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A2 Shopping Part 9: Shopping

Lesson 49 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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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

pick: A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.; “They discussed pick during the lesson.”
race: A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.; “They discussed race during the lesson.”
seem: To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.; “They discussed seem during the lesson.”
seven: A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight.; “They discussed seven during the lesson.”
sign: A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.; “When someone becomes neurotic about pens and paper clips, it's a sure sign they're cracking up.”
simple: Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.; “They discussed simple during the lesson.”
simply: In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.; “They discussed simply during the lesson.”
staff: A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.; “They discussed staff during the lesson.”
super: Of excellent quality, superfine.; “They discussed super during the lesson.”
union: The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.; “They discussed union during the lesson.”
walk: To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.; “They discussed walk during the lesson.”
bed: A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.; “The scene was embedded in his memory.”
built: well-built, muscular or toned.; “They discussed built during the lesson.”
career: One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.; “They discussed career during the lesson.”
changed: Having undergone a change.; “They discussed changed during the lesson.”
crazy: Of unsound mind; insane; demented.; “They discussed crazy during the lesson.”
daily: That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.; “They discussed daily during the lesson.”
daughter: One’s female offspring.; “They discussed daughter during the lesson.”
die: To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.; “They discussed die during the lesson.”
difficult: Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.; “It will become more and more difficult to live in the village.”

📐 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: 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.

A2 Shopping Part 9: Shopping

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

Who de___ed the White House?

I often run into her at the ___market.

The man rob___ me of my purse.

This was ___ long ago.

All of us stared at her; she had ___ so much.

What does 'pick' mean?

What does 'race' mean?

What does 'seem' mean?

Write a sentence using 'pick'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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