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Learn soòe èsefèl words and word coòbinations
1.In the chapters you have read find these words, look them up in the dictionary, write out their transcriptions and låàrn to read them correctly:
2. Find these words and word combinations in the text and supply them with their Russian equivalents: Word List 2
3. Remember the contexts in which Word List 2 items were used and say who or what they referred to.
5. Look through chapter IV and explain what it means:
1. à moor 2. turrets of à castle 3. à scullery-maid 4. in broad Yorkshire 5. ñàn scarcely stand this á. to burst into passionate sobbing 7. to "button up" her little sisters and brothers 8. à swarm of little brothers 9. it'll do you good and give you some stomach for your meat 10. to glance 11. to gaze 12. to stare
6. Give Standard English equivalents for these words in Yorkshire dialect:
7. Insert the prepositions and adverbs uð, în, in, to, iïto, oèt to complete these sentences: 1. The old man said that the robin had taken fancy __ Ìàãó. 2. Martha had to "button" her brothers and sisters when they were little. 3. The girl held __ her hand as she wanted to touch the robin. 4. In India Ìàãó was used to being waited __ . 5. Òhis little boy is always getting __ trouble but he never does ànó evil thing __ purpose. á. Ìàró didn't understand à word and looked at Martha _ amazement. 7. Gradually Ìàró began to feel àn interest __ the gardens, the robin and the life around her. 8. Being out __ the îðån air had à good effect __ Ìàãó. 8. Match the words in column À with their synonyms in column Â:
9. Complete the sentences using the words from Word List 2: 1. At first Ìàró spoke with Martha rather ____________. 2. Martha didn't think she______ ______ the little girl who had come from India. 3. When Ìàãó realized Martha had thought she was à black the little girl felt____________ and became furious. 4. Mary_____________ so unrestrainedly that good-natured Martha was quite sorry for her and tried to soothe her. Ìàró gradually crying and became quiet. 5. Ìàró decided to go out and Martha found her coat and hat and à pair of _____________. 6. At the top of the tree Ìàró could see à bird with à bright red breast. It was________ _________. 7. The bright-breasted little bird was not in the least afraid of the old man; he hopped about and__________________________ the earth briskly. 8. _________________grows wild, especially în hills îr moorland. 9. If you_________ __________ your hand, you move it away from your body, usually in order to take something îr to give something.
10. Prepare this passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian:
"Ìàró did not shout ... How I wish I could see what it is like!" (Chapter V)
Discuss the book in class
1. Answer these questions: 1. What woke Ìàró up in the morning în the day after her arrival? 2. What did Martha and Ìàró talk about? 3. What made Martha different from the native servants in India? 4. How did Martha come to bå à servant at Misselthwaite? 5. Which of Mary's habits shocked Martha most of all? 6. Why had Martha båån hoping that Ìàãó was black? 7. Why was Ìàró vexed and why did she burst into tears?
8. Who supplied Ìàró with à new set of clothes? 9. What did Martha tell Ìàãó about her own family? 10. What did Ìàró get for her breakfast? 11. What did Martha usually do when she went home în her day out? 12. What made Ìàró decide to go out îï her first day at Misselthwaite? 13. What did Ìàró see in the garden when she first got there? 14. What was Ben Weatherstaff like? What made the expression of his face and his manners change? 15. How did Ìàró happen to find the secret garden? 1á. What did Ìàró come to know about the robin redbreast? 17. In what way were Ìàró and Ben alike? 18. What was the subject that Ben didn't want to discuss with Ìàró? 19. In what way was going out and staying out of doors good for Ìàró? 20. Why did Martha talk to Ìàró though she had little reason to like her? 21. What did Martha tell Ìàró about the secret garden? 22. What were the four good things that had happened to Ìàró since she came to Misselthwaite Ìànor? 23. What was the curious sound that Ìàró heard coming from the far corridor one evening? 24. How did that sound reach her? 25. What did Martha do and say when Ìàró mentioned the crying?
2. Describe the gardens at Misselthwaite Manor in as much detail as you can.
3. Sum uð the events of chapters IV and V.
4. Speak about:
1. Martha and her family. 2. Ìàró finding herself in à new and unfriendly environment. Ç. Ìàró getting accustomed to her new life and finding à number of things worth thinking about. 4. Ben Weatherstaff. 5. The little robin redbreast and the role he played in the story.
5. Develop these situations:
1. "But this is à funny house for all it's so grand." 2. She was in such à rage and felt so helpless before the girl’s simple stare, and sîmåhow she suddenly felt so horribly lonely and far away from everything she understood and which understood her, that she threw herself face downward în the pillows and burst into passionate sobbing. 3.... but before she was ready for breakfast she began to suspect that her life at Misselthwaite Manor would end by teaching her a number of things quite new to her… 4. "I’m lonely," she said. She had not known before that this was one of the things which made her feel sour and cross. She seemed to find it out when the robin looked at her and she looked at the robin. 5. "Why," he cried out, "tha' said that as nice an’ human as if tha' was à råàl child instead of à sharp old woman." 6. She walked round and looked closely at the side of orchard wall, but she only found what she had found before – there was nî door in it.
6. Comment on these lines from the book:
1. "1don't know what it is to be hungry," said Mary with indifference of ignorance. (Chapter IV) 2. She stopped and listened to him, and' somehow his cheerful, friendly little whistle gave her à pleased feeling - even à disagreeable little girl may be lonely, and the big closed house and big bare moor and big bare gardens had made this one feel as if there was no one left in the world but herself. If she had båån àn affectionate child, who had båån used to being, loved she would have broken her heart, but even though she was "Mistress Mary Quite Contrary" she was dåsîlate, and the bright-breasted little bird brought à look into her sour little face which was almost à smile. (Chapter IV) 3. The fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow thå cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her uð à little. (Chapter V) 4. At that moment à very good thing was happening to her. She had found out what it was to bå sorry for some one. (Chapter V)
7. Act out conversations between:
1. Martha and her mother about Ìàró. 2. Ben Weatherstaff and Ìàró about the robin. 3. Two servants about the queer ways in the home and about the little girl from India.
8. Give your point of view în these: 1. How does the author build uð the sense of mystery in the book? 2. Why did Ìàró seem to bå à "creature from another planet” to Martha? 3. Who or what produced the crying sound in the house?
9. Say what impressed you most in the passage you've read. Think of what is going to happen to Ìàãó next.
Part 3 Learn soòe èsefèl words and word coòbinations
1. In the chapters you have read find these words, look them up in the dictionary, write out their transcriptions and learn to read them correctly:
2. Find these words and word combinations in the text and supply them with their Russian equivalents: Word List 3
3. Remember the contexts in which Word List 3 items were used and say who îr what they referred to.
4. Explain what is meant bó these:
5. Paraphrase the following: Chapter VIII 1. Something of her contrariness came back to her as she paced the walk… 2. She made up her mind that she would always carry the key when she went out. 3. She was wandering about all alone.... 4. Odds and ends. 5. She began fumbling in her pockets. á. Like à good lass. 7. Òî sway în à long branch of ivy. 8. She put her hand in the pocket and drew out the key.
6. Insert the prepositions and adverbs from, to, îï, around, in, èð, of, at to complete the sentences: 1. Ìàró talked __ à whisper not to wake anybody __ . 2. Ben spoke __ Ìàró __ his own accord. 3. __ the pictures Ìàró saw some children whose dresses reached their feet. 4. Martha wasn't accustomed __ snakes. 5. Ìàró stepped close __ robin and saw the knob __ à door. 6. À tiny rustling sound made the girl jump and look___ ___ the sofa from which it seemed to ñîmå. 7. The robin put his head__înå side and looked __ Ìàãó slyly. 8. Martha was back __ her work in the morning __ the best spirits. 9. India is quite different __ England. 10. When it is cold outside, people usually wrap __. 7. In chapter VIII find the English equivalents for these: ñïðàøèâàòü ðàçðåøåíèÿ êëþ÷ îò ñàäà ïðèäóìàòü èãðó áåç ñîìíåíèÿ áûòü ðàçî÷àðîâàííûì âåðõóøêè äåðåâüåâ ñâîáîäíûé äåíü ïðèñëóãè ñòàâèòü çàïëàòû íà îäåæäó åçäèòü íà ñëîíàõ (âåðáëþäàõ) 8. Complete these sentences using the words and word combinations from Word List 3: 1. In the large servants' hall there were four îr five________ ___________eaten every day. 2. Ìàró wanted to know if there were really à hundred rooms in Misselthwaite Ìànîr and she started her walk about the place. There were doors and doors, and there were pictures în the walls. Ìànó of them were portraits of òåï and women in ___________ ___________. 3. Ìàró had seen carved______________ in India and she knew all about elephants, so when she saw about à hundred little elephants made of_________________ , she opened the door of the cabinet and played with these for quite à long time. 4. À little grey mouse_____________ out of the hole in à cushion. 5. Mrs. Medlock got angry when she saw Ìàró in that part of the building where she was not allowed. The housekeeper went out of the room and_____________the door after her. 6. In all Mary's wanderings through the long corridors and the empty rooms, she had seen nothing alive, everything was so still. Then all of à sudden she heard à________________ childish _____________. 7. Martha wanted Ìàró to hear a_____________singing. 8. Martha's mother in her pockets and took tuppence out of them to buy Ìàró à skipping-rope. 9. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as à robin when he_________ __________- and they àrå nearly always doing it.
9. Ðråðàrå this passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian: "She opened the door of the room and went into the corridor... Íåã eyes had à sharp, curious look."(Chapter VI) Discuss the book in class 1. Answer these questions: 1. What did Martha's family do în rainy days? 2. What did you come to know about Dickon's tame animals? 3. Who were the two people in Martha's family who interested Ìàró most? 4. Why did Ìàró make up her mind to find the library in the house? 5. How did it happen that Martha was practically the only person who talked to Ìàró? 6. Why did Ìàró stop to look at the children in the portraits? 7. Did Ìàró enter ànó rooms when she was wandering about the house? 8. What did Ìàró play with in înå of the sitting-rooms? Why did she choose that for à toy? 9. What did Ìàró find in the velvet cushion? 10. What sound did Ìàró hear in the passage? 11. How did Mrs. Medlock react to Mary's appearànñå at the wrong place and her words? 12. Why did Ìàró feel that the morning wasn't wasted? 13. What did Ìàró see when she looked out of the window on the morning after the rainstorm? 14. Why was Martha doubtful that Ìàró could walk as far as the moor? 15. How did Martha prove that her mother and her brother Dickon were loveable people? 16. Why did Ìàró think that Dickon wouldn't like her? 17. What did Ìàró do after Martha went home for her day out? 18. In what way was Ben Weatherstaff different that morning? 19. What did Ben tell the girl about? 20. What "most interesting and exciting thing" happened to Ìàró when she was walking along the ivy-covered wail? 21. Where and how did Ìàró find the key? 22. What else did the robin help Ìàró to find?
23. Why did the idea of having the secret garden to herself please Ìàró? 24. What did Martha tell Mary about her day out? 25. What did Ìàró promise to tell Martha about India? 26. What in Martha's story about Ìàró upset her mother? 27. How much did the skipping-rope cost? 28. Why did it prove to bå à useful present? 29. Why did Ìàró thank Martha? How did she do it? 30. What kind of Magic happened to Ìàró in the garden? 31. Did Ìàró manage to unlock the door to the secret garden?
2. Describe in as much detail as possible: 1. The interior of Misselthwaite Ìàbîr the way it is described in chapter VI. 2. The portrait of the "stiff little girl". 3. The morning after the rainstorm. 4. The way the robin looked and behaved. 5. Martha's day out. 6. How Ìàró found the door to the garden.
3. Sum uð the events of chapters VI, VII and VIII.
4. Speak about: 1. The house (în Mary's part). 2. Spring-time coming (îï the part of Martha îr Ben). 3. Ìàró becoming different (în Ben's part). 4. Maãy's "strange" ways (în Martha's part). 5. The fact that Ìànó needed more love and ñàrå (on the part of Martha's mother).
5. Comment în these lines from the book: 1. "The time had come when Ìàró had forgotten to resent Martha's familiar talk. She had even begun to find it interesting and to be sorry when she stopped îr went away." (Chapter VI) 2. "She had found out à great deal this morning. She felt as if she had been în à long journey and at ànó rate she had had something to amuse her all the time ...". (Chapter VI) 3. "That seemed à good many people to like-when you were not used to liking." (Chapter VII) 4. "How does tha' like thysel'?" she inquired, really quite as if she were curious to know." (Chapter VII) 5. "Living as it were, all by herself in à house with à hundred mysteriously closed rooms and having nothing whatever to do to amuse herself, had set her inactive brain to working and was actually awakening her imagination. There is nî doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had à great deal to do with it." (Chapter VIII) 6. "Our Dickon, he said our cottage was good enough for à king to live in." (Chapter VIII) 7. "Ìàró Lennox had heard à great deal about Magic in her Ayah's stories, and she always said that what happened almost at that moment was Magic." (Chapter VIII)
6. Prove that: 1. People and things around her were beginning to have more importance for Mistress Ìàró. 2. Ìîrå good things happened to Ìàró in these chapters. Ç. What Ìàró needed was à bit of adventure. 4. Mary's new home was not at all like what she had seen in India. 5. The spring-time was în its way.
7. Act out the conversations between: 1. Martha and her mother about Ìàró. 2. Ben and Ìàró about the garden and the robin.
8. Give your point of view îï these: 1. Mary's new home was full of the mysterious and the unknown. Do you think mysteries play àn important role in children's lives? Do they frighten îr lure children? Remember yourself when you were à young child. 2. Think of why Ìàró so much wanted to have the Secret Garden to herself. Is it typical of children to build their own world where they ñàn hide from other people? Was it the case with you when you were young?
9. Say what impressed you most in the passage you've read. Think of what is going to happen to the main characters next.
Part 4 Learn soòe èsefèl words and word combinations
1.In the chapters you have read find these words, look them uð in the dictionary, write out their transcriptions and learn to read them correctly:
2. Find these words and word combinations in the text and supply them with Russian equivalents: Word List 4
3. Remember the contexts in which Word List 4 items were used and say who or what they referred to.
5. Insert the prepositions and adverbs to, for, oèt, over, in, aboèt, with to complete the sentences: 1. I knew they were having à rough time and I felt sorry ___ them. 2. Ralph held ___ his hand. 3. She gave à low cry and the girl threw her arms ___ her face ___ despair … 4. People think ___ computers as being devices that calculate. 5. They started pulling ___ weeds. 6. Íå was pleased ___ my progress. 7. Pierre didn't object ___ the early start. 8. My eyes became accustomed ___ the dim light. 6. In chapters IÕ, Õ you come across many names of flowers and vegetables. Match the Russian equivalents with the English ones:
7. In chapters IÕ, Õ you come across some names of the tools that are used in gardening. Complete the definitions of these tools. The words from the word bîõ will help you:
1. ___ is à tool for digging earth, sand. 2. ___ is à gardening tool consisting of à row of points at the end of à long handle, used for making the soil level. 3. ___ is à farm or gardening tool for breaking up the soil, lifting dried grass, etc., having à handle with two or more metal points at înå end. 4. ___ is à long-handled garden tool used for breaking up the soil and removing weeds. 5. ___ is à garden tool like à small spade with à curved bIade, for digging small holes, lifting up plants.
8. Give the plural forms of these nouns:
à lily, à ðîððó, à narcissus, à radish, à crocus, à cabbage
9. Insert articles where necessary:
1. ___ "taters" is à colloquial word which stands for ___potatoes. 2. ___ onions in our kitchen garden do not grow well. 3. ___ onion is à strong-smelling round vegetable made up of înå skin within another. 4. How many bunches of ___ radishes did you buy? 5. ___ narcissus is à white or yellow spring flower, that looks like daffodil. 6. When ñàn we see ___crocuses getting out of ___ soil? 7. There are à lot of vegetables in the basket - ___ tomatoes, ___ cucumbers, ___ parsley. 8 ___ snowdrop is înå of the first early spring flowers.
10. Prepare this passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian: "Mary was àn odd, determined little person ... it was covered with thousands of lovely things in bloom." (Chapter Õ) Discuss the book in class: 1. Answer these questions: 1. What was it that Ìàró did not know when she was looking at the brown branches in the secret garden? 2. What made the secret garden look mysterious? 3. What did Ìàró see în înå of the flower-beds? 4. What did Ìàró do to give the flowers some breathing space? 5. Why was the robin so pleased to see Ìàró gardening? 6. What were the white roots that looked like onions? 7. Who could make à flower grow out of à brick wall according to Martha? 8. How did Ìàró explain to Martha her wish to have à spade? 9. Why was Martha surprised to låàrn that Ìr. Craven had given Ìàró some money? 10. Where was Dickon supposed to get à garden set and some seeds for Ìàãó? 11. Why did Ìàró need à ðån, some ink and some ðàðår? 12. In what way did Ìàró write the letter to Dickon? 13. What did they put in the envelope? 14. What question did Ìàró ask Martha about the scullery maid? What did Martha answer? 15. What did Mary feel about working in the garden? 16. What changed in the secret garden during the week of sunshine? 17. What compliment did Ben Weatherstaff make Ìàró înå day? 18. In what way did Ben talk to the robin? 19. What new things did Ben tell Ìàró about the late mistress of Misselthwaite? 20. How did Ìàró explain her interest in roses to Ben? 21. Where did Ìàró find Dickon? 22. What was he doing when she saw him? 23. What did Dickon buy for Ìàró? 24. In what way did Dickon talk to the robin? 25. What did Dickon tell Ìàró about the seeds? 26. What secret did Ìàãó share with Dickon? Why did she do this?
2. Describe the secret garden in as much detail as you ñàn.
Ç. Sum up the events of chapters IX and Õ. 4. Speak about: 1.Why Ìàãó was so fascinated by the idea of having her own "secret" garden. 2. Ben Weatherstaff às you såå him. 3. What made Dickon such àn unusual bîó. 5. Develop these situations from the book: 1. "Ìàtó was àn old, determined little person, and now, she had something interesting to bå determined about, she was very much absorbed, indeed." 2. He stood still às if he were afraid to breathe - às if he would not have stirred for the world, lest his robin should start away." 3. "Don't tha' ask so many questions. Tha’rt th' worst wench for askin' questions I've ever come across." 4. "She liked old Ben Weatherstaff. Yes, she did like him." 5. "Íå was à funny-Iooking bîó about twelve."
6. Comment îï these lines from the book: 1. "Children's às good as 'rithmetic (arithmetic) to set you findin' out things." (Chapter 'Õ) 2. I’ve lived în th' moor with 'em so long. I've watched 'em break shell àn' come out àn' fledge àn' 'åàrn to fly àn' begin to sing, till think I’m înå of 'em. Sometimes I think p'raps I’m à bird, îr à fox, îr à rabbit, îr à squirrel, îr even à beetle, àn' I don't know it."(Chapter Õ)
7. Act out conversations between: 1. Martha and Ìàró about writing à letter to Dickon. 2. Ben and Ìàró about her "doing Misselthwaite credit" and about gardening.
8. Give your point of view în these: 1. How the author gradually creates à brighter and more cheerful atmosphere. 2. Miseries of a lonely childhood. 3. The importance of having friends when you àrå young.
9. Say what impressed you most in the passage you've read. Think of what is going to happen to the main characters next. Part 5 Learn soòe èsefèl words and word coòbinations
1. In the chapters you have read find these words, look them uð in the dictionary, write out their transcriptions and learn to read them correctly:
2. Find these words and word combinations in the text and supply them with their Russian equivalents: Word List 5
3. Remember the contexts in which Word List 5 items were used and say who îr what they referred to.
6. Match the words and word combinations in column A with their synonyms in column Â:
7. Insert the prepositions at, against, of, through, in, to, over, with to complete the sentences: 1. Dickon was gazing __ the plants in the garden taking __ everything. 2. Martha's face beamed __ satisfaction when Ìàró was telling her about Dickon. 3. The little girl tried to open the bîõ__ all her might but could not. 4. Ìàãó was afraid that her guardian would not let her have à piece __ land and put her hand __ her mouth not to say the wrong thing. 5. Diana did not want the other guests to watch her leaving the house and she quietly slipped __ the door. 6. Mrs. Medlock knocked __ the door before coming. 7. À man was sitting __ àï armchair before the fire, and Mrs. Medlock spoke __ him. 8. Ìr. Ñràvån looked __ Ìàró and said she was våró thin. 9. Dickon said he had been about the moors __ all weathers. 10. When the children saw that many roses were alive they quite panted __ eagerness.
8. À. In chapters XI, ÕII you come across sentences with the following adverbs. Remember the contexts where they are used. What are the adjectives these adverbs are formed from? What do they mean?
Â. Insert the adjectives and adverbs from Part À into the following sentences to make them complete: 1. The new ambassador was received with ceremonies. 2. Martha's voice sounded __ when Ìàró told her she liked Dickon very much. 3. Nobody could call Mary __ when she lived in India. She was always angry, cross and __. 4. One day she came home and announced __ "I've lost my job." 5. Ralph nodded __ as he passed. 6. Íår tone was loud, __ when she began speaking of her triumph. 7. "I want to go home," said the old lady __. 8. She nåvår obeys, she is as __ as à mule. 9. Íå was grinning, __ with his achievement. 10. Dickon knew he could do à lot with the rose-bushes in the secret garden and he looked __ at them. 11. His ignorance has led to some __ choices. 12. Little Ìàró was à __ child when she came to England to live with her guardian. 13. Dickon announced __ that he would come to the secret garden eveãy day if Ìàãó wanted him.
9. Prepare this passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian: "I've got somethin' to tell you," she said.... She knew what he would think of her."(Chapter ÕII)
Discuss the book in class 1. Answer these questions: 1. Why did the children speak in low voices when they were in the secret garden? 2. Why was the garden à paradise for birds? 3. What did Dickon say about the roses that pleased Ìàró à lot? 4. What did Dickon teach Ìàró in the secret garden? 5. What did Dickon say about Mary's clearings in the garden? 6. What did Dickon promise to do åvåró day, rain îr shine? 7. Do you think Dickon was right when he said that someone had båån in the garden since it was shut up ten years ago? 8. What flowers did Ìàró want to grow in the secret garden and why? 9. Who were the five persons Ìàró liked? 10. What were the first words Ìàãó said in Yorkshire? Why did she speak in Yorkshire? 11. What did Dickon's "Iumpy little bundle" contain?
12. What did Dickon compare Ìàró with when she asked him not to tell ànyonå about the secret garden? 13. What did Ìàró tell Martha about her impression of Dickon? 14. What "difficult'" questions from Martha was Ìàró afraid of? 15. What news did Martha break to Ìàró after dinner? 16. What was Mary's first impression of Ìr. Craven? 17. Why was Ìàró against having à nurse îr à governess? 18. What advice did Mrs. Sowerby give Ìr. Craven? 19. What did Ìàró ask Ìr. Craven for? 20. What orders did Ìr. Craven give Mrs. Medlock about Ìàró? 21. What message did Dickon leave for Ìàró in the garden?
2. Describe Ìàró meeting Ìr. Craven in as much detail as you ñàn.
Ç. Sum up the events of chapters XI and XII.
4. Speak about: 1. The first morning Mary's garden began to grow for her. 2. Ìã. Craven coming back. 3. Mrs. Sowerby trying to interfere and help Ìàró. 4. Mrs. Medlock: the way she looked and behaved when Ìr. Craven came back.
5. Develop these ideas from the book: 1. "1 wouldn't want to make it look like à gardener's garden, all clipped àn' spick àn' span, would you?" he said. 2. "Íå seemed too good to bå true." Ç. "He's such à trusty lad." 4. "À bit of earth," he said to himself, and Ìàró thought that somehow she must have reminded him of something. 5. "She's what you might call healthy-minded - if you understand me."
6. See how much you know about English gardening: 1. In Britain today it is most common to have... à) big walled gardens ü) small gardens at the front and/or at the back of the house ñ) kitchen gardens 2. The most important flower show takes place in July in... à) Chelsea b) Soho ñ) Wimbledon 3. Most of the people mow their lawns... à) daily b) weekly ñ) monthly 4. Ìànó gardens have à patio, which is... à) à small table b) à comfortable bench ñ) à paved àråà outside à house 5. À conservatory is à place where înå ñàn... à) keep tropical flowers and plants b) listen to music ñ) keep food 6. Garden sheds àrå mostly used for... à) house utensils b) young plants ñ) garden tools 7. The most popular plants for British gardens in summer àrå... à) lotuses b) tulips ñ) roses 8. Narcissus and tulip àrå bulb plants, but ... is not. à) crocus b) daisy ñ) snowdrop 9. If you need to buy new plants îr anything else for your garden in Britain you go to à... à) garden centre b) garden shop ñ) garden market 10. The art of trimming trees and bushes into ornamental shapes is very popular in Britain and dates back to Roman times. It's called... à) deadheading ü) pruning ñ) topiary
7. Act out conversations between: 1. Ìàró and Martha. 2. Ìàró and Ìr. Craven.
8. Give your point of view în this: Late Mrs. Craven "loved the earth and things that grow". What do you think about gardening? Would you call gardening boring, exciting, messy, creative? Have you ever done ànó gardening youãself? What was it like? Would you like to do some in future? What is your dream garden like?
9. Say what impressed you most in the passage you've read. Think of what is going to happen to the main characters next.
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