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Worksheet: Cotton mix and match

Draw lines to link the incomplete sentences in columns A and B to make whole statements. Write the whole sentences on a separate page and decide for which of the photos each one might make a good caption. You might want to display them next to the photos.

Column A

Column B

To grow well, cotton needs

is very hard work.

Four months after planting

bales which weigh 220 kilos each.

Separating the cotton fibre from the seeds by hand

through department stores or chain shops.

When cotton is transported, it is packed into

a sunny climate with plenty of water.

Most clothes are sold

cotton is ready to be harvested.

 

Column A

Column B

Cotton has been grown and used by people in many parts of the world

China, the USA, and the former Soviet Union.

Cotton is grown in

a symbol of independence

The largest cotton producers in the world are

for about 5,000 years.

'Khadi' cloth was hand-woven in India as

make margarine and cooking oil.

Oil can be taken out of cotton seeds and used to

about 80 countries around the world.



 

 

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