In the World of Hobbies. Gardening

Task 1 – A-Z of hobby

 

What does a word hobby mean to you?

Can you find more words for each letter?

 

A	N
B	O
C	P
D	Q
E	R
F	S
G	T
H	U
I	V
J	W
K	X
L	Y
M	Z

 

Task 1 – A-Z of hobby

 

What does a word hobby mean to you?

Can you find more words for each letter?

 

Acrobatics	N
Badminton, Basketball, Ballet	O
Computer games, Camping, Collecting coins, Cooking	Playing snowballs, Poetry
Diving, Drawing	Q
Embroidery	Reading, Riding a bicycle, Running, Roller skating, Painting
Football, Figure skating, Flying a kite, Fishing	Skiing, Skating, Snorkling, Swimming, Singing, Stamps
Gardening	Tennis, Theatre
Hockey, Hiking	U
I	Volleyball
Jumping	Watching films
Knitting	X
L	Y
Music	Z

 

Task 2 – A-Z of garden (gardening)

 

What does a word garden (gardening) mean to you?

Can you find more words for each letter?

 

A	N
B	O
C	P
D	Q
E	R
F	S
G	T
H	U
I	V
J	W
K	X
L	Y
M	Z

 

Task 2 – A-Z of garden (gardening)

 

What does a word garden (gardening) mean to you?

Can you find more words for each letter?

 

A	N
Berries, Birds Bush	Orchard
C	Plants
Dig	Q
E	Rake
Flowers Fruit	Spade Seeds
Gardener Grass	Trees
H	U
I	Vegetables
J	W
Kitchen-garden	X
L	Y
M	Z

 

Task 3 – Garden Mind Map

 

What comes to mind when you think of garden?

Work in groups and write your ideas below.

 

 

 

 

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Task 3 – Garden Mind Map

 

What comes to mind when you think of garden?

Work in groups and write your ideas below.

 

 

 

 

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Task 3 – Garden Mind Map

 

What comes to mind when you think of kitchen-garden?

Work in groups and write your ideas below.

 

 

 

 

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Task 4 – Potting a Plant

 

Potting a Plant

In order to pot a plant you must

 

• Put some stones gently into the pot.
• Fill the pot half full with soil.
• Place the plant firmly into the soil.
• Fill the pot up carefully with soil.
• Press the soil firmly around the plant.
• Water the plant slowly.
• Let the excess water drain out of the pot

 

 

Imperative Mood	Present Continuous	Present Perfect
Teacher: Put some stones gently into the pot.  What are you doing?  What has he done?	Pupil: I am putting some stones into the pot.	Class: He has put some stones into the pot.

 

 

 

Some activities in the garden

 

 

• To be keen on gardening
• To dig holes for rose bushes
• To plant the flowers and the trees
• To water the garden
• To mow the lawn
• To cut the hedge
• To grow the vegetables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task 1 - Reading

Gardening

 

The most popular hobby of the British is gardening.

Most English people love gardens, their own above all, and this is probably one reason why so many people prefer to live in houses rather than flats.

In the suburbs you can see row after row of ordinary small houses.

And each house is surrounded by lots of flowers.

Many people who have no gardens of their own have patches of land.

They spend much leisure time working among their flowers, trees and vegetables.

The British take part in numerous flower-shows and vegetable shows with very good prizes.

Such shows are very popular in Britain.

To many gardeners the process of growing the plants and taking care of them seems more important than the pleasure of looking at the flowers or the prospect of eating vegetables.

In many places a competitive gardener’s desire is to grow the biggest cabbages or leeks or carrots.

So this is the most favourite hobby of the British people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task 2 – Listening

Plant a Tree on Arbor Day

Trees and other plants make our cities and towns nicer places to live. Some cities have special parks called botanical gardens. You can visit these parks and learn about different kinds of trees. Maybe you will see the kind of tree you would like to plant near your home. You can enjoy your tree all the year round. And so will some lucky birds.

Arbor Day is a special day in the USA. It is a day in spring for planting trees where there are no forests.

More than a hundred years ago a man by the name of Morton moved from New York State to the state of Nebraska. The State

of New York has many hills and woods of beautiful trees. Morton found the land in Nebraska very flat. There were very few trees, and he did not like it. Morton decided to plant trees. He asked his neighbours to plant some, too. They understood his idea and began to work.

Other people in Nebraska liked Morton’s trees. They decided to have one day when everyone would plant trees. They called it Arbor Day because an “arbor” is an old word for a “tree”.

Today, in Nebraska, the trees give the people cool shade in summer and protection from cold winds in winter. Most states in the United States have an Arbor Day. Most provinces in Canada have an Arbor Day, too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task 3 – Writing

 

Read the task and fill in the crossword

01. Someone whose job is to look after a garden or someone who enjoys growing plants and is good at it;

02. An area of land where fruit trees are grown;

03. A tool for making soil level and removing leaves from the ground, consisting of a long handle with sharp separated points on one end that the soil etc is caught in;

04. A small hard part produced by a plant that can grow into a new plant of the same type;

05. The clear liquid that falls as rain and is used for things such as drinking and washing;

06. A living thing that grows in soil, has leaves and roots, and needs water and light from the sun to live;

07. The substance on the surface of the Earth in which plants grow;

08. The hard substance that rocks are made of, often used for building;

09. An area of land next to a house, usually with grass and plants growing in it;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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