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Waiting for the Rain

A B1 level English reading passage about two friends finding ways to entertain themselves on a rainy day. It includes examples of the past subjunctive mood.

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A B1 level English reading passage about two friends finding ways to entertain themselves on a rainy day.

Reading Text

Sarah stared out the window at the pouring rain. "I wish it were sunny," she sighed. "If it were sunny, we would go to the park." Her friend, Tom, looked up from his phone. "I know. I'm bored. I wish I had my new video game, but it hasn't arrived yet." "If I were you, I would stop checking the tracking app," Sarah laughed. "It won't make the delivery driver come any faster." "Well," Tom said, picking up a dusty deck of cards from the table. "If we had more money, we could go to the movie theater. But since we don't, let's just play cards and wait for the rain to stop."

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Vocabulary

Items:

Label: pouring
Answer: v1
Label: bored
Answer: v2
Label: tracking
Answer: v3
Label: delivery
Answer: v4
Label: dusty
Answer: v5

Definitions:

Text: Flowing heavily (usually referring to rain)
Text: Feeling weary and restless because of a lack of interest
Text: Following the progress or movements of something
Text: The action of bringing goods to a person or place
Text: Covered with a fine powder of dirt

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The rain was
After: down, making huge puddles in the street.
Answer: pouring
Before: He felt
After: because there was nothing interesting to do.
Answer: bored
Before: I am
After: my package online to see when it will arrive.
Answer: tracking
Before: We expect the pizza
After: to arrive in about twenty minutes.
Answer: delivery
Before: She found a
After: old book hidden in the attic.
Answer: dusty

Comprehension

Questions:

Text: Sarah wants it to continue raining.
Answer: false
Text: Tom is waiting for a new video game to be delivered.
Answer: true
Text: Sarah thinks checking the app helps the driver arrive faster.
Answer: false
Text: Tom and Sarah have enough money to go to the movie theater.
Answer: false
Text: They decide to play cards while they wait for the rain to stop.
Answer: true

Scrambled:

Text: wish / were / sunny / it / I
Answer: I wish it were sunny.
Text: sunny / we / park / go / the / to / would / if / it / were
Answer: If it were sunny, we would go to the park.
Text: wish / game / I / new / had / my / video / I
Answer: I wish I had my new video game.
Text: you / stop / I / checking / if / were / I / would
Answer: If I were you, I would stop checking.
Text: we / more / go / movies / had / money / could / to / the / if
Answer: If we had more money, we could go to the movies.

Written Expression

Questions:

Text:
Write three sentences starting with 'I wish...' about things you would like to be different right now. (e.g., I wish I were on a beach.)
Text:
What would you do if you won the lottery? Write a short paragraph starting with 'If I had a million dollars...'

Examples:

Example 1: I wish I were taller. I wish I had a pet dog. I wish it were the weekend.

Example 2: If I had a million dollars, I would travel the world. I would buy a big house for my family, and I would give some money to charity.