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A2 Travel-Basics Part 4: Travel Basics

Lesson 54 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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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

specific: Explicit or definite.; “They discussed specific during the lesson.”
standard: Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.; “They discussed standard during the lesson.”
tonight: During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.; “They discussed tonight during the lesson.”
write: To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.; “They discussed write during the lesson.”
album: In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.; “They discussed album during the lesson.”
century: A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.; “They discussed century during the lesson.”
charge: The amount of money levied for a service.; “They discussed charge during the lesson.”
cold: Having a low temperature.; “They discussed cold during the lesson.”
create: To bring into existence;; “They discussed create during the lesson.”
effect: The result or outcome of a cause.; “They discussed effect during the lesson.”
eight: A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.; “All these books will be worth their weight in gold someday.”
except: To exclude; to specify as being an exception.; “They discussed except during the lesson.”
eye: An organ through which animals .; “They discussed eye during the lesson.”
funny: Amusing; humorous; comical.; “They discussed funny during the lesson.”
limited: With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.; “They discussed limited during the lesson.”
moving: That moves or move.; “They discussed moving during the lesson.”
network: Any interconnected group or system.; “They discussed network during the lesson.”
peace: A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.; “They discussed peace during the lesson.”
provided: Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).; “They discussed provided during the lesson.”
recently: In the recent past; “They discussed recently during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Going to expresses plans: we are going to leave at six. Past simple narrates trips taken; present perfect links trips to now: I have visited three islands. Prepositions of movement matter: get on the bus, get off the train, arrive at the station, arrive in the city. 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: travel basics. 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.

A2 Travel-Basics Part 4: Travel Basics

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

This oil painting dates from the 17th ___.

What does 'specific' mean?

What does 'standard' mean?

What does 'tonight' mean?

What does 'write' mean?

What does 'album' mean?

What does 'century' mean?

What does 'charge' mean?

Write a sentence using 'specific'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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