Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the box

fields grows dealers

vegetable machines fodder

Farmer Mitchell showed his visitors his (1) ___ fields ___ of barley, oats, rye and wheat and large fields of potatoes, cabbages and beet. He said: "I have more barley, oats and rye than wheat. Wheat does not grow well in this part of the country. I sell the barley and wheat and keep the rye and oats for (2) ______ for the animals. A large part of the potatoes, cabbages and beet also goes as fodder."

In the large (3) ______ garden, the farmer (4) ______ carrots, cauliflower, onions, beans, peas and lettuce. In spring he grows radishes and other spring vegetables. He keeps some of the vegetables for his family and sells the rest to (5)_____ in town.

Farmer Mitchell has agricultural (6) ______ for ploughing, sowing, harvesting and other work in the fields.

READING AND speaking

Match the words and phrases with their Ukrainian equivalents.

1) a weekend house 2) a sapling 3) seedlings 4) a greenhouse 5) to whitewash the trees 6) to cut away useless branches 7) favourable period 8) to acquire some habits

a) сприятливий час b) обрізати непотрібні гілки c) заміський будинок d) набувати вмінь e) молоде деревце f) теплиця g) розсада e) білити дерева

Read and translate paying attention to the active words and phrases.