Text A: an original contemporary practice extract.

An evening language class arrived at the learning centre to find a map-making group arranging large sheets of paper across its usual tables. Both tutors had confirmation messages naming the same room. The receptionist compared the messages and discovered that one booking had been entered on an older version of the centre’s calendar.

The language class moved to a smaller room upstairs. Pupils carried chairs and dictionaries with them, while the receptionist placed a notice beside the main entrance to redirect late arrivals. The new room had no projector, so the tutor replaced a planned presentation with paired conversation practice. The lesson began twenty minutes late but continued until its usual finishing time. The map-making group remained downstairs and reduced the number of tables it was using so that the passage stayed clear.

Text B: an original contemporary practice extract.

Members of a gardening society reached the community hall and found a local orchestra preparing to rehearse there. The orchestra’s organiser and the society’s secretary each produced a booking form for the main hall. After checking the office records, the centre coordinator found that a change requested by the gardening society had not been copied onto the weekly room list.

The society moved its meeting into the centre’s lounge. Volunteers rearranged the chairs, carried in a display board and put an announcement at the reception desk for members who had not yet arrived. As the lounge had no sound system, the guest speaker left out an audio recording and answered additional questions instead. The meeting started late but finished as scheduled. The orchestra stayed in the hall, although the musicians moved their instrument cases away from the doorway to make room for arriving visitors.