A2 School Part 9: School
Lesson 99 of 10 in this unit.
📖 Reading Passage
It rained all weekend in the small town of Brindle, and the two children of the Carter family felt bored. On Saturday morning, rain hit the windows so hard that they could not play football outside. Their mother suggested they build a tent in the living room using blankets and chairs. The children carried pillows, books, and biscuits into the tent and pretended they were explorers in a jungle. In the afternoon, their father taught them a card game that his grandmother had taught him. At first the rules seemed difficult, but after three rounds the children played well and laughed loudly. On Sunday the rain continued, so the family decided to bake a cake together. Each person had a job: the mother mixed the flour and eggs, the father heated the oven, the daughter added sugar, and the son watched the time. While the cake baked, they cleaned the house and listened to music on the radio. When the cake was ready, they drank hot chocolate and ate warm slices. The children said it was the best weekend in a long time, even though they never left the house. Sometimes bad weather brings a family closer together. 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
- yellow
- The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
- “They discussed yellow during the lesson.”
- younger
- One who is younger than another.
- “They discussed younger during the lesson.”
- ancient
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- “They discussed ancient during the lesson.”
- combined
- Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
- “They discussed combined during the lesson.”
- communication
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- “They discussed communication during the lesson.”
- connected
- (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
- “They discussed connected during the lesson.”
- download
- A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
- “They discussed download during the lesson.”
- A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the and the .
- “They discussed email during the lesson.”
- ending
- A termination or conclusion.
- “They discussed ending during the lesson.”
- exercise
- Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- “They discussed exercise during the lesson.”
- express
- Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- “They discussed express during the lesson.”
- flow
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- “They discussed flow during the lesson.”
- girlfriend
- A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- “They discussed girlfriend during the lesson.”
- hero
- Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
- “They discussed hero during the lesson.”
- illegal
- Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
- “They discussed illegal during the lesson.”
- increasing
- On the increase.
- “They discussed increasing during the lesson.”
- joke
- An amusing story.
- “They discussed joke during the lesson.”
- loan
- An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
- “They discussed loan during the lesson.”
- planet
- Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- “They discussed planet during the lesson.”
- restaurant
- An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- “They discussed restaurant 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 Rainy Weekend. 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 'yellow' mean?
What does 'younger' mean?
What does 'ancient' mean?
What does 'combined' mean?
What does 'communication' mean?
What does 'connected' mean?
What does 'download' mean?
What does 'email' mean?
Write a sentence using 'yellow'.
Summarize the passage in two sentences.
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