Making a Butterfly Garden
Matthew Ramirez
1Do you want butterflies in your garden? You can bring butterflies to your garden. Butterflies will come to your garden if you give them the things they need. Butterflies need food to eat. They need places to rest. They also need water to drink.
2The first step you should take is to plant flowers. Butterflies eat the sweet liquid in flowers. They like bright flowers. They like the colors red, yellow, orange, pink, and purple.
3Next, give the butterflies places to rest. Butterflies can rest on the flowers you plant. Butterflies like to sit in the sun. You should plant some flowers in the sun. They also like to sit on rocks. You should put flat rocks in your garden. The butterflies will like sitting on it.
4Finally, put water in your garden. Butterflies need to drink water just like people do. You can put a bird bath in your garden. You could also keep a pan of water in your garden.
5Butterflies could make your garden more beautiful. Try to bring some to your garden today!
6For more helpful tips, please visit www butterflygarden22 com.
Question
What general fact does the writer of this passage assume about gardeners?
Responses
A Gardeners would find butterflies appealing and pleasant.Gardeners would find butterflies appealing and pleasant.
B Gardeners prefer colorful flowers.Gardeners prefer colorful flowers.
C Gardeners probably already have bird baths in their gardens.Gardeners probably already have bird baths in their gardens.
D Gardeners need a lot of help with their gardening.