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A2 Hobbies Part 2: Hobbies

Lesson 72 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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Many people keep bees on city rooftops today. The bees fly from garden to garden and find many flowers. City honey often tastes sweet because gardens have different plants. Bees are important because they help flowers and fruit trees grow. Without bees, apples and berries would be rare. Some people worry that too many hives hurt wild bees. They ask beekeepers to plant more flowers and keep fewer hives. In this way, honeybees and wild bees can live together in the city. Beekeepers wear white suits and use smoke to keep the bees calm. They open the hive, lift out the frames, and look for the queen. The queen is longer than the other bees and has a small dot of paint on her back. In summer the bees work from morning to evening. In winter they stay inside and eat the honey they saved. City beekeepers must tell the council where their hives are, and they put water near the hives so the bees do not visit swimming pools. Children visit the roofs on school trips and learn that a bee sting is rare when people move slowly. The best honey comes from many different flowers, so a city with gardens and parks is a good home for bees.

📘 Vocabulary

20 words from this lesson

foot: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.; “They discussed foot during the lesson.”
hall: A corridor; a hallway.; “They discussed hall during the lesson.”
mass: Matter, material.; “They discussed mass during the lesson.”
meaning: The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.; “They discussed meaning during the lesson.”
mission: A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.; “They discussed mission during the lesson.”
nine: A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.; “They discussed nine during the lesson.”
operations: Any practically minded combination of business administration, , operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.; “They discussed operations during the lesson.”
vibrant: Pulsing with energy or activity.; “His death was a great loss to our firm.”
pop: A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.; “They discussed pop during the lesson.”
ran: Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.; “A lot of boys ran after the rabbit.”
status: A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.; “They discussed status during the lesson.”
therefore: Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.; “They discussed therefore during the lesson.”
trial: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.; “They discussed trial during the lesson.”
truly: In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.; “They discussed truly during the lesson.”
weather: The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.; “They discussed weather during the lesson.”
activity: The state or quality of being active; activeness.; “They discussed activity during the lesson.”
app: An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.; “They discussed app during the lesson.”
application: The act of physically applying or laying on.; “They discussed application during the lesson.”
coffee: A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.; “They discussed coffee during the lesson.”
complex: Made up of multiple parts; composite; not .; “They discussed complex during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Gerunds name activities as subjects: swimming relaxes me. Verbs like enjoy, avoid, and finish take gerunds; want, hope, and decide take infinitives. Use present continuous for current projects: I am learning the guitar this month. 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: hobbies. Reading: Bees in the City. 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 Hobbies Part 2: Hobbies

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

How s___ we deal with this matter?

It is five minutes to ___.

I was beside myself with his sudden ___earance.

What does 'foot' mean?

What does 'hall' mean?

What does 'mass' mean?

What does 'meaning' mean?

What does 'mission' mean?

Write a sentence using 'foot'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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