A2 School Part 1: School
Lesson 91 of 10 in this unit.
📖 Reading Passage
Every Saturday morning, Anna wakes up early and walks to the market near her house. The market opens at seven o'clock, and by eight the small square is full of people, colors, and smells. Farmers from nearby villages bring fresh vegetables, fruit, cheese, and bread. Anna likes to arrive early because the best tomatoes and strawberries sell fast. She greets the sellers by name, because she has shopped there for three years. First she buys vegetables for the week: carrots, onions, peppers, and a large bag of potatoes. Then she stops at the cheese stand, where an old man lets her taste a small piece before she buys. After that she buys two warm loaves of bread that smell wonderful. The bread is still hot from the oven, and Anna carries it carefully so it does not get crushed. She also buys yellow flowers for her kitchen table, because they make the room feel bright. While she shops, she meets her neighbor, and they drink a small cup of coffee together at the corner stand. They talk about their families, the weather, and plans for the weekend. By ten o'clock Anna walks home with two heavy bags. She feels tired but happy, because the market gives her fresh food and a chance to see friends.
📘 Vocabulary
20 words from this lesson
- figures
- It figures.
- “They discussed figures during the lesson.”
- guard
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- “They discussed guard during the lesson.”
- honest
- Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
- “They discussed honest during the lesson.”
- issued
- .
- “They discussed issued during the lesson.”
- jones
- Heroin.
- “They discussed jones during the lesson.”
- lee
- A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- “They discussed lee during the lesson.”
- lies
- Great, wonderful
- “They discussed lies during the lesson.”
- medicine
- A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
- “They discussed medicine during the lesson.”
- mention
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
- “They discussed mention during the lesson.”
- mountain
- An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- “They discussed mountain during the lesson.”
- nuclear
- Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
- “They discussed nuclear during the lesson.”
- port
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- “Because of modern communication and transportation systems, the world is getting smaller.”
- presence
- The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.
- “They discussed presence during the lesson.”
- reaction
- An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
- “They discussed reaction during the lesson.”
- reduce
- To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- “They discussed reduce during the lesson.”
- shoot
- To launch (a projectile or similar object).
- “They discussed shoot during the lesson.”
- sides
- .
- “They discussed sides during the lesson.”
- solid
- That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- “They discussed solid during the lesson.”
- spanish
- To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material
- “They discussed spanish during the lesson.”
- sport
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- “They discussed sport during the lesson.”
📐 Grammar Notes
Past simple narrates completed school events; present perfect connects study to now: I have finished chapter four. Reported speech shifts tenses back: she said the test was easy. Obligation uses have to and must; permission uses can and may. 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: school. Reading: The Morning Market. 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 'figures' mean?
What does 'guard' mean?
What does 'honest' mean?
What does 'issued' mean?
What does 'jones' mean?
What does 'lee' mean?
What does 'lies' mean?
What does 'medicine' mean?
Write a sentence using 'figures'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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