Answer the questions. 1) Where is the weekend house situated?

1) Where is the weekend house situated?

2) What is family’s hobby?

3) What do the gardeners do in spring / summer / autumn?

4) What fruit tree did the family decide to plant?

5) What is the most favourable period for planting?

6) What garden tools were necessary for their work?

7) What did everybody do in the garden?

8) How do you understand father’s words: “Gardening takes much time and efforts but it brings you a great pleasure and satisfaction”?

Read the following instructions and put them in the correct order.

___ Spread the roots.

___ Place the sapling into the hole.

_ 1 _ Find a suitable place for the sapling.

___ Water the young tree.

___ Fill the hole with the soil.

___ Put some fertilizer.

___ Ram the earth around the sapling.

___ Dig the hole.

11. Give some tips on how to plant a tree. Use:

First … Then … After that … At last … Finally …

12. What do plants need to grow? Sun, water, air and soil are those natural factors that influence plant’s growth. Which in what way? Match the titles to the corresponding paragraphs.

Sun

Water

Air

Soil

__ 4 __

It provides a base which the roots hold on to as a plant grows bigger. It also provides plants with water and the nutrients they need to be healthy. It also gives nutrients that help plants grow strong.

_____

It provides warmth and energy for plants to survive. Plants use this energy to make their own food energy in the leaves.

_____

It is very important to plant growth. It helps the plant move nutrients from the soil up through its stems and leaves. It also keeps the plant moist and flexible, and helps the plant make its own food.

_____

It is important because plants take in carbon dioxide to use during photosynthesis and give off oxygen as a result.