A: Match the
sentences to the correct letters in the picture.
1._______ The house looks like a cave.
2._______ The walls
are made of mud.
3._______ There is a bathroom in the house.
4._______ There is a small garden on the roof.
5._______ You can grow plants in the garden.
6._______ The flower pots are on the ground.
B: Read the
text and choose the best answer.
An earth house is a new kind of home. You can find it
in Switzerland. It is under the ground, so it looks like a cave or a fairy
house. Why do people build earth houses? It is because earth houses can save
energy in many ways. First, an earth house is built in the earth and has mud
walls. So it stays warm in winter and cool in summer. Second, the bathroom has
roof windows. Plenty of natural light comes in through the windows. Also, an
earth house has grass on the roof. You can grow many plants and pretty flowers
there. Isn’t it great?
1. Where can you find an earth house?
a. in the mud b. in a forest
c. under the ground
2. What are the walls of an earth house made of?
a. mud b. wood c. stone
3. What is NOT true about an earth house?
a. It is in Switzerland.
b. It has roof windows.
c. It stays cold in winter.
4. What is on the roof of an earth house?
a. a door b. grass c. rocks
C: What is the
main idea of this text?
a. Earth houses save energy.
b. You can save energy at home.
c. People in Switzerland save energy.
D: Write the
correct words for each sentence.
grow / kind /
mud / natural / plenty of / save
1. Wind energy is ____________ energy.
2. I think subways can ____________ time.
3. He drinks ____________ water every day.
4. What ____________ of sports do you like?
5. After the rain, we played in the ____________.
6. My parents ____________ tomatoes on their farm.
E: Complete the
summary with the correct words.
cool / flowers
/ grass / natural / walls
There is a new kind of home in Switzerland. It is
called an earth house. It is under the ground. It has mud ____________ so it
stays warm and in winter and ____________ in summer. And it has roof windows in
the bathroom, so ____________ light comes in through the windows. Also, there
is ____________ on the roof. You can grow plants and ____________ there.
F. Choose the
best answer to complete the definition of each word.
1. A cave
is a large ___________ in the side of a hill or under the ground.
a. water b. hole c. rock
2. A roof
is the cover or ___________ of a building.
a. floor b. side c. top
3. If something is natural, it was not made by ___________.
a. earth b. nature c. people
4. If you have plenty
of time, you have ___________ time.
a. no b. busy c. a lot of
5. Mud is
soft, ___________ dirt on the ground.
a. dry b. small c. wet
6. A bathroom
is a room with a ___________, a sink, and sometimes a shower.
a. bed b. toilet c. table
G. Choose the
best answer to complete each sentence.
1. They (grow /
make) roses in their garden.
2. This (plant /
rock) has long leaves.
3. What (kind/
way) of tree is that?
4. There is a picture of my favorite singer on the (room / wall).
5. The leaves from the tree are falling to the (ground / sky).
6. You can (pay
/ save) energy by riding a bicycle.
