Unit 1: The parts of a plant and their funtions

Unit 1: The Parts of a Plant and th eir Functions I II III Reading and comprehension Language in use Grammar I Reading and comprehension Vocabulary Exercises Solutions I Reading and Comprehension A plant is a living organism It is made up of different pa rts, each of which has a part icular purpose, or specialize d function If one of part of t he plant is not functioning p roperly, the whole plant will suffer But we may cut flowe rs off the plant or prune the roots Such damage is only t emporary and so the plant will continue to grow Vocabulary prune /pru:n/: tỉa, chặt bớt root /ru:t/: rễ flower /'flauə/: hoa grow /grou/: phát triển, mọc mầm plant /plænt, plɑnt/: thực vật function /ˈfʌŋkʃən/: chức organism /'ɔ:gənizm/: sinh vật suffer /'sΛfә(r)/: chiu đựng damage /'dæmidʤ/: mối hại temporary /ˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/: tạm thời I Reading and Comprehension Exercises Study the following statements carefully and write down whe ther they are true or not true according to the information ex pressed above Then check your answers by referring to the s olutions at the end of the passage a Different parts of a plant have specialized functions TRUE b Not all parts of a plant need function properly c If we cut flowers of a plant, the whole plant will suffer NOT TRUE NOT TRUE I Reading and Comprehension Solutions Add words or phrases from the text to complete the argument which s hows whether the comprehension check is TRUE or NOT TRUE Not e that a dotted line (……) requires a phrase to be added, and a straig ht line ( _) requires a word to be added Numbers refer to the sent ences in the passage The first one has been done as an example a Each of the different parts of a plant has a particular purpose Each of the different parts of a plant has a particular specialized function ose or specialized function a particular purpose = a different parts of a plant Each of the has a specialized function = Different parts of a plant have a specialized functions   purp I Reading and Comprehension Solutions functioning properly b The whole plant willplant suffer if ONE part is not ……………… parts of the i.e If ALLnot ………… are functioning properly the whole plant will _ suffer If all parts of the plant are functioning properly the whole plant wi ll not suffer i.e All parts of the plant DO NEED to function properly cut flowers   c We may ……… off the plant will not suffer As this damage (i.e cutting flowers) is cut onlyflowers temporary, the plant ……… suffer i.e The plant will continue to grow if we ………… off it i.e The whole plant will not if we cut flowers off it REVIEW Study the following phrases carefully and write down whether they are right or wrong according to the information expressed above In sentence 1: “each of which = different parts” In sentence 1: “a particular purpose = a specialized function ” RIGHT In sentence 5: “both cutting the flowers and pruning theRIGHT roo ts = such damage” WRONG I READING AND COMPREHENSION Vocabulary prune /pru:n/: tỉa, chặt bớt root /ru:t/: rễ flower /'flauə/: hoa grow /grou/: phát triển, mọc mầm plant /plænt, plɑnt/: thực vật function /ˈfʌŋkʃən/: chức organism /'ɔ:gənizm/: sinh vật suffer /'sΛfә(r)/: chiu đựng damage /'dæmidʤ/: mối hại temporary /ˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/: tạm thời HOMEWORKS ... right or wrong according to the information expressed above In sentence 1: “each of which = different parts” In sentence 1: “a particular purpose = a specialized function ” RIGHT In sentence 5: