5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the –ing-forms.
1. Having used improved cultural practices, the farmer obtained higher yield of wheat per hectare.
2. Most farms growing potatoes use potato harvesting machines.
3. Harvesting small grains with combines is widely used throughout the world.
4. Harvesting small grains with combines, man obtains more grain per hectare.
5. Cultivating the soil used for row crops one can control weeds and provide favourable conditions for plant growth.
6. Being raised under favourable environmental conditions the plants grow and flower well and produce much seed.
7. The yield of sugar beet was high due to the farmers’ having controlled weeds during the growing season.
8. Having been applied at the due time, fertilizers increased the fertility of the soil.
9. The planting of warm-season crops should be done into warm soil.
6. Translate the sentences paying attention to the words in bold.
a)
1. Due conditions should be provided for good development of this crop.
2. A large amount of carbon dioxide in soil air is due to the respiration of roots and microorganisms.
3. Corn is widely used as feed for animals due to its high feeding value;
b)
1. Roots are grouped into fibrous roots and tap roots. .The former are typical of grasses, the latter – of legumes and root crops.
2. There are crops which grow best under cool conditions and those requiring warmer conditions. Wheat belongs to the former, while corn can be an example of the latter.
7. Name all the parts of a plant and their functions.
Listening and Speaking Focus
How do crops grow ?
a) Watch the video and say what the main parts of plants are and what plants are displayed in the video.
b) What is the main idea of the video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhZyaJrNh9o&ab_channel=AgricultureandNaturalResources
LESSON 5.2. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Vocabulary Activities
1. Fill in the gaps with suitable words in the appropriate form. Complete the task in writing.
to conduct, resistant, to lodge, root, solid, leaf, tap roots, water, storage, above ground, plant nutrients, root hairs.
1. The examples of plants having … … are alfalfa and carrots.