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French work deadlines quiz: draft, review or final version?

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Read a French deadline conversation, then answer eight questions on the draft, review, cutoff and final delivery. Practise precise confirmation phrases.

In short

Ask Pour jeudi, tu attends une première version ou la version finale ? Then ask À quelle heure en as-tu besoin ? A useful confirmation names the version, the cutoff and the next review step.

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Colleagues review a draft folder together.
The colleagues prepare une première version à relire. Illustration: Atelier
Un dossier à envoyer jeudi
  1. Nora

    Tu peux m’envoyer le dossier jeudi ?

    Can you send me the file on Thursday?

  2. Malik

    Pour jeudi, tu attends une première version à relire ou le dossier définitif ?

    For Thursday, do you expect a first version to review or the final file?

  3. Nora

    Une première version. Nous ferons la relecture vendredi à neuf heures.

    A first version. We’ll review it on Friday at nine.

  4. Malik

    À quelle heure jeudi en as-tu besoin ?

    What time on Thursday do you need it?

  5. Nora

    Avant seize heures, pour que je puisse le parcourir avant de partir.

    Before four, so I can look through it before leaving.

  6. Malik

    D’accord, je prévois de te l’envoyer jeudi à quinze heures.

    All right, I plan to send it to you on Thursday at three.

  7. Malik

    Et la date de livraison de la version finale ?

    And the delivery date for the final version?

  8. Nora

    Nous la fixerons vendredi, après la relecture.

    We’ll set it on Friday, after the review.

Study first: expressions that identify the stage
FrenchMeaning
une première version à relirea first version for review
le dossier définitif / la version finalethe final file / version
avant seize heuresbefore four o’clock
je prévois de l’envoyer à quinze heuresI plan to send it at three
fixer la date après la relectureset the date after the review

The first question separates the version from its delivery time. Nora’s cutoff and Malik’s planned sending time fit together: he plans to send the draft an hour before she needs it. Friday contains two steps: the review at nine, then the decision about final delivery.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    Which version does Nora want on Thursday?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    A first version for review.. Nora answers Une première version; the final delivery date comes later.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    What is Nora’s requested cutoff for receiving it?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Before 16:00 on Thursday.. She says Avant seize heures in answer to the question about Thursday.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    When does Malik plan to send the draft?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Thursday at 15:00.. His own planned action is Thursday at three, earlier than Nora’s cutoff.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    When will the review take place?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Friday at 09:00.. Nora explicitly schedules the review for Friday at nine.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    What is known about final delivery?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Its date will be chosen after Friday’s review.. Nous la fixerons vendredi refers to choosing the date, rather than delivering the file.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Complete the question that distinguishes draft from final.Tu attends une première version ou ___ ?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    la version finale. The two alternatives are a first version and a final version, both stages of the document.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Which note records Thursday’s agreement accurately?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Première version jeudi avant 16 h ; envoi prévu à 15 h.. This keeps the draft stage, Nora’s cutoff and Malik’s planned sending time together.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    A colleague says only “Send it soon”. Which question obtains a precise time?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Pour quel jour et à quelle heure en as-tu besoin ?. Asking for both day and time replaces a broad time expression with a concrete deadline.

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