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Read a French notice: find the right time, room and condition

Edited by Chris Lee · Updated · About the library

Scan a cultural-centre notice and its room update. Find the meeting time, check which activity needs booking and explore the places named in the notice.

In short

Scan for the detail your question needs, then read the whole phrase around it. Rendez-vous gives a meeting time; début de l’atelier gives a start time. Read an update too: a new room can leave the time unchanged.

Adults gather in a cultural-centre hall beside a garden room prepared with easels and paint.
The salle du jardin is the workshop’s updated location. Illustration: Atelier

A2 reading · programme and update

Samedi au centre culturel

Le programme

Samedi 18 mai, le centre culturel propose une exposition de dessins et un atelier de peinture. L’exposition est ouverte de 10 h à 18 h. Entrée gratuite, sans réservation.

L’atelier commence à 14 h 30 dans la grande salle. Rendez-vous1 à 14 h 15 dans le hall, près de la billetterie. Pour l’atelier, réservez votre place2 par téléphone avant vendredi à 17 h. Vous pouvez laisser votre manteau au vestiaire. Le café est ouvert jusqu’à 16 h.

Mise à jour du vendredi

L’atelier aura lieu dans la salle du jardin, et non3 dans la grande salle. Le rendez-vous dans le hall et les horaires restent les mêmes.

Read it in English

On Saturday 18 May, the cultural centre is offering a drawing exhibition and a painting workshop. The exhibition is open from 10 am to 6 pm. Entry is free, with no booking.

The workshop starts at 2.30 pm in the large room. Meet at 2.15 pm in the entrance hall, near the ticket desk. For the workshop, book your place by phone before 5 pm on Friday. You can leave your coat in the cloakroom. The café is open until 4 pm.

Friday update: The workshop will take place in the garden room, rather than the large room. The meeting in the entrance hall and the times remain unchanged.

How do you find the key details in a French notice?

Useful labels to scan for
Your questionFind these wordsThen check
When should I arrive?rendez-vousDistinguish meeting time from workshop start.
Where is the workshop now?mise à jour / et nonReplace the old room with the updated one.
Do I need to book?pour l’atelierKeep the condition attached to the workshop.
When does booking close?avant vendredi à 17 hRead the day and time together.

Find your way around the cultural centre

A welcoming French cultural centre shown in a clear cutaway view: an entrance hall with a ticket counter beside it, a cloakroom with coats, a large exhibition r
Question 1No account needed
What time should you meet the group?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

14 h 15. The workshop starts at 14 h 30, but the meeting is earlier: rendez-vous à 14 h 15.

Question 2No account needed
Where will the workshop take place after the update?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Dans la salle du jardin.. Friday’s update replaces the large room with la salle du jardin. The meeting point stays in the hall.

Question 3No account needed
Which activity needs a booking?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

L’atelier de peinture.. The condition begins Pour l’atelier. The exhibition explicitly allows entry sans réservation.

Question 4No account needed
Which booking time fits the notice?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Thursday at 4 pm.. Thursday at 4 pm falls before the Friday 5 pm deadline. The other two times are later.

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