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A2 Shopping Part 2: Shopping

Lesson 42 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

original: Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.; “They discussed original during the lesson.”
park: An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.; “They discussed park during the lesson.”
performance: The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.; “They discussed performance during the lesson.”
press: An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.; “They discussed press during the lesson.”
received: Generally accepted as correct or true.; “They discussed received during the lesson.”
role: A character or part played by a performer or actor.; “They discussed role during the lesson.”
sent: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.; “They discussed sent during the lesson.”
themselves: The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition .; “In the past, the boys were taught to fend for themselves while still very young.”
tried: Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.; “They discussed tried during the lesson.”
worked: Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.; “We all worked at the company by the hour.”
worth: Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.; “They discussed worth during the lesson.”
bill: A written list or inventory.; “They discussed bill during the lesson.”
books: Accounting records.; “They discussed books during the lesson.”
cool: Of a mildly low temperature.; “They discussed cool during the lesson.”
director: One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).; “They discussed director during the lesson.”
exactly: Without approximation; precisely.; “They discussed exactly during the lesson.”
giving: Having the tendency to give; generous.; “They discussed giving during the lesson.”
ground: The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.; “They discussed ground during the lesson.”
meeting: The act of persons or things that meet.; “They discussed meeting during the lesson.”
provide: To make a living; earn money for necessities.; “They discussed provide during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Comparatives compare two items: cheaper than, more colorful than. Superlatives pick one of many: the cheapest, the freshest. Use too plus adjective for excess and enough after adjectives for sufficiency. Polite requests use could and would: could you wrap this, I would like two kilos. 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: shopping. 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 Shopping Part 2: Shopping

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

I accepted a pre___ from his sister.

This book is ___ reading again and again.

I'm looking for ___ on Roman history.

What does 'original' mean?

What does 'park' mean?

What does 'performance' mean?

What does 'press' mean?

What does 'received' mean?

Write a sentence using 'original'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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