A Day at the Market
Priya is on vacation in a new town, and she spends a happy Saturday morning at the busy market.
- A1 level
- 169 words
- about 3 min
- 4 questions
It is Saturday morning. Priya is on in a new town. There is a big here every Saturday. She loves markets!
The market is very . People are fruit, vegetables, bread and flowers. A man is playing the guitar. Two little girls are dancing to the music.
Priya is . At one table, a woman is making hot bread with cheese. It smells very good! Priya buys a piece and eats it. "It's !" she says, and the woman smiles.
Then Priya sees a table with cups. They are blue and white and very beautiful. An old man is sitting at the table. He is a cup.
"Do you make these cups?" Priya asks. "Yes, I do," he says. "I make them at home, and I paint them here."
Priya buys a blue cup for her mother. Her mother loves blue! Now it is twelve o'clock, and the market is . Priya is , but she is very happy. She likes this town very much.
Key words in this text
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- vacationnoun
a time when you do not go to work or school, and often travel
- marketnoun
a place, often outside, where people sell food and other things
- busyadjective
here: full of people
- sellingverb
giving things to people for money
- hungryadjective
wanting to eat
- deliciousadjective
very, very good to eat
- paintingverb
putting colors on something to make it beautiful
- closingverb
here: stopping for the day
- tiredadjective
wanting to sit down or sleep
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