original acceptance deadline does not call for a second reply.

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A repair workshop with an arriving participant, toolbox and available chair.
A waiting-list entry becomes participation only after the stated confirmation. Teaching illustration: Atelier

These original messages concern a repair workshop on 18 March. Follow the registration reference as well as the dates so that you know the messages concern the same application. The second message changes the status, but it is the third message that acknowledges the required acceptance.

Association Les Outils Partagés · exemple fictif

Atelier de réparation · dossier R42

10 mars · 09 h 10

Votre demande est enregistrée. L’atelier du 18 mars est complet ; vous figurez sur la liste d’attente. Ne vous déplacez pas sans confirmation.

12 mars · 16 h 00

Une place s’est libérée pour le dossier R42. Pour l’accepter, répondez à ce courriel avant le 13 mars à 18 h. Sans réponse, la place sera proposée à une autre personne.

13 mars · 11 h 30

Nous avons bien reçu votre réponse d’acceptation. Votre participation à l’atelier du 18 mars est confirmée. Rendez-vous à 14 h à l’entrée de la salle B. Apportez l’objet dont vous avez parlé dans votre demande. Aucun paiement n’est demandé.

Read all three messages before deciding what the participant should do now.
Question 1No account needed
What was the participant’s status on 10 March?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

On a waiting list.. The first message says vous figurez sur la liste d’attente and forbids attending without confirmation.

Question 2No account needed
What did the 12 March message require?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Reply to accept before 13 March at 18 h.. The place was offered subject to a timely acceptance reply.

Question 3No account needed
What is the latest status?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Participation confirmed after acceptance.. The 13 March message acknowledges receipt of the acceptance and explicitly confirms participation.

Question 4No account needed
Must the participant accept a second time now?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

No; acceptance has already been acknowledged.. The final message records the acceptance as received; it does not request another acceptance.

Question 5No account needed
Where and when should the participant arrive?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The entrance to salle B at 14 h on 18 March.. The latest message gives the workshop date, time and entrance.

Question 6No account needed
What should the participant bring?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The object mentioned in the original application.. Apportez l’objet dont vous avez parlé specifies the item; no payment is requested.

Track what each message changes

The first email records the request without granting a place. The second makes an offer with a deadline. The third confirms that the participant fulfilled that condition. Treating demande enregistrée as confirmed participation would erase the distinction that the later messages make explicit.

One application, three statuses

  1. 10 mars
    Demande enregistrée ; liste d’attente.Application recorded; waiting list.
  2. 12 mars
    Place proposée sous condition de réponse.Place offered subject to a reply.
  3. 13 mars
    Acceptation reçue ; participation confirmée.Acceptance received; participation confirmed.
  4. 18 mars · 14 h
    Accueil à l’entrée de la salle B.Arrival at the entrance to room B.

A real organiser may use different wording or conditions. Base your next action on what the messages actually request. If an acceptance was sent but never acknowledged, asking for confirmation would be sensible; in this exercise, the latest email already supplies that acknowledgement.

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