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I. People wish to have a garden at home. Some like a flower garden and some a vegetable garden. Think and note some advantages of both these types, as gardens for homes.
Note some advantages of a flower garden and a vegetable garden, as gardens for homes.
How to answer:
Make two short lists — what a flower garden GIVES a home (beauty, fragrance…) and what a vegetable garden GIVES (fresh food, savings…).
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| Flower garden — advantages | Vegetable garden — advantages |
|---|---|
| Makes the home look beautiful and colourful | Gives fresh, healthy vegetables right at home |
| Fills the air with fragrance | Saves money spent on buying vegetables |
| Attracts butterflies, bees and birds | We know our food is clean and chemical-free |
| Flowers can be used for decoration, gifts and pooja | Gardening becomes a healthy outdoor hobby for the family |
| Creates a calm, welcoming space to relax in | Children learn where food comes from |
II. Would you like to have a flower garden or a vegetable garden at home? Why?
Take turns with your partner and speak your points aloud, one by one, by using the given sentence prompts to express your preference, with reasons.
- I prefer __________ to __________ because ...
- For me , it is a __________ instead of a __________ due to ...
- If I had a choice I’d rather have a ________than a __________ as ...
- I would prefer __________ rather than __________ since ...
Speak your preference — flower garden or vegetable garden — using the sentence prompts, with reasons.
How to answer:
Pick ONE side, then say the same preference four times, once with each prompt, giving a different reason each time.
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Sample spoken answer (choosing a vegetable garden):
• I prefer a vegetable garden to a flower garden because it gives my family fresh, healthy vegetables every day .
• For me, it is a vegetable garden instead of a flower garden due to the money it saves and the chemical-free food it provides .
• If I had a choice I’d rather have a vegetable garden than a flower garden as growing our own food teaches us patience and self-reliance .
• I would prefer a vegetable garden rather than a flower garden since it is useful as well as green — and vegetable plants have pretty flowers of their own too !
(Your partner can take the opposite side and speak for the flower garden — beauty, fragrance and butterflies — using the same prompts.)
• I prefer a vegetable garden to a flower garden because it gives my family fresh, healthy vegetables every day .
• For me, it is a vegetable garden instead of a flower garden due to the money it saves and the chemical-free food it provides .
• If I had a choice I’d rather have a vegetable garden than a flower garden as growing our own food teaches us patience and self-reliance .
• I would prefer a vegetable garden rather than a flower garden since it is useful as well as green — and vegetable plants have pretty flowers of their own too !
(Your partner can take the opposite side and speak for the flower garden — beauty, fragrance and butterflies — using the same prompts.)
