Reading Read and choose the correct word for each space 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