A2 School Part 7: School
Lesson 97 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
- forest
- A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- “They discussed forest during the lesson.”
- intelligence
- The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
- “They discussed intelligence during the lesson.”
- intended
- Planned.
- “They discussed intended during the lesson.”
- labour
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- “They discussed labour during the lesson.”
- limit
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
- “They discussed limit during the lesson.”
- moon
- Any natural satellite of a .
- “They discussed moon during the lesson.”
- ocean
- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- “They discussed ocean during the lesson.”
- profit
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- “They discussed profit during the lesson.”
- proof
- An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- “They discussed proof during the lesson.”
- buying
- The act of making a purchase.
- “I am no more diligent than he is.”
- suit
- A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
- “They discussed suit during the lesson.”
- appearance
- The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- “They discussed appearance during the lesson.”
- attorney
- A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- “They discussed attorney during the lesson.”
- behavior
- Human conduct relative to social norms.
- “They discussed behavior during the lesson.”
- ben
- A prayer; a petition.
- “They discussed ben during the lesson.”
- chair
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
- “They discussed chair during the lesson.”
- creating
- creation
- “They discussed creating during the lesson.”
- debt
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- “They discussed debt during the lesson.”
- domestic
- Of or relating to the home.
- “They discussed domestic during the lesson.”
- expensive
- Having a high price or cost.
- “They discussed expensive 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.
The ___man rejected his absurd proposal.
What does 'forest' mean?
What does 'intelligence' mean?
What does 'intended' mean?
What does 'labour' mean?
What does 'limit' mean?
What does 'moon' mean?
What does 'ocean' mean?
Write a sentence using 'forest'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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