My New Neighbor
Rosa can't use her new phone and her young neighbor Lin can't cook, so every Wednesday they help each other.
- A1 level
- 160 words
- about 3 min
- 4 questions
My name is Rosa. I am seventy years old. I live in a small in the city. There are six apartments in my building.
I have a new . Her name is Lin, and she lives me. She is twenty years old. She is a student at the .
Lin is very nice, but she has a . She can't ! She eats bread and cheese every evening.
I have a problem, too. I have a new phone, but I can't use it. My son and his children live in Canada. They send me , but I can't open them!
Now Lin and I help . Every Wednesday evening, she visits me. First, she helps me with my phone. Then I her to cook. We drink tea, and we a lot.
Lin can cook soup and rice now. I can see photos of my family every day. My new neighbor is my new friend!
Key words in this text
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- apartmentnoun
a home with some rooms in a big building
- neighbornoun
a person who lives very near you
- next tophrase
very near, at the side of someone or something
- universitynoun
a big school where people study after high school
- problemnoun
something that is difficult for you
- cookverb
to make food hot and ready to eat
- photosnoun
pictures from a camera or a phone
- each otherphrase
here: Lin helps Rosa, and Rosa helps Lin
- teachverb
to help someone learn something
- laughverb
to make a happy sound when something is funny
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