Anh & The Monastery — Quiz 3.2: A Day at the Monastery

Anh & The Ancient Monastery

Quiz 3.2 — A Day at the Monastery

📖 Level A1 🏮 Lesson 3 — Part 2 🎯 Hobbies, routines & reading between the lines

12 Questions

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Quiz 1 ✓ Quiz 2 ✓ Quiz 3 ✓ Quiz 3.1 ✓ You know nouns, adjectives, proper nouns, and simple inference. Today — a new word type: synonyms (words that mean almost the same thing). Read the story carefully, then answer.

Today you will find: Noun Adjective Proper noun Synonym Inference

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A Day at the Monastery

A new chapter in Anh's story

A After they finish sweeping, Toan and Anh sit under the large tree. Toan begins to talk. "Every day here is the same," he says. "The bell rings at six. We wash and dress. Then we go to the quiet breakfast." He counts on his long fingers. "After that — tasks. We sweep, carry water, cut wood, and clean the long stone corridors. Then two hours of study with Minh. Then a silent lunch. Then one hour of free time. Then more tasks. Then dinner. Then sleep at nine."

B Anh blinks. "Free time?" he says. "What do you do?" Toan smiles his wide smile. "I walk to the top of the hill," he says. "You can see very far from there — the green fields, the river, the small villages far below. It is wonderful." He pauses. "I also draw. Plants, birds, things I find in the garden." He reaches into his robe and pulls out a small, thin notebook.

C The notebook is old and soft. Anh opens it carefully. The pages are full of small drawings — a tall tree, a round stone, a bird with wide wings, a bowl of soup. The lines are simple but the drawings are clear. "These are good," says Anh. He sounds surprised. Toan shakes his head. "I am not a good artist," he says. "But I practise every day. Every day I get a little better." He closes the notebook. "That is the only way."

D "What about you?" asks Toan. "What do you like to do?" Anh thinks for a moment. At home, he liked to read — to sit near the window with a book for a long time and go very far away inside his head. He also liked to cook. Every Sunday, he made soup with his grandmother in her small, warm kitchen. And sometimes, when he felt sad or worried, he walked by the river alone and thought about things. "I like to read," he says at last. "And to walk." A long pause. "I have never tried to draw."

E "And here?" says Toan. "What do you like so far — here at the monastery?" Anh looks at the clean path, the flat stones, the tall, still trees. He is quiet for a long time. "I like sweeping," he says at last. "I did not think I would. But when I sweep, my mind is still. I like that feeling." Toan looks at him with his calm, sleepy eyes. "You are a natural," he says. "Most new students hate it."

F The bell rings — low and clear. Toan stands and stretches his long, thin arms above his head. "Tomorrow," he says, "in free time — I will teach you to draw." Anh looks up. "Why?" Toan grins his wide grin. "Because everyone here needs one thing to do with their hands when their mind is quiet. Sweeping is good. Drawing is better." He picks up his broom and walks away. Anh sits under the tree for one more moment. He looks at his hands. He thinks about tomorrow.

noun

proper noun

adjective

key word

New Words

tasks — jobs you must do

corridor — a long passage inside a building

free time — time with no tasks; you choose

notebook — a small book for drawing or writing

artist — a person who draws or paints

practise — to do again and again to get better

natural — a person who is good at something easily

stretches — makes arms or legs long and straight

still — not moving; very quiet and calm

schedule — the plan for your whole day

wonderful — very, very good; beautiful

worried — feeling that something bad may happen

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Find the noun.

Read the description. Find the noun in the story that matches. A noun is a thing, person, or place.

Question 1

This is a small book with empty pages. You can draw or write in it. It fits in your pocket. Which noun is it?

Look in paragraph B or C → Find a noun

robe

notebook

page

Question 2

This is the part of the day when you have no tasks. You decide what to do. Which noun names it?

Look in paragraph A → Find a noun

dinner

free time

lunch

Question 3

This is a person who makes pictures — with a pencil, a brush, or a pen. Which noun names this person?

Look in paragraph C → Find a noun

student

natural

artist

Find the adjective.

Read the description. Find the adjective in the paragraph that matches. An adjective describes a noun.

Question 4

At breakfast, nobody speaks. Everyone eats quietly. Find the adjective in Paragraph A that describes the breakfast.

Look in paragraph A → Find an adjective

long

quiet

warm

Question 5

Toan's drawings are not complicated. They are easy to read and understand. Find the adjective in Paragraph C that describes the lines in his drawings.

Look in paragraph C → Find an adjective

old

simple

soft

Question 6

The trees in the garden are not moving. There is no wind. They make no sound. Find the adjective in Paragraph E that describes these trees.

Look in paragraph E → Find an adjective

tall

clean

still

Find the proper noun.

Read the description of a person. Find the proper noun (a specific name with a capital letter) that matches.

Question 7

This person walks to the top of the hill in his free time. He also draws plants and birds. Find the proper noun.

Look in paragraph B → Find a proper noun

Anh

Minh

Toan

Question 8

This person used to cook soup with his grandmother every Sunday. At home, he also liked to read by the window. Find the proper noun.

Look in paragraph D → Find a proper noun

Toan

Anh

Minh

Find the synonym.

A synonym is a word that means almost the same as another word. Find the word in the story that matches the meaning given.

Question 9

Find a word in Paragraph C that means "to do something again and again until you get better at it."

Look in paragraph C → Find a synonym

draw

practise

Question 10

Find a word in Paragraph A that means "jobs you must do — things like cleaning, carrying, and sweeping."

Look in paragraph A → Find a synonym

hours

corridors

tasks

Read between the lines.

The answer is not said directly. Use the clues in the story to work it out.

Question 11 — Paragraph E

Anh says that when he sweeps, his mind is still. What can you work out about how Anh feels when he sweeps?

Look in paragraph E → Inference

He feels bored and wants to stop

Sweeping makes him feel calm and peaceful inside

He feels cold and tired from working

Question 12 — Paragraph F

At the end, Toan says he will teach Anh to draw tomorrow. Anh looks at his hands. What do you think will happen in the next chapter?

Look in paragraph F → Inference

Anh will leave the monastery and go home

Drawing will be an important part of the next chapter

Toan will teach Anh to cook instead

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📋 Answers

B — notebook (noun)A notebook is a small book for drawing or writing. Paragraph B: Toan pulls it from his robe. A page is inside a notebook, not the notebook itself.

B — free time (noun)Free time is the part of the day with no tasks. Paragraph A: "one hour of free time." Dinner and lunch are meals, not free time.

C — artist (noun)An artist makes pictures. Paragraph C: "I am not a good artist." A student learns. A natural is someone with easy talent — but artist names the person who draws.

B — quiet (adjective)Quiet means no talking, calm and still. Paragraph A: "the quiet breakfast." Long describes the corridors. Warm is not used to describe breakfast in this paragraph.

B — simple (adjective)Simple means not complicated — easy to see and understand. Paragraph C: "The lines are simple." Old describes the notebook. Soft describes the notebook's cover.

C — still (adjective)Still means not moving, very quiet. Paragraph E: "the tall, still trees." Tall describes height. Clean describes the path, not the trees.

C — Toan (proper noun)Toan walks to the hill and draws. Paragraph B: "I walk to the top of the hill … I also draw." Anh has never tried to draw. Minh does not appear in this scene.

B — Anh (proper noun)Anh cooked with his grandmother and liked to read. Paragraph D: "Every Sunday, he made soup with his grandmother." Toan draws and walks. Minh is the teacher.

B — practise (synonym)To practise means to do something again and again to improve. Paragraph C: "I practise every day. Every day I get a little better." Draw is an activity. Close is an action with the notebook.

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C — tasks (synonym)Tasks are jobs you must do. Paragraph A: "After that — tasks. We sweep, carry water, cut wood…" Hours are units of time. Corridors are places.

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B — sweeping makes him feel calm and peacefulParagraph E: "when I sweep, my mind is still." A still mind means a calm, peaceful mind. This is the opposite of bored or tired — it is a good feeling.

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B — drawing will be important in the next chapterParagraph F: Toan promises to teach Anh tomorrow. Anh looks at his hands and thinks about tomorrow. These are clues that drawing will appear very soon in the story.

🏮 Next — Quiz 4: The Secret Door The next afternoon, Toan keeps his promise. He and Anh sit in the garden and draw each other. But then something rolls off the stone and disappears into the undergrowth — and what Anh finds with his fingers changes everything.

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