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Three Days Off School

A pupil writes to her teacher: a wedding in the village, three days away and a plan for the homework.

A polite e-mail to a teacher. से … तक gives a span of time, the future says what will happen, and अगर … तो sets a condition.

From Sonia

To Sharma ji

Subject तीन दिन की छुट्टी

नमस्ते शर्मा जी,

मैं कक्षा आठ की छात्रा सोनिया हूँ। अगले हफ़्ते मेरे बड़े भाई की शादी है। शादी हमारे गाँव में है, इसलिए पूरा परिवार सोमवार को गाँव जाएगा।

मुझे सोमवार से बुधवार तक तीन दिन की छुट्टी चाहिए। मैं गुरुवार को स्कूल आऊँगी।

इन दिनों का होमवर्क मैं अपनी सहेली प्रिया से ले लूँगी। अगर कोई ज़रूरी काम हो, तो कृपया मुझे बताइए।

धन्यवाद,

सोनिया

Words: 71
Sentences: 8
Words per sentence: 8.9
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

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सोमवार से बुधवार तक
से … तक: from … to — सोमवार से बुधवार तक. तक: until, as far as, even →
अगर कोई ज़रूरी काम हो, तो
अगर … तो …: if …, then … — the verb after अगर is often in the subjunctive (हो). If … then: अगर … तो →
जाएगा · आऊँगी · ले लूँगी
The future: जाएगा (will go), आऊँगी (I will come), ले लूँगी (I will get). The future: जाऊँगा, जाएगी, and होगा for “probably” →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 5 of the 52 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

अगला
next
A2
कक्षा
class; classroom; school year
A2
काम
work; job; task
A2
छात्रा
student; pupil (girl or woman)
A2
होमवर्क
homework
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 11 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.

Time and the calendar 6 People and the family 4 The first adjectives 3 The first verbs 3 Greetings and set phrases 3 School and studying 3 Numbers 2 Places in town 2 Verb forms 2 Saying when 1 Work and jobs 1

Comprehension questions

4 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. Why does Sonia need time off?

2. Which days will she miss?

3. How will she get the homework?

4. When will Sonia be back at school?