Grow A Garden Eiken Pre 2 Reading

Eiken Pre-2 Reading

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​Grow a Garden Breaks New Record

​Warm Up Questions

​Do you like playing video games?
Why or why not?

​Have you ever played a game about nature or gardening?

​What do you know about growing plants or vegetables?

​Gardening

​Gardening

​園芸 / えんげい
The activity of growing plants, flowers, or vegetables.

​Record

​Record

​記録 / きろく
The best or highest result in something.

​Players

​Players

​プレーヤー
People who play games.

​Currency

​Currency

​通貨 / つうか
Money used in a game or country.

​Upgrade

​Upgrade

​アップグレードする
To improve or make something better.

​Seeds

​Seeds

​種 / たね
Small parts of a plant that can grow into new plants.

​Level Up

​Level Up

​レベルアップする
To move to a higher stage or skill in a game.

​Expert

​Expert

​専門家 / せんもんか
A person with a lot of knowledge about a subject.

​A game about gardening has broken the record for the most users online at the same time. The game is called Grow a Garden. It first broke the record on June 14th with 16.4 million players online. This was more than the old record of 14.3 million users held by the famous game Fortnite. The number of players shows how popular the game has become all over the world.

​Grow a Garden broke its own record again on June 21st, reaching 21.3 million players online at the same time. This made it the most popular game ever played by so many people at once. The game is on Roblox, a very large online game platform where many games are available. A spokesperson for the game said that its success is because players keep playing often and enjoy talking and working with friends in the game.

​Grow a Garden is a simulation game where players take care of a small patch of virtual land. They buy seeds to plant vegetables, flowers, and herbs. After the plants grow, players can harvest them to get currency, which is money used inside the game. Players use this currency to buy better tools and unlock new areas for their gardens. This system makes the game fun and gives players goals to reach.

​Good gardeners in the game can upgrade their tools and level up to unlock rare seeds, exotic crops, and new garden areas called biomes. A gardening expert was asked if the game would make people love real gardening more. He said it is unlikely because games like this do not encourage real-life skills much, just like how Super Mario does not teach plumbing in real life.

Multiple Choice

Grow a Garden is a gardening game that broke a record for the number of people online at the same time.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The previous record before Grow a Garden was held by a game called Minecraft.

• True

• False

Drag and Drop

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What was the previous most popular game.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Fortnite

FIFA

Tetris

Pac-Man

Mario Kart

Multiple Choice

Players in Grow a Garden can use currency from the game to buy tools and new garden areas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The game is available on the PlayStation network.

• True

• False

Drag and Drop

The game is available on the ​

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network

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Roblox

PlayStation

Xbox

Steam

Multiple Choice

In the game, players grow flowers, vegetables, and herbs from seeds.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Players can’t improve their tools or reach higher levels in the game.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A spokesperson said the game is successful because of good player activity and social interaction.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A gardening expert said the game will definitely make players want to garden in real life.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

The game broke its own ________ again on June 21st with 21.3 million people online.

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When they harvest their plants, they earn ________ they can use to buy better tools and areas.

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Good gardeners in the game can ________ their tools and unlock new features.

Fill in the Blank

Grow a Garden is a game where players enjoy ________ on virtual land.

Fill in the Blank

People who take care of their gardens well can ______ up and unlock rare crops.

Fill in the Blank

A gardening ________ said the game probably won’t lead to real-life planting.

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In Grow a Garden, you start by planting flowers, herbs, and vegetables using ________.

Fill in the Blank

This game became the most popular ever played at one time, with millions of ________ online.