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How to make a Wildlife Pond
You 1) … make a wildlife pond in your garden quite easily, whether you like in the
country or in the city.
When? The best time 2) … year to do it is in November. Then the pond will be 3) … by
the spring.
Where? Where you put the pond is 4) … important. First, it needs to be on level ground.
Secondly, it 5) … to be somewhere that is quite sunny but also with some shade.
What with? The pond needs to have a lining 6) … that the water stays in. You can buy a
flexible pond liner from a garden center. You also need to put 7) … soft under the lining so it
doesn’t tear. You can use old newspapers if you like.
Now what? Dig the hole for the pond. You can make it size and shape that you want but
it has to be at 8) … two feet deep in the middle and shallow around the edges. Clear away all
stones, put in the newspapers and the pond liner and add the water.
What about the wildlife? 9) … two weeks you can add pond plants in and around the
pond. As 10) … the animals, most of them will turn up on their own – not at once, but over time.
Ground – earth
Shade – protection from sunlight
Lining – layer of plastic
Tear – pull apart, get a hole
Shallow – not deep
Turn up – appear
1
A. can
B. could
C. may
D. might
2
A. in
B. at
C. of
D. to
3
A. ready
B. available
C. complete
D. arranged
4
A. very
B. too
C. much
D. many
5
A. must
B. can
C. has
D. should
6
A. because
B. so
C. to
D. for
7
A. nothing
B. anything
C. everything
D. something
8
A. most
B. least
C. best
D. worst
9
A. When
B. Later
C. Before
D. After
10
A. for
B. far
C. with
D. to

Answer 1

1) A. can - You can make a wildlife pond in your garden quite easily.
2) C. of - The best time of year to do it is in November.
3) A. ready - Then the pond will be ready by the spring.
4) D. many - Where you put the pond is very important.
5) A. must - Secondly, it must be somewhere that is quite sunny but also with some shade.
6) C. to - The pond needs to have a lining so that the water stays in.
7) D. something - You also need to put something soft under the lining so it doesn't tear.
8) C. best - You can make it size and shape that you want but it has to be at least two feet deep in the middle and shallow around the edges.
9) D. After - After two weeks you can add pond plants in and around the pond.
10) C. with - As for the animals, most of them will turn up on their own – not at once, but over time.