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Enjoying the Vienna Woods (A1/A1+)

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wolfgang kugler

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Lara and Mia are twins. They are ten years old. In the summer, they visit their grandparents. The grandparents live in a house in the Vienna Woods. The house is small, but the garden is big. Around the house is a forest. The twins love nature.

In the morning, Lara and Mia wake up early. They have breakfast in the garden. The birds sing, and the air is fresh. After breakfast, they play in the forest. They run, collect flowers, and watch squirrels. Sometimes they make a small picnic under the trees.

At midday, they come back to the house. It is often hot, so they go into the whirlpool. They laugh, splash water, and relax. Their grandparents sit nearby and watch them.

In the afternoon, they help in the garden. They water the flowers and pick vegetables. Then they play hide and seek or jump on the grass.

In the evening, the family eats dinner outside. They talk, tell stories, and look at the sunset. Later, Lara and Mia are tired but happy. They go to bed and dream about another day in the forest.

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Vocabulary:

  • to enjoy – to like something very much
  • a forest – a big place with many trees
  • to collect – to take things and keep them together
  • flowers – beautiful plants with colors like red, yellow, blue
  • to watch – to look at something for some time
  • a squirrel – a small animal that lives in trees and eats nuts
  • to make a picnic – to eat food outside, for example in a park or forest
  • midday – 12 o’clock in the day
  • to splash water – to move water with your hands or feet so it goes everywhere
  • to relax – to be calm and not work, to rest
  • to watch somebody – to look at a person and see what they do
  • afternoon – the time from 12 o’clock to evening
  • to water the flowers – to give flowers water so they can grow
  • to pick vegetables – to take vegetables from the garden when they are ready
  • to play hide and seek – a game: one person looks, other people hide
  • to jump on the grass – to go up and down on the grass with your feet
  • to tell stories – to say interesting things about real or unreal events
  • a sunset – when the sun goes down in the evening
  • to be tired – to want to sleep or rest because you have no energy
  • to dream about something – to see pictures in your head when you sleep

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Multiple choice – one answer correct

1. What does to collect mean?

a) to take things and keep them together
b) to sleep for a long time
c) to cook something in the kitchen

2. What is a squirrel?

a) a kind of vegetable in the garden
b) a big bird that can fly
c) a small animal that lives in trees

3. What does to tell stories mean?

a) to say interesting things about real or unreal events
b) to read a book very fast
c) to play a game outside

4. What does to play hide and seek mean?

a) a game: you jump and run fast
b) a game: one person looks, others hide
c) a game: you sit and draw pictures

5. What does to water the flowers mean?

a) to paint the flowers
b) to give flowers water
c) to pick the flowers

6. What is a forest?

a) a small house for animals
b) a place with many cars
c) a big place with many trees

7. What does to be tired mean?

a) to want to sleep or rest
b) to eat a lot of food
c) to be happy and play

8. What does to enjoy mean?

a) to run very fast
b) to like something very much
c) to give something to a friend

9. What does to splash water mean?

a) to move water with hands or feet
b) to drink water quickly
c) to give water to flowers

10. What does to jump on the grass mean?

a) to sleep on the grass
b) to go up and down on the grass with your feet
c) to look at the grass

11. What is midday?

a) the middle of the night
b) the time before breakfast
c) 12 o’clock in the day

12. What does to watch somebody mean?

a) to run away from a person
b) to talk to a person
c) to look at a person and see what they do

13. What does to pick vegetables mean?

a) to cook vegetables
b) to plant vegetables
c) to take vegetables from the garden

14. What does to make a picnic mean?

a) to eat food outside
b) to sleep under the trees
c) to play hide and seek

15. What does to relax mean?

a) to work in the garden
b) to rest and be calm
c) to play hide and seek

16. What are flowers?

a) big stones on the street
b) animals that live in the forest
c) beautiful plants with colors

17. What does to watch mean?

a) to write something in a book
b) to look at something for some time
c) to run and jump in the garden

18. What is a sunset?

a) when it rains in the afternoon
b) when the sun goes down in the evening
c) when the sun comes up in the morning

19. What does to dream about something mean?

a) to see pictures in your head when you sleep
b) to talk about something you want
c) to eat food in the evening

20. What is afternoon?

a) the middle of the night
b) the time from 12 o’clock to evening
c) the time before sunrise

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Multiple chioce, one answer correct:

  1. Lara and Mia love the ________.
    a) forest
    b) city
    c) car
  2. In the morning, they have breakfast in the ________.
    a) school
    b) garden
    c) kitchen
  3. They like to ________ flowers in the forest.
    a) eat
    b) wash
    c) collect
  4. The twins watch a ________ in the trees.
    a) dog
    b) squirrel
    c) bird
  5. At midday, they go into the ________.
    a) whirlpool
    b) lake
    c) swimming pool
  6. They like to splash ________ when it is hot.
    a) juice
    b) water
    c) sand
  7. In the afternoon, they ________ the flowers in the garden.
    a) pick
    b) water
    c) cook
  8. Lara and Mia like to play hide and ________.
    a) run
    b) seek
    c) jump
  9. They like to jump on the ________.
    a) grass
    b) stones
    c) sand
  10. In the evening, the family watches the ________.
    a) sunrise
    b) rain
    c) sunset
  11. Lara and Mia are often very ________ after a day in the forest.
    a) happy
    b) tired
    c) hungry
  12. They dream about the forest when they go to ________.
    a) sleep
    b) school
    c) eat
  13. The twins enjoy the fresh ________ in the morning.
    a) food
    b) water
    c) air
  14. They sometimes make a small ________ under the trees.
    a) party
    b) picnic
    c) game
  15. Their grandparents sit and ________ them when they play.
    a) help
    b) call
    c) watch
  16. The house is small, but the garden is very ________.
    a) big
    b) old
    c) small
  17. The birds sing in the ________.
    a) afternoon
    b) morning
    c) night
  18. Lara and Mia like to collect ________ in the forest.
    a) sticks
    b) stones
    c) flowers
  19. At midday, it is often very ________.
    a) hot
    b) cold
    c) rainy
  20. After dinner, the family talks and tells ________.
    a) songs
    b) stories
    c) jokes

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Answers.
1 a, 2 b, 3 c, 4 b, 5 a, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b, 9 a, 10 c,
11 b, 12 a, 13 c, 14 b, 15 c, 16 a, 17 b, 18 c, 19 a, 20 b

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True or False?

  1. Lara and Mia are twins.
  2. They are twelve years old.
  3. The grandparents live in the city.
  4. The garden around the house is big.
  5. Lara and Mia eat breakfast in the kitchen.
  6. They like to play in the forest.
  7. The twins watch squirrels in the trees.
  8. They go into the whirlpool when it is cold.
  9. Lara and Mia water the flowers in the afternoon.
  10. They play hide and seek after lunch.
  11. The family eats dinner inside the house.
  12. Lara and Mia go to bed tired and happy.

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True: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

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Match the words with the correct definitions:

Words:

  1. forest
  2. picnic
  3. tired
  4. flowers
  5. water
  6. garden
  7. sunset
  8. watch
  9. collect
  10. whirlpool
  11. afternoon
  12. dream

Definitions:

a) to see or look at something carefully
b) the time after lunch but before evening
c) to gather things like flowers or stones
d) a round pool with hot water for relaxing
e) a place with many plants and flowers around a house
f) the sun going down in the evening
g) a meal eaten outside in nature
h) to imagine things when you sleep
i) very sleepy or needing rest
j) many colorful plants that grow on trees or in the ground
k) a large area with many trees
l) to give plants liquid so they can grow

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Answers:
1 k, 2 g, 3 i, 4 j, 5 l, 6 e, 7 f, 8 a, 9 c, 10 d, 11 b, 12 h
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Fill in the blanks


flowers, dream, forest, garden,tired, water, whirlpool, afternoon, sunset, watch, collect, picnic

  1. The _______ has many trees and animals.
  2. We eat a _______ outside in the sun.
  3. After playing all day, I am very _______.
  4. I like to pick _______ from the garden.
  5. You need to _______ the plants every day.
  6. Our house has a big _______ with flowers.
  7. We watch the _______ in the evening.
  8. I _______ the birds in the trees.
  9. I _______ shells on the beach.
  10. A _______ is a warm pool with moving water.
  11. I play outside in the _______.
  12. I like to _______ about adventures at night.

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Answers:
1 forest, 2 picnic, 3 tired, 4 flowers, 5 water, 6 garden,
7 sunset, 8 watch, 9 collect, 10 whirlpool, 11 afternoon, 12 dream
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Match the sentence beginnings with the correct endings:

  1. Lara and Mia like to play
  2. The garden around the house
  3. In the forest, you can see
  4. After breakfast, they
  5. In the whirlpool they
  6. In the afternoon, the twins
  7. At sunset, the family
  8. Lara and Mia like to collect
  9. In the afternoon they
  10. Before they go to bed, they

Sentence endings:

a) flowers and sometimes small animals.
b) is big and full of plants.
c) relax and splash water.
d) hide and seek in the garden.
e) watch the sun go down.
f) pick vegetables from the garden.
g) go for a walk in the forest.
h) their grandparents and talk together.
i) feel tired but happy.
j) squirrels and birds.

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Answers:
1 d, 2 b, 3 j, 4 g, 5 c, 6 f, 7 e, 8 a, 9 f, 10 i

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I am Mia. I am ten years old. I have a twin sister, Lara. I visit my grandparents in the Vienna Woods in summer. I live in a small house with a big garden. I wake up early in the morning. I have breakfast outside. I listen to the birds singing, and I enjoy the fresh air. I play in the forest after breakfast. I run, collect flowers, and watch squirrels. I go into the whirlpool at midday because it is hot. I help water the flowers and pick vegetables in the afternoon. I eat dinner outside in the evening. I watch the sunset. I love my days here!
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Lara tells the story about Mia, start with

She is Mia. She is tean years……….

and make all changes necessary!
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Correct version:

She is Mia. She is ten years old. She has a twin sister, Lara. She visits her grandparents in the Vienna Woods in summer. She lives in a small house with a big garden. She wakes up early in the morning. She has breakfast outside. She listens to the birds singing, and she enjoys the fresh air. She plays in the forest after breakfast. She runs, collects flowers, and watches squirrels. She goes into the whirlpool at midday because it is hot. She helps water the flowers and pick vegetables in the afternoon. She eats dinner outside in the evening. She watches the sunset. She loves her days here!

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