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A2 Weather Part 5: Weather

Lesson 85 of 10 in this unit.

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๐Ÿ“– 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.

๐Ÿ“˜ Vocabulary

20 words from this lesson

copy
The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
โ€œThey discussed copy during the lesson.โ€
dear
High in price; expensive.
โ€œThey discussed dear during the lesson.โ€
dogs
Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.
โ€œThey discussed dogs during the lesson.โ€
garden
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
โ€œThey discussed garden during the lesson.โ€
host
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
โ€œThey discussed host during the lesson.โ€
housing
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
โ€œThey discussed housing during the lesson.โ€
inc
.
โ€œThey discussed inc during the lesson.โ€
journal
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
โ€œThey discussed journal during the lesson.โ€
labor
.
โ€œThey discussed labor during the lesson.โ€
leadership
The capacity of someone to lead others.
โ€œThey discussed leadership during the lesson.โ€
length
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
โ€œThey discussed length during the lesson.โ€
lucky
Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
โ€œThey discussed lucky during the lesson.โ€
neither
Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.
โ€œThey discussed neither during the lesson.โ€
onto
Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).
โ€œThey discussed onto during the lesson.โ€
patient
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
โ€œThey discussed patient during the lesson.โ€
possibly
;
โ€œThey discussed possibly during the lesson.โ€
prove
To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
โ€œThey discussed prove during the lesson.โ€
rare
Very uncommon; scarce.
โ€œThey discussed rare during the lesson.โ€
setting
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
โ€œThey discussed setting during the lesson.โ€
software
Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
โ€œThey discussed software during the lesson.โ€

๐Ÿ“ 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.

Practice Exercises

Work through each exercise to complete this lesson.

1

What does 'copy' mean?

2

What does 'dear' mean?

3

What does 'dogs' mean?

4

What does 'garden' mean?

5

What does 'host' mean?

6

What does 'housing' mean?

7

What does 'inc' mean?

8

What does 'journal' mean?

9

Write a sentence using 'copy'.

10

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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