About Plants Worksheets

6 Plant Habitats

Vocabulary
cactus dry shade underwater
desert habitat shelter wet

Match the vocabulary to their definition

1 underwater below the surface of water

2 desert an area that is very dry all year long

3 wet not being dry

4 shade an area where the sunlight is blocked

5 cactus a kind of plant in deserts with spikes

6 shelter a place something can be protected

7 dry not wet

8 habitat the environment something lives in

Pre-Reading Questions
Discuss the following questions in small groups.
1 Where do you see lots of plant life?

2 Where would you see little plant life?

6 Plant Habitats Reading Comprehension
1 What is the passage mainly about?
a Where plants grow
b Special kinds of flowers
c Plants in the desert

2 Where can most plants grow?

a In very dry places.
b In warm places.
c In places without much sunlight.

3 How can a cactus get water in the desert?

a By storing water in its stem
b When it rains.
c By having roots near the top of the ground.

4 Which is true about the artic buttercup?

a It’s a large plant
b It doesn’t grow in very cold places.
c Its flowers grow close to each other.

5 How are the flowers of sea grass pollinated?

a By fish
b By waves
c By blooming underwater

Time: _______ Score: ____ / 10

At home study: Reread the passage. Highlight vocabulary words and underline passages
that are difficult to understand. Look up the meaning and take memos in your book.
2 Different Plants Follow-Up
Part 1 Vocabulary in Sentences
Fill in the vocabulary to complete the sentences below. Change the words to fit the sentence.

cactus habitat shelter way

desert quickly underwater wet
dry shade wave

1. Some plants grow well in sunlight, but others thrive in the shade where it is cooler.

2. Plants not only provide food for animals, but also shelter. Birds live in holes in trees, insects

live under roots, and mice hide from predators in tall grass.

3. Tropical flowers cannot survive in colder places because it is outside of their natural habitat.

So, many gardeners use greenhouses to raise them.

4. In the desert, you will find many kinds of spiny cactus. They survive well in this hot and dry

climate.

Part 2 Sentence Patterns

Identify the sentence patterns for each sentence; SV, SVO, SVC, SVA
Write the sentence base.
1. Most plants can't grow (in very dry, cold, or wet places.)
In the preposition, 3 adj. modify places, and very modifies all three adj. because modifiers are carried through conjunctions.

2. Some plants have special ways (of growing)(in these places).

3. The roots (of the cactus) are (near the top)(of the ground).
4. This helps the flowers (to live (in the wind and the cold)). This is a pronoun in this sentence.

5. Sea grass is the only underwater flowering plant.

6. Fish use sea grass (for food and shelter).

Pattern Subject Verb OC/

1 SV plants can grow /
2 SVO plants have ways
3 SVA roots are /
4 SVO This helps flowers
5 SVC Sea grass is plant
 6 SVO Fish use sea grass
Part 3 Adjectives
Identify the adjectives by underlining with green. Draw a line over the sentence to the word it
modifies. Write the kind of information the adjective answers:
What kind of, which, how many, how much, whose.

How many : Some plants need sun, and other plants need shade.
Which
What kind of Some plants have special ways of growing in these places.
What kind of The cactus can grow in hot, dry places like deserts.
whose It stores water in its stem.

Part 4 Adverbs
Identify the adverbs by underlining with orange. Draw a line under the sentence to the word it
modifies. Write the kind of information the adverb answers:
Where, When, How, To What Extent, Why.

To what extent Most plants can't grow in very dry, cold, or wet places.
How Cactuses can take in water quickly when it rains.
where Sea grass is the only plant that can produce flowers underwater

Part 5 Prepositional Phrases

Circle the preposition and put ( ) around the prepositional phrase.
Does it act like an Adjective or adverb?

1. Some plants have special ways (of growing)(in these places).

The Simple gerund, growing, is the object of the preposition. in these places tells ‘where plants have…’

and so is not part of the gerund, but a separate modifier.

2. The cactus can grow (in hot, dry places)(like deserts). like deserts describes places

3. The flowers grow (near each other) and (near to the ground). and connects 2 prepositions

4. Fish use sea grass (for food and shelter).