A1StoryEveryday life1 min

The Forgotten Umbrella

Dark clouds in the morning, a downpour at noon and a friend with a big blue umbrella.

A story about a rainy day. Look at के पास … है: Hindi says “near her is an umbrella” where English says “she has an umbrella”.

आज सुबह आसमान में काले बादल हैं। नेहा स्कूल जाती है, पर वह अपना छाता भूल जाती है।

दोपहर को बहुत तेज़ बारिश होती है। सड़क पर पानी ही पानी है।

नेहा के पास छाता नहीं है। तभी उसका दोस्त विजय आता है। उसके पास एक बड़ा नीला छाता है। दोनों साथ में घर जाते हैं।

घर पर माँ गरम चाय बनाती हैं। नेहा के कपड़े गीले हैं। माँ कहती हैं, “जल्दी सूखे कपड़े पहनो!”

Words: 75
Sentences: 12
Words per sentence: 6.2
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

नेहा के पास छाता नहीं है · उसके पास
X के पास Y है: “X has Y” — उसके पास एक बड़ा नीला छाता है. Having things: मेरे पास … है →
पहनो
The तुम imperative is the stem + -ओ: पहनो, “put on!” Telling a friend: जाओ, and the blunt जा →
काले बादल · गीले · बड़ा नीला छाता
Adjectives ending in -आ agree: काले बादल, गीले कपड़े, सूखे कपड़े (plural), but बड़ा नीला छाता. Adjectives that agree, and those that never change →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 31 of the 49 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

आज
today
A1
आना
to come
A1
आसमान
sky
A1
कपड़ा
cloth; (in the plural) clothes
A1
कहना
to say; to tell
A1
काला
black
A1
गरम
hot; warm
A1
गीला
wet
A1
घर
house; home
A1
चाय
tea
A1
छाता
umbrella
A1
जल्दी
quickly; early
A1
जाना
to go
A1
तेज़
fast; sharp; strong
A1
दोनों
both
A1
दोपहर
afternoon; midday
A1
दोस्त
friend
A1
नीला
blue
A1
पहनना
to wear; to put on
A1
पानी
water
A1
बड़ा
big; large; elder
A1
बनाना
to make
A1
बादल
cloud
A1
बारिश
rain
A1
भूलना
to forget
A1
माँ
mother
A1
सड़क
road; street
A1
सुबह
morning
A1
सूखा
dry
A1
स्कूल
school
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 12 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

The first verbs 6 The first adjectives 5 The weather 4 Time and the calendar 3 Clothes 2 Colours 2 Food and drink 2 People and the family 2 Places in town 2 Small words that hold a sentence together 1 The home 1 Numbers 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. What does Neha forget?

2. Who helps Neha?

3. What does her mother tell her?