The Date Palm

10/10/2020 3:53:00 PM
The Date Palm. Image: Britannica.com

Do you know?

  • Date palm is probably the most ancient cultivated tree in the world.
  • Not all dates from date palms are edible.

Let's explore!

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • People make boats from the _____ of palm trees.
  • Which part of the date palm can be used to make baskets?

People make boats from the _____ of palm trees.

  • leaves
  • wood
  • flowers

Which part of the date palm can be used to make baskets?

  • the wood
  • the leaves
  • the flowers

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

The Date Palm

The date palm is a wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the leaves and the to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make from the leaves. They burn the other parts of the tree to cook their food. 

The date palm came from the Middle East. Seven thousand (7,000) years ago, people in Syria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of date palms on their buildings. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, Europe, and other warm parts of the world. 

There are more than 2,700 kinds of trees. Most of them cannot grow in the Middle East because it is too dry. The date palm grows there very well. 

Hundreds of years ago, people in southern Europe and some Arab countries made pictures of palm trees and palm flowers on some of their buildings. Today we can see these pictures in art museums. People think that the palm tree is beautiful. People thought the same thing a long time ago. 

Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

The Date Palm

Products made from date palm tree.
Image: crystaldates.co

The date palm is a wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the leaves and the wood to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make baskets from the leaves. They burn the other parts of the tree to cook their food. 

The date palm came from the Middle East. Seven thousand (7,000) years ago, people in Syria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of date palms on their stone buildings. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern Europe, and other warm parts of the world. 

There are more than 2,700 kinds of palm trees. Most of them cannot grow in the Middle East because it is too dry. The date palm grows there very well. 

Hundreds of years ago, people in southern Europe and some Arab countries made pictures of palm trees and palm flowers on some of their buildings. Today we can see these pictures in art museums. People think that the palm tree is beautiful. People thought the same thing a long time ago. 

Where did the date palm come from?
  • Middle East
  • Asia
  • Africa
  • Europe
How many kinds of palm trees are there?
  • 7000
  • 2700
  • 700
  • 270

Why can't most of the palm trees grow in the Middle East?

  • Because the weather isn't too hot.
  • Because there is no rain there.
  • Because it is too dry.
  • Because it is warm.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

1. They use the leaves and the to build houses. 

2. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, Europe, and other warm parts of the world. 

3. They make from the leaves. 

4. They made pictures of date palms on their buildings. 

5. There are more than 2,700 kinds of trees. 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text. 

1. People burn when they make a fire. 

2. There is a of fruit on the table. 

3. Lam has a small in her shoe. It hurts her foot. 

4. One kind of tree gives oil. People make soap from it. 

5. The Everglades are an area of swamps in Florida.