A2 School Part 4: School
Lesson 94 of 10 in this unit.
📖 Reading Passage
Our school has a small garden behind the classrooms. Every Friday, Class 4 waters the plants and pulls weeds. We grow tomatoes, carrots, and sunflowers. The sunflowers are taller than the teacher now. Last month we picked ten kilos of tomatoes and gave them to the school kitchen. The cook made soup for everyone. We also keep a notebook with drawings of insects we see. Yesterday we found a ladybird and a fat green caterpillar. Gardening teaches us to wait: seeds sleep for weeks before they wake up. In October we collected seeds from the biggest sunflower. We dried them on a tray and put them in paper bags with labels. Our teacher showed us how to test old seeds: put ten on wet cotton and count how many open. Seven grew, so we planted them in small pots on the window sill. We also made compost from fruit skins and dry leaves. It smelled sweet, not bad, because we turned it every week. Next year we want to grow beans up a frame and sell the extra vegetables to buy tools. Gardening also taught us to share: we always give the first tomatoes to the kitchen staff. Next spring we will measure the tallest sunflower every Friday and write the numbers on the classroom wall.
📘 Vocabulary
20 words from this lesson
- transfer
- To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- “They discussed transfer during the lesson.”
- upper
- At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
- “I usually have supper between 7 and 8 p.m.”
- useful
- Having a practical or beneficial use.
- “They discussed useful during the lesson.”
- valley
- An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
- “They discussed valley during the lesson.”
- watched
- Monitored.
- “They discussed watched during the lesson.”
- willing
- Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
- “They discussed willing during the lesson.”
- zone
- Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
- “They discussed zone during the lesson.”
- accident
- An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
- “My uncle was the only person injured in the car accident.”
- advanced
- At or close to the state of the art.
- “They discussed advanced during the lesson.”
- alternative
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- “They discussed alternative during the lesson.”
- anywhere
- In or at any location.
- “They discussed anywhere during the lesson.”
- articles
- Breeches; coat and waistcoat.
- “They discussed articles during the lesson.”
- bear
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family ; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
- “They discussed bear during the lesson.”
- boat
- Vessel for travelling by water.
- “They discussed boat during the lesson.”
- bringing
- The act by which something is brought.
- “They discussed bringing during the lesson.”
- capacity
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- “They discussed capacity during the lesson.”
- cheap
- Low or reduced in price.
- “They discussed cheap during the lesson.”
- climate
- The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
- “They discussed climate during the lesson.”
- discussion
- Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
- “They discussed discussion during the lesson.”
- drinking
- An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
- “They discussed drinking 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 School Garden. 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.
I ___ a tennis match on TV.
What does 'transfer' mean?
What does 'upper' mean?
What does 'useful' mean?
What does 'valley' mean?
What does 'watched' mean?
What does 'willing' mean?
What does 'zone' mean?
Write a sentence using 'transfer'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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