Graded story

B2 French reading: a grant proposal loses its main condition

Read a B2 French story tracing a grant condition through successive summaries. Identify where eligibility disappears and how the final wording restores it.

In short

Carry the eligibility condition through every summary. A shorter version can remove examples, but it must retain who qualifies. In the story, à condition de proposer un accueil hors ligne disappears and makes the grant sound unconditional.

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Three blank sheets lie along a garden path; a piece is missing from the middle sheet and rests beside it.
A missing piece represents a condition that must be restored to the summary. Illustration: Atelier

A grant proposal moves from a detailed note to a meeting slide and then a newsletter. Read for the first missing condition, rather than assuming the final sentence accurately reflects the original.

B2 · Summary and eligibility

La condition disparue

Le groupe de travail proposait une aide aux associations qui créeraient un outil de réservation numérique, à condition de maintenir un accueil hors ligne. Nora avait souligné cette condition1 dans la note : l’aide devait soutenir la modernisation sans fermer l’accès aux personnes sans Internet.

Pour la réunion, Malik avait préparé une diapositive2 : « Une aide serait proposée aux associations développant la réservation numérique et conservant un accueil hors ligne. » La phrase était plus courte, mais les deux éléments restaient liés.

La semaine suivante, le projet de lettre d’information annonçait simplement : « Une aide pour les associations qui passent au numérique. » Léa a demandé où était passée la seconde condition. Le rédacteur a répondu qu’il avait supprimé un détail pour alléger3 le texte. Nora a expliqué que ce détail déterminait pourtant l’éligibilité4.

Le groupe a comparé les trois versions. La diapositive conservait l’exigence ; c’était dans la lettre que le lien avait disparu. La dernière phrase pouvait laisser croire que toute association adoptant une réservation numérique recevrait l’aide, même sans autre moyen d’accueil.

Ils ont rétabli5 la condition et ajouté que la mesure restait une proposition à examiner. Le nouveau texte précisait : « Le groupe propose une aide aux associations qui développent la réservation numérique tout en maintenant un accueil hors ligne. » Avant l’envoi, chacun a vérifié les deux questions essentielles : qui pourrait bénéficier du dispositif6, et à quelles conditions ?

Read it in English

The working group was proposing aid for associations that would create a digital booking tool, provided they maintained offline reception. Nora had underlined this condition in the note: the aid was meant to support modernisation without closing access to people without internet.

For the meeting, Malik had prepared a slide: “Aid would be offered to associations developing digital booking and retaining offline reception.” The sentence was shorter, but the two elements remained linked.

The following week, the draft newsletter simply announced: “Aid for associations that go digital.” Léa asked where the second condition had gone. The writer replied that he had removed a detail to shorten the text. Nora explained that this detail nevertheless determined eligibility.

The group compared the three versions. The slide retained the requirement; it was in the newsletter that the link had disappeared. The last sentence could suggest that any association adopting digital booking would receive the aid, even without another means of reception.

They restored the condition and added that the measure remained a proposal to be examined. The new text stated: “The group proposes aid for associations that develop digital booking while maintaining offline reception.” Before sending it, everyone checked the two essential questions: who could benefit from the scheme, and under what conditions?

Question 1No account needed
Where is the condition first lost?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

The newsletter draft. The slide still includes offline reception; the newsletter removes that requirement.

Question 2No account needed
Why is the omitted phrase substantive?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

It determines eligibility. Associations must maintain offline reception to meet the proposed eligibility condition.

Question 3No account needed
What status is restored at the end?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

A proposal still to examine. The final text says the working group proposes the aid, preserving that it has not yet become an adopted entitlement.