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Guava is a plant in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) genus Psidium. It is native to Mexico and Central America, Northern
South America, parts of the Caribbean and some parts of North Africa and also some parts of India. The guava tree is
not big. It is about 33 feet with spreading branches. The bark is smooth with green or reddish brown color. The plants
branches are close to the ground. Its young twigs are soft. It has hard dark elliptic leaves. It is about 2-6 inches long
and 1-2 inches wide. The flowers are white, with five petals and numerous stamens.
Guava fruit, usually 2 to 4 inches long, is round or oval depending on the species. Varying between species, the skin
can be any thickness, it is usually green when unripe, but become yellow or maroon when ripe. The flesh of Guava fruit
is sweet or sour. The color of the flesh may be white, pink, yellow or red, with seed in the central park of the flesh. The
seeds are numerous but small. In some good varietes, they are edible. Actual seed counts have ranged from 112 to 535.
Guava fruit is rich with vitamins A and C, omega-3 and omega -6, gatty acids and high levels of dietary fibre.
1. What happens to guava when it is ripe?
A. The sour fllesh of the guava changes into sweet
B. Its green skin can change into yellow or maroon
C. The guava fruit usually can reach 2-4 inches long
D. The seeds inside the fruit are numerous but small
2. Paragraph 2 tells us about the ….. of guava
A. Fruitr C. Leaves
B. Flowers D. Colour
3. “in some good varietes, they are edible (paragraph 2)
The underlined word means…
A. Nice to see C. Safe to eat
B. Easy to grow D. Hard to cut
4. What is the text about?
A. Guava plant C. Benefit of guava
B. Flesh of guava D. Length of guava
Trees and plants are also living beings. They need food, water and air for survival. It is interesting to know how
they take their food.
Plants get their food both from the earth and the air. If you look at their roots they are like fine fibres. We call
them root hairs. They absorb water and minerals and transport them upwards to leaves through the trunk and the
branches.
Chlorophyl in leaves prepare the food like a machine. It converts the carbon dioxide taken from the air and water
from the ground into sugar with the help of sunlight. This chemical reaction is calles photosynthesis.
Sugar is further converted into starch and is stored in the plant. The minerals are converted by chemical
processes into protein, juice, oil, and other edible materials. The plants use these materials as their food for growth.
5. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A The process of how the plants take their food is interesting
B Chlorophyl in the leaves prepares the food like a machine.
C Plants take their food from the earth and the air.
D The root hairs in the plants absorb water.
6. What is the job of root-hairs?
A To prepare the food. C To absorb water from the air
B To absorb food from the air. D To get food from the earth and the air.
7. What is the proper suggestion given from the text?
(A) Photosynthesis is a process to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water.
(B) The trees and plants don’t need food, water and air. (C) The plants don’t use root
-hairs to absorb water. (D) Plants and trees are not living things.
