Tree

Verb + tree

• climb a tree

• plant a tree

• cut down a tree

• trees grow

• trees are blown down

Common expressions

• crash into a tree

• you fall out of a tree

• (leaves) fall off a tree

• take cover under / beneath a tree

• (the street) is lined with trees

Exercises

Verb + tree

1. We had to dig quite a big hole before we were able to plant the apple tree.

2. As a kid, I loved climbing trees. Luckily, I never fell out of one.

3. Some of these trees can grow up to 30 meters in height.

4. Thousands of trees were blown down in the great storm last month.

5. I don’t know why they cut down so many trees in the park. There’s hardly any left.

Common expressions

1. By the end of November, all the leaves had fallen off the trees.

2. Many of the famous streets in Paris are lined with trees.

3. The bus left the road and crashed into a tree.

4. When the rain started, we took cover under a huge oak tree.

Notes

1. Note these adjective collocations:

   1. A fallen tree blocked the path and we had to climb over it.

      一棵倒下的树挡住了路，我们不得不爬过去。

   2. The car was crushed by a falling tree.

      一棵倒下的树压坏了汽车。

2. **********A “Christmas tree” is a real or artificial tree people have in their house at Christmas:

   We haven’t decorated our Christmas tree yet.

3. We use the verb “shed” to describe a tree losing its leaves:

   ************In autumn many trees shed their leaves.

4. **********************************************************Trees are either deciduous (oak, birch, elm etc) or coniferous (pine, spruce, larch).