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Reading and Writing Skill

I. Look at the picture and answer the question!

1. What plant do you see in the picture?


2. Where can you find the plant?
3. Can the plant produce fruit?
4. What is the use of coconut fruit?
5. What is the use of coconut trunk

II. Read the text carefully!


Coconuts

Coconut is a common name for the fruit of a tree in palm family. It is classified as
Cocos Nucifera. People usually call the tree as coconut palm. Coconut palm trees
grow well in tropical countries. They grow especially on san soil.

The trees can grow up to 30 m high. They have a cylindrical trunk. At the top of the
trunk there is a crown of leaves. The leaves are long, about 3 to 4,5 m long.

The fruit grows in clusters. In one cluster, there about 5 to 20 coconuts. The fruit is
oval and about 30 cm long. It has a thick husk and hard shell. Inside the shell there
white oily fresh. Inside the shell there is also sweet fluid.

Coconut is high in sugar. It also contains a lot of fat, protein and vitamin. The young
coconut water can be very refreshing drink which contains a lot of minerals.

Coconut palm are very useful plants. People can use every single inch of the tree.
They dry the coconut meat into copra. After that, they can get oil from it and use it for
daily cooking or make it into soaps or candles. People also use the trunks to build
houses. For the roof, they dry the leaves. People can also make rope and doormats
from the coconut’s husk.

Coconuts are usually propagated by seeds. But experts have been trying to clone
coconuts or propagate them by tissue culture.

III. Find the meaning of the following words!


1. Common:
2. Grow:
3. Soil:
4. Cluster:
5. Husk:
6. Shell:
7. Contain:
8. Trunk:
9. Propagate:
10. Tissue:

IV. Answer the following questions based on the text!


1. What is the scientific name for coconut? 
2. Where do the coconuts grow well?
3. How long are the coconut’s leaves?
4. What is inside the coconut’s shell?
5. How many coconuts are there in one cluster?
6. What does coconut contain?
7. What is copra?
8. What can people get from copra?
9. What do people use coconut’s trunk for?
10. How are the coconuts propagated?

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