Trees & Plants

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Σχολικό Έτος 2014-2015

November

The olive tree

The olive is an evergreen tree with dark (1) _________ and (2) _________

leaves. Its flowers are white and bloom at the end of (3) _________. People

(4) _________ olives at the end of autumn, in November and December, and

make olive oil. Olive trees grow in warm (5) ______________ around the

Mediterranean (6) ____________. (7) ___________, Italy and Greece are

the biggest producers of olive (8) ___________ in the world. In mythology,

goddess Athena planted the first olive tree on the Acropolis. In Ancient 8

Greece, a wreath made of olive branches was the prize for the (9) ________

of the Olympic (10) _________.

Answers

1. green

2. silver

3. May

4. collect

5. countries

6. sea

7. Spain

8. oil

9. winners

10. Games

December

The spruce tree

The spruce is an (1) _________ coniferus tree. Spruces are (2) _________

trees (20-60 metres high) with (3) _________ green needles and their shape is

like a (4) _________. They (5) _________ in May and June. In (6) ________,

spruces grow on (7) _________ at a height of 800-1,800 metres. A spruce tree

can (8) _________ for about 300-500 (9) _________. People decorate spruce

trees at (10) _________.

Answers

1. evergreen

2. large

3. dark

4. pyramid

5. bloom

6. Greece

7. mountains

8. live

9. years

10. Christmas

January

The pomegranate

The pomegranate tree is a (1) _________ (2) _________ with bright red

(3)_________. It grows between 5-8 metres (4)_________. Pomegranates

are (5)_________ coloured fruit that look like (6)_________. They grow

from (7)_________ to (8) _________ every year. Inside a pomegranate,

there are (9) _________ of red seeds covered with a film. Pomegranates

and pomegranate (10)_________ are very good for our (11) _________.

In Greece, people smash a pomegranate on their front door on New

Year’s Day in order to have health, happiness and (12) _________.

Answers

1. small

2. tree

3. flowers

4. tall

5. red

6. apples

7. September

8. February

9. hundreds

10. juice

11. health

12. money

February

The almond tree

The almond tree is a small tree with (1) _________ or (2) __________

flowers. It is a deciduous tree that (3) _________ between 4-10 metres tall

with a trunk of up to 30cm in diameter. It grows best in Mediterranean

(4) _________. It blooms in (5) _________ and its (6) _________ grows

fully 7-8 (7) _________ later, in the (8) _________ . Almond fruit are

3,5-6 cm long. There are (9) _________ almond trees and bitter almond

trees. People eat sweet almonds and use (10) _________ almonds in

perfumes and desserts.

Answers

1. white

2. pink

3. grows

4. climates

5. February

6. fruit

7. months

8. autumn

9. sweet

10. bitter

March

The orange tree

The orange tree is a small (1)_________ tree with (2)_________ flowers. It

grows between 9-10 metres (3)_________. Its green oval (4)__________ are

4-10cm (5)________. Oranges can be sweet or sour. Different varieties differ

in (6)_________ and their shape can be (7)________ or oblong. However, all

oranges have ten segments inside and contain up to six seeds. The orange tree

grows best in (8)___________ and subtropical climates. In 1987 it was the

(9)_______ cultivated fruit tree in the world. In some places, such as Lakonia,

Greece, different (10)_________ of orange trees produce fruit all year round.

Answers

1. evergreen

2. white

3. tall

4. leaves

5. long

6. size

7. round

8. tropical

9. most

10. varieties

April

The strawberry

The strawberry plant is a small plant with white flowers. It (1)_________

up to 20 cm tall. Its (2)_________ red fruit is 1-5 cm long. Strawberries can

adapt to (3)_________ (4)__________ so they can grow everywhere in the

(5)_________. The strawberry plant can be planted either in (6)_________

or in (7)________ – its fruit will grow the following spring. In 1750, there

was the first strawberry (8)___________ in France. It was a species that

came from America. Before that, there were only (9)________ strawberries.

We eat strawberries either (10)_________ or in jams, fruit juices, ice cream,

milkshakes or chocolates.

Answers

1. grows

2. bright

3. different

4. climates

5. world

6. spring

7. September

8. garden

9. wild

10. fresh

May

The poppy

Poppies are small (1)_________ with flowers. There are many (2)________

kinds of poppies which live for one, two or (3)_________ years. They can

grow up to 1 meter tall and they have 4 to 6 (4)_________. There are poppy

flowers of every colour but in Greece there are only (5)_________ poppies,

which are red and black and grow only on the coastal areas of the Western

Mediterranean. Along with (6)________ , wild poppies are in full bloom

from late (7)___________ to (8)________ summer. After World War I,

when many people died in battles which took place on the poppy fields of

Flanders, Belgium, the red poppy is a symbol of (9)________ of the soldiers

who died during the (10)_________.

Answers

1. plants

2. different

3. more

4. petals

5. wild

6. daisies

7. spring

8. early

9. remembrance

10. war