A2 Health Part 10: Health
Lesson 70 of 10 in this unit.
📖 Reading Passage
For his twelfth birthday, Sam received a red bicycle from his parents. It was the gift he had wanted for a whole year. The bicycle was bright red with black tires and a small bell on the handle. On the first day, his father took him to the park to practice. Sam was afraid of falling, so his father held the back of the seat and ran beside him. After one hour, Sam could ride slowly by himself. After one week, he could ride fast and turn corners safely. Every morning he now rides his bicycle to school with his best friend. They wear helmets, stop at every crossing, and lock their bicycles near the school gate. On weekends, Sam rides to the library to borrow books, or to his grandmother's house two streets away. His grandmother always gives him juice and biscuits when he arrives. Once Sam fell off because the road was wet, but he wore his helmet and only hurt his knee a little. His father taught him to check the brakes and tires every week. Sam cleans his bicycle every Sunday and says it is his most important possession in the world. In the end, small steady habits decide progress more than any single lesson, and learners who review a little each day keep what they study.
📘 Vocabulary
20 words from this lesson
- texas
- The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
- “They discussed texas during the lesson.”
- winter
- Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
- “They discussed winter during the lesson.”
- worse
- Less skillfully.
- “They discussed worse during the lesson.”
- advice
- An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- “They discussed advice during the lesson.”
- agreement
- An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- “They discussed agreement during the lesson.”
- award
- A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- “They discussed award during the lesson.”
- block
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- “They discussed block during the lesson.”
- broken
- ; in separate pieces.
- “They discussed broken during the lesson.”
- challenge
- A confrontation; a dare.
- “They discussed challenge during the lesson.”
- christian
- .
- “They discussed christian during the lesson.”
- comment
- A spoken or written remark.
- “They discussed comment during the lesson.”
- equipment
- The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- “They discussed equipment during the lesson.”
- eventually
- ; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
- “They discussed eventually during the lesson.”
- holy
- to a religious purpose or a god.
- “They discussed holy during the lesson.”
- killing
- That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
- “They discussed killing during the lesson.”
- lived
- Having a specified duration of life.
- “They discussed lived during the lesson.”
- lots
- A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
- “They discussed lots during the lesson.”
- nation
- A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common economic life, ethnicity, language, religion, and/or territory, and manifested in a common culture.
- “They discussed nation during the lesson.”
- otherwise
- Differently, in another way.
- “They discussed otherwise during the lesson.”
- peter
- The penis.
- “They discussed peter during the lesson.”
📐 Grammar Notes
Modal verbs give advice with graded force: should for recommendation, must for obligation, should not for warning. Use present perfect for symptoms over time: I have coughed for three days. Conditionals frame habits: if you sleep late, you feel tired. 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: health. Reading: A New Bicycle. 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.
Practice Exercises
Work through each exercise to complete this lesson.
What does 'texas' mean?
What does 'winter' mean?
What does 'worse' mean?
What does 'advice' mean?
What does 'agreement' mean?
What does 'award' mean?
What does 'block' mean?
What does 'broken' mean?
Write a sentence using 'texas'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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