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A2 Weather Part 4: Weather

Lesson 84 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

influence: The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.; “They discussed influence during the lesson.”
joe: A male; a guy; a fellow.; “They discussed joe during the lesson.”
los: A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.; “The police questioned him closely.”
marketing: Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).; “They discussed marketing during the lesson.”
mary: .; “They discussed mary during the lesson.”
nor: And... not ().; “They discussed nor during the lesson.”
produce: To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.; “They discussed produce during the lesson.”
progress: Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.; “They discussed progress during the lesson.”
proud: Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.; “They discussed proud during the lesson.”
require: To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.; “They discussed require during the lesson.”
shooting: Moving or growing quickly; “They discussed shooting during the lesson.”
shut: To close, in various senses.; “They discussed shut during the lesson.”
standards: Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.; “They discussed standards during the lesson.”
van: A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.; “They discussed van during the lesson.”
wood: The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.; “They discussed wood during the lesson.”
background: Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.; “They discussed background during the lesson.”
birth: The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.; “They discussed birth during the lesson.”
bridge: A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; “They discussed bridge during the lesson.”
completed: Finished.; “They discussed completed during the lesson.”
concept: An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.; “They discussed concept during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

It plus be frames weather: it is rainy, it was windy. Past continuous sets background: rain was falling when we left. Future will predicts: it will clear by noon. Comparatives track change: colder than yesterday, the wettest week. 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: weather. 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 Weather Part 4: Weather

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

I was ___t in Sir Anthony's wonderful story.

What does 'influence' mean?

What does 'joe' mean?

What does 'los' mean?

What does 'marketing' mean?

What does 'mary' mean?

What does 'nor' mean?

What does 'produce' mean?

Write a sentence using 'influence'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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