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A2 Food Part 7: Food

Lesson 37 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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When Marco moved to a new city for work, he did not know how to cook. Every evening he bought fast food, and after two months he felt tired and spent too much money. One day his neighbor invited him for dinner and served a simple soup made from vegetables, beans, and rice. Marco was surprised that something so cheap could taste so good. The neighbor showed him how to cut an onion, and how to cook rice so it stays soft. The next weekend Marco bought a small pot, a knife, and a cutting board. He started with easy meals: soup, pasta with tomato sauce, and fried eggs with bread. At first he made mistakes. His rice burned, his soup had too much salt, and his pasta stuck together. But he kept trying, and he wrote each recipe in a small notebook. After a month he could cook five meals well. He invited his neighbor for dinner to say thank you, and he made vegetable soup and salad. Now Marco cooks almost every day. He spends less money, eats better food, and feels proud when friends enjoy his meals. He still buys fast food sometimes, but cooking has become one of his favorite hobbies.

📘 Vocabulary

20 words from this lesson

fine: Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.; “They discussed fine during the lesson.”
force: to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.; “They discussed force during the lesson.”
hear: To perceive sounds through the ear.; “They discussed hear during the lesson.”
issue: The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:; “They discussed issue during the lesson.”
points: Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.; “They discussed points during the lesson.”
price: The cost required to gain possession of something.; “They discussed price during the lesson.”
re: About, regarding, with reference to;; “I agree with you on this issue.”
rest: Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.; “They discussed rest during the lesson.”
running: Moving or advancing at a run.; “They discussed running during the lesson.”
space: Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.; “They discussed space during the lesson.”
summer: One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.; “They discussed summer during the lesson.”
term: That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, .; “They discussed term during the lesson.”
wife: A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.; “They discussed wife during the lesson.”
beautiful: Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.; “They discussed beautiful during the lesson.”
date: The fruit of the date palm, , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.; “They discussed date during the lesson.”
killed: .; “They discussed killed during the lesson.”
land: The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.; “They discussed land during the lesson.”
miss: To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.; “They discussed miss during the lesson.”
project: A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.; “They discussed project during the lesson.”
sex: A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.; “They discussed sex during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Countable nouns take a and plural -s; uncountable nouns like rice and soup take some or no article. Use much with uncountables and many with countables in questions. Cooking verbs pair with objects: chop the onions, boil the pasta, bake the bread. Sequence with imperatives for recipes. Practice by labeling each sentence in the reading: underline the main verb, circle the time marker, and check that every they and it points to a named noun. Rewrite any three sentences in your own words while keeping tense and meaning intact. Theme: food. Reading: Learning to Cook. As a final check, read the passage once more and label every verb for tense, every noun for countability, and every connector for function. Keep a short error log of your own recurring mistakes and review it before writing. This routine turns isolated rules into durable habits across all five hundred lessons.

A2 Food Part 7: Food

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

Standing as it does on a hill, the church commands a ___ view.

Speak mo___ slowly, please!

He's always ___ short of cash.

The ___ shuttles were designed to go to a space station.

What does 'fine' mean?

What does 'force' mean?

What does 'hear' mean?

What does 'issue' mean?

Write a sentence using 'fine'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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