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A2 Work-Basics Part 10: Work Basics

Lesson 110 of 10 in this unit.

📖 Reading Passage

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For his twelfth birthday, Sam received a red bicycle from his parents. It was the gift he had wanted for a whole year. The bicycle was bright red with black tires and a small bell on the handle. On the first day, his father took him to the park to practice. Sam was afraid of falling, so his father held the back of the seat and ran beside him. After one hour, Sam could ride slowly by himself. After one week, he could ride fast and turn corners safely. Every morning he now rides his bicycle to school with his best friend. They wear helmets, stop at every crossing, and lock their bicycles near the school gate. On weekends, Sam rides to the library to borrow books, or to his grandmother's house two streets away. His grandmother always gives him juice and biscuits when he arrives. Once Sam fell off because the road was wet, but he wore his helmet and only hurt his knee a little. His father taught him to check the brakes and tires every week. Sam cleans his bicycle every Sunday and says it is his most important possession in the world. 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

minor: Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:; “They discussed minor during the lesson.”
opposite: Located directly across from something else, or from each other.; “They discussed opposite during the lesson.”
orange: An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as which yields oranges (the fruit).; “They discussed orange during the lesson.”
selection: The process or act of selecting.; “They discussed selection during the lesson.”
serving: The act or process of serving.; “They discussed serving during the lesson.”
signal: A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.; “They discussed signal during the lesson.”
stream: A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.; “They discussed stream during the lesson.”
struggle: An effortful attempt to escape something dangerous, usually out of fear for one's life or health.; “They discussed struggle during the lesson.”
suicide: The act of intentionally killing oneself.; “They discussed suicide during the lesson.”
theme: A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.; “They discussed theme during the lesson.”
tiny: Very small.; “They discussed tiny during the lesson.”
typically: In a typical or common manner.; “They discussed typically during the lesson.”
unfortunately: Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.; “They discussed unfortunately during the lesson.”
usual: Most commonly occurring; typical.; “He started talking about his ideals as usual.”
garth: A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.; “As a matter as fact, he did it for himself.”
chanting: Singing, especially as a chant is sung.; “I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.”
walls: The vagina.; “They discussed walls during the lesson.”
wave: To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.; “They discussed wave during the lesson.”
alcohol: Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).; “They discussed alcohol during the lesson.”
assembly: A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.; “They discussed assembly during the lesson.”

📐 Grammar Notes

Present continuous covers current duties: I am training two newcomers. Past simple reports completed tasks. Polite workplace requests use could you and would you mind. Articles matter for roles: a manager, the manager on duty, managers in general with no article. 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: work basics. Reading: A New Bicycle. 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 Work-Basics Part 10: Work Basics

📖 Reading Passage

📘 Vocabulary

📐 Grammar Notes

Practice Exercises

What does 'minor' mean?

What does 'opposite' mean?

What does 'orange' mean?

What does 'selection' mean?

What does 'serving' mean?

What does 'signal' mean?

What does 'stream' mean?

What does 'struggle' mean?

Write a sentence using 'minor'.

Summarize the passage in two sentences.

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