Focus on word formation

5. Complete the table:

6. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below: drought, famine, starve, starvation, cut off, helicopters, drop, flood

Natural disasters: Famine and flood

If a country has no rain for a long time, this dry period is called a ____. In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of ____, when there is not enough food and people actually ____ (die of hunger). They die of _____. When it rains very heavily and the land is under water, this is called a ____. Sometimes _____ have to _______ food supplies to people in areas which are ______.

7. Can you re-group the following words according to families of meaning?

Vegetables, Livestock, Poultry, Grains

Rabbit, wheat, sheep, tomato, hen, cow, cucumber, cabbage, rye, chicken, pig, barley, millet, turkey, sorghum, carrot, oat, potato, goose, horse, onion, goat, garlic.

8. Use the correct verb form.

Productivity in agriculture constantly (grow). The United States (play) a major role in modernization of agriculture. Irrigation (benefit) to rapid seed germination, seedling survival, and optimal product quality and yield. The transplants (purchase) from southern areas or (grow) in greenhouses, cold frames, etc. Vegetables (grow) in rows to simplify the operations involved from seeding to harvest. The vast majority of vegetable crops (seed) directly in the field with various types of planters.

9. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases in English: self-sufficient farming, subsistence agriculture, intensive subsistence farming, shifting cultivation, temporary clearing, sustainable type of farming, commercial farming, mixed or specialized farming.