Visiting gardens as a day out – questions
Visiting gardens as a day out – questions
This photo by kind permission of Silvia Höfnagels
After reading this article online, try the questions below (try to open the artice in a new tab so you can access the questions at the same time). They test how much you’ve remembered from the article, including some facts and figures! They are in consecutive order.
1 What phrase is used which means ‘enjoying simple pleasures‘?
2 What phrase is used which means ‘cheer up‘?
3 There is a photo of a castle on the webpage. What is its name?
4 What is ‘Trust’ short for?
5 Owing to some recent fine weather, the number of visitors who visited some historic places had increased considerably. Had this number doubled, tripled, quadrupled, increased fivefold or tenfold?
6 What percentage of those surveyed considered a lovely day out as ‘more important than ever’?
7 What percentage of those interviewed considered that spending time walking in beautiful or historic surroundings as their most enjoyable sort of day out?
8 What type of venue was chosen as a favourite place to visit by a quarter of those questioned?
9 What do 50 per cent of people think on the matter of beauty?
10 How many properties is the National Trust responsible for?
11 In which area had the number of visitors to NT properties increased most, and by what percentage?
12 In which area has there been a 68 per cent rise in visits?
13 Which place in the West Midlands has had a 300% increase in visitors?
14 Which film was made recently at Ham House, at Richmond on Thames?
15 Which newspaper did this article appear in?