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Pumpkins Worksheet 1

1 Complete the crossword.1

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2 Write the answers.

1 Are all pumpkins orange? No, they aren’t.2 Can you eat pumpkin seeds?

3 Do snails eat pumpkin leaves?

4 Are pumpkin fl owers pink?

5 Do pumpkins have male and female fl owers?

6 Can a pumpkin weigh more than 300 kilograms?

3 Read Pumpkins. Complete the sentences.

1 The best time to plant a pumpkin seed is at the end of spring .

2 Some towns in the USA have pumpkin competitions in the .

3 Many people in the USA put a Jack-o-Lantern in a window to celebrate

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4 Many people in the USA make pumpkin pie to celebrate Day.

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Pumpkins Worksheet 2

1 Read Pumpkins. Find in the text.

6 colours

grey

5 vegetables

onion

5 parts of a plant

seed

1 type of transport 3 animals

2 festivals

2 Read and match.

1 Pumpkins can be orange, red, brown, as courgettes and melons.

2 Pumpkins belong to the same family a pumpkin head.

3 The best time to plant a pumpkin seed is in the autumn.

4 Pumpkin fl owers are yellow.

5 Three weeks after pollination, the pumpkin grey, green or yellow.

6 In the USA, there are pumpkin competitions at the end of spring.

7 Giant pumpkins can weigh is small and green.

8 You can make bread, soup and more than 750 kilograms.

9 You can make a scarecrow with cakes with pumpkins.

3 Write.Before reading Pumpkins, I didn’t know that …

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Pumpkins Worksheet 3

1 Who says what? Match and write.

2 Write Miss Potter’s answers.

San / I’m / Francisco / USA / the / from / in

I’m from San Francisco in the USA.London / I / very / much / like / Yes

I / star / got / pop / haven’t / favourite / a

sometimes / I / tennis / play

English / Spanish / and / speak / I

3 Label the ingredients for pumpkin pie.

Where are you from?

Do you like London?

What languages do you speak?

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2

Who’s your favourite pop star?3

Do you play any sports?4

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d

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I’m homesick. I miss

my family and

in San Francisco.

2

Miss Potter is feeling

.

What can we do?

3

Next

is 25th November.

It’s Thanksgiving Day

in the USA.

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Don’t

a mess, children.

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There’s something

we want you to

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Boys and girls, this

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Pumpkins Worksheet 4

1 Find the picture. Write the page number.

1 On page 19 Eduardo is showing Miss Potter photos of his family.

2 On page Miss Potter is going to have a slice of pumpkin pie.

3 On page Eduardo and Lily are peeling a pumpkin.

4 On page the children are asking Miss Potter questions.

5 On page Miss Potter is looking at the Golden Gate Bridge.

2 Complete the story with the words in the box.

Alice very house assistant photos on

delicious Day humour classroom

Miss Potter is a teaching 1 assistant . She is popular, easy to talk to,

helpful and she has a great sense of 2 . But she’s unhappy.

She misses her family and friends in San Francisco.

Eduardo, Sophie, Tom, 3 and Lily decide to make Miss Potter a

pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving Day. They fi nd a recipe 4 the

Internet. Then they make the pie at Sophie’s 5 .

On Thanksgiving 6 , Lily asks Miss Potter to

come to the 7 . In the classroom, the children are

waiting to surprise Miss Potter. There are decorations on the wall,

there’s the pumpkin pie and there are 8 of

San Francisco to make Miss Potter feel at home.

Miss Potter is 9 happy. And the pumpkin pie is 10 .

3 What do you think? Complete the sentences.

I think A Pie for Miss Potter is a story.

(great, good, boring, wonderful, sweet …)

My favourite characters are and .

My favourite moment is on page when

.

I give the story out of ten.

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Pumpkins

Worksheet 11 Complete the crossword.1 bee, 2 leaf, 3 fl ower, 4 pot, 5 soil, 6 roots, 7 stem, 8 pollen

2 Write the answers.1 No, they aren’t. 2 Yes, you can. 3 Yes, they do. 4 No, they aren’t. 5 Yes, they do. 6 Yes, it can.

3 Read Pumpkins. Complete the sentences.1 spring, 2 autumn, 3 Halloween, 4 Thanksgiving

Worksheet 21 Read Pumpkins. Find in the text.colours: grey, yellow, green, orange, brown, redvegetables: onion, pumpkin, cucumber, aubergine, courgetteparts of a plant: seed, roots, stem, leaves, fl owerstype of transport: boatanimals: snail, bee, cowfestivals: Halloween, Thanksgiving Day

2 Read and match.1 Pumpkins can be orange, red, brown, grey, green or yellow.2 Pumpkins belong to the same family as courgettes and melons.3 The best time to plant a pumpkin seed is at the end of spring.4 Pumpkin fl owers are yellow.5 Three weeks after pollination, the pumpkin is small and green.6 In the USA, there are pumpkin competitions in the autumn.7 Giant pumpkins can weigh more than 750 kilograms.8 You can make bread, soup and cakes with pumpkins.9 You can make a scarecrow with a pumpkin head.

3 Write.Pupils’ own answers.

Worksheet 31 Who says what? Match and write. 1 new c, 2 friends f, 3 homesick a, 4 Thursday d, 5 make b, 6 see e

2 Write Miss Potter’s answers.1 I’m from San Francisco in the USA. 4 I sometimes play tennis.2 Yes, I like London very much. 5 I speak English and Spanish.3 I haven’t got a favourite pop star.

3 Label the ingredients for pumpkin pie.1 butter, 2 eggs, 3 sugar, 4 fl our, 5 spices, 6 pumpkin, 7 milk

Worksheet 41 Find the picture. Write the page number. 1 page 19, 2 page 26, 3 page 22, 4 page 17, 5 page 26

2 Complete the story with the words in the box.1 assistant, 2 humour, 3 Alice, 4 on, 5 house, 6 Day, 7 classroom, 8 photos, 9 very, 10 delicious

3 What do you think? Complete the sentences.Pupils’ own responses to the story.

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