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1 On the Farm

2 Building Background Farm & Farm Products Vocabulary Farmers at Work & Sheep Shearing What do you know about a farm? Complete the chart below. Read the definitions and write the words from the Word Bank. Farm Animal Products Goods cow milk cheese, butter, yogurt [ Word Bank ] herd graze harvest fleece crops product 1. something that is made or grown 2. to gather or keep together in a group 3. to feed on grass or other plants 4. plants that people grow and use 5. to collect grown plants 6. a coat of wool on a sheep product herd graze crops harvest fleece Write a paragraph about farm and farm products using the information from the chart that you completed above. Circle the synonym of the underlined word. 1. Farmers in different regions of the world often produce different things. houses directions places mountains 2. The workers take dogs with them to scare the pumas away. happy frighten amazing interesting 2Four Corners Workbook On the Farm3

3 Comprehension Farmers at Work Comprehension Sheep Shearing Read the paragraph and circle the correct answer. Circle the correct answer. All over the world, farmers are hard at work. Some farmers grow and harvest grain, vegetables, fruit and flower crops. Other farmers animals such as sheep, goats and cows for wool, meat and milk. 1. Which is true about Don José Rajcevic s farmestancia? It is in northern Chile. It is a rugged region that has a hot climate. Don José raises 3,600 sheep. Don José sells horses. 1. What is the paragraph about? 2. What does Don José sell from his farm? flowers vegetables cheese sheep animals farmers fleece milk and cream 2. Which word goes in the blank? raise harvest produce happen 3. Which animals help the workers scare the pumas away? cats sheep horse dogs 3. Which is true about the paragraph? All farmers grow fruit in the world. Farmers are hard at work. More and more farmers feed animals. Farmers are people who travel all over the world. 4. Why do shearers use electronic shears with long cords? in order to finish shearing soon in order to scare the pumas away in order to reach all parts of the sheep in order to herd sheep easily 4. What might the next paragraph be about? traveling the world farmers and their work how we can grow flowers why we should feed animals 5. Reread Book page 9 and write about where and for what the wool from Don José s estancia is used. It is shipped to the United Kingdom, where it is used to make clothes. 4Four Corners Workbook On the Farm5

4 Vocabulary Milking the Cows & Planting and Harvesting Comprehension Milking the Cows Complete the word puzzle using the Word Bank. Circle the correct answer. p l o u g h g r a i n r r a s w f d o c e r a s h h I i v e r e a h a y l t a n k d [ Word Bank ] wash hay tank grocery plough wheat deliver grain field grass 1. Which is true about the climate of England? England is a rugged region that has a cold climate. England has a mild climate with plenty of rain. Most land of England is dry desert. England has a tropical climate. 2. What are the sacs on a cow s underside that store milk? tanks hoses udders fleece 3. Reread Book pages 12 to 15 and write about Mary s milking day. Time 5 o clock in the Morning What cows, workers or Mary did Workers took the cows to the milking shed. And they began to milk. Across 1. food and other goods that are sold by a grocer or in a supermarket Down 1. the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat or rice After the Milking The cows went back to the field. They ate grass and rested. 4. an area of land in the country, where crops are grown or animals feed on grass 5. the grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on 7. a very common plant that is often eaten by animals 2. to take goods or letters to a particular place or person 3. long grass that has been dried to be used as food for cattle 5. to clean something using water and soap 6. a large container for storing liquid or gas 8. to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 4 o clock in the Afternoon After the Second Milking Mary led the cows back to the milking shed and began to milk. The cows went back to the field for the night. A truck picked up the milk and delivered it to a dairy. Mary went to her office and did some other work. 6Four Corners Workbook ºOn the Farm7

5 Comprehension Planting and Harvesting (1) Comprehension Planting and Harvesting (2) Read the passage and circle the correct answer. Circle the correct answer. Ben Burkett has been a farmer for thirty years. He grows vegetables and timber on his 250-acre farm in Mississippi, in the southern part of the United States. My family has this land for 120 years. said Ben. Mississippi has a warm climate. This means. 1. What happened in the winter of in Ben Burkett s farm? It was warm so that Ben couldn t sell wool at all. It was warm so that cows could milk a lot. It was very cold so that there were fewer crops to harvest. It was very cold so that many cows on Ben s farm died. 2. What did Ben Burkett use to turn the soil? 1. What is the passage about? Ben Burkett and his milking Ben Burkett and his farm in Mississippi Mississippi River in the southern part of the United States Ben Burkett and his wool products tractor hose shear plough 3. What did Ben Burkett do after poor harvest in 2003? 2. Which word goes in the first blank? grown harvest feed farmed He gave up planting on his farm. He left Mississippi and ploughed new field to plant. He prepared to plant summer vegetables. He started raising cows. 4. Reread Book page 19 and write what farmers do at their co-operative. 3. Which phrase fits in the second blank? there were few crops than usual to harvest Ben can grow vegetables and fruit all year-round there were a lot of cows that can milk the weather is not good for farming At the co-operative, local farmers work together to wash and package their crops and get them ready for sale to grocery stores. 8Four Corners Workbook On the Farm9

6 Vocabulary Planting and Harvesting & Farms Around the World Comprehension Farms Around the World (1) Write the words from the Word Bank under the correct category. Look at the picture and answer the questions. [ Word Bank ] farmer Australia sweet corn plough worker spinach eggplant tractor capsicum Spain Words Related to People Names of Vegetable Crops Write 2 words. farmer worker Write 4 words. sweet corn spinach eggplant capsicum Machines Used in the Farm Names of the Country 1. What does the picture show us? regions and their climates farms and farmers regions and their farm products cows and sheep Write 2 words. plough tractor Write 2 words. Australia Spain 2. Which is true about the picture? Oranges grow well in Canada s warm climate. In Ukraine, most farmers grow rice. Argentina has some of the largest tea plantation in the world. Australia has some of the largest sheep farms in the world. 3. What makes farmers choose their farm products? the climate and land where they live cows and sheep farmer s co-operative local farmers and workers 10Four Corners Workbook On the Farm11

7 Comprehension Farms Around the World (2) Final Test (1) Circle the correct answer. 1. What allows Don José to grow sheep on his farm? a hot and dry desert 1. Which is true about farms around the world? Farmers mostly choose sheep to grow on their farms. Each region has its own climate and its proper products. Canadian farmers have the largest rice field in the world. Australian farmers choose tea to plant on their land. a cold climate with plenty of rain flat and grassy plains a tropical climate with plenty of rain 2. What is Don José s important product for his farm? 2. Which region has a large sheep farms in the world? wool vegetables milk rice the Ukraine Australia Thailand Japan 3. Which is a wool product? 3. Write the number to match the cause and the effect correctly. ice cream blankets cheese capsicum Cause 4. What do you call a farm that has cows and produces milk? 1. because of the cold climate. 2. in the warm Mississippi climate. a shearing farm plantation a dairy farm a co-operative 3. because the climate in England is ideal for growing their food. 5. What allows Mary Mead to milk the cows everyday? a tropical climate with plenty of rain Effect Mary s cows have plenty to eat 3 a cold climate with strong winds a mild climate with plenty of rain a hot and dry climate Ben can harvest his crops all year-round 2 6. Which is a milk product? Ben s crops would not grow on Don José s farm 1 knitted jumper sweet corn spun yarn yoghurt 12Four Corners Workbook On the Farm13

8 Final Test (2) Grammar Past and Present Tense (1) 1. Why wouldn t Ben Burkett s crops grow on Don José s farm in Chile? Circle the correct verbs to tell the present. because of plenty of rain because of the dry climate because of the cold climate because of plenty of snow 1. All over the world, farmers hard at work. 2. Why can Ben harvest his crops all year-round? because of the cold Mississippi climate because of the tropical Mississippi climate because of the flat and grassy plains because of the warm Mississippi climate 3. Complete the farm and the farm s product chart. is are was were 2. It in a rugged region, that has a cold climate. were is was were 3. Mary Mead a dairy farmer. are were is was Name Farm Location & Climate Farm Products Interesting Facts 4. Mary s 400 cows milked twice a day. were are am was Don José Chile & cold climate Wool His wool is shipped to the United Kingdom, where it is used to make clothes. Circle the correct verbs to tell the present. Mary Mead England & mild climate milk It takes about five minutes for each cow to be milked with the machine. 1. The sheep graze grazed on grassland. 2. Sometimes wild animals called pumas come came down from the mountains. Ben Burkett Mississippi & warm climate vegetables & fruit At the co-operative, local farmers work together. 3. Each year they grow grew a new fleece in time for the winter. 4. England has had a mild climate with plenty of rain. 14Four Corners Workbook On the Farm15

9 Grammar Past and Present Tense (2) Writing Products that Come from Farm Circle the correct verbs to tell the past. 1. It time to share the sheep. is are was were What products do farmers in Korea produce? Choose one or two products and Complete a fact file about them. Farm Products 2.The sheep sheared inside the stalls. were are am is 3. In April, winter crops ready to harvest and sell. Where are the farms located? was were is are 4. About twenty cows milked at one time. were are am is What allows the farmers to produce the products? Circle the correct verbs to tell the past. What is an interesting fact about those products? 1. Workers take took the cows to the milking shed. 2. The tanks collect collected the milk from all the cows. 3. After the milking, the cows go went back to the field. Write a paragraph using the information from the chart you completed above. 4. During milking the farmworkers check checked that the cows were healthy. 5. Ben and his farmworkers then prepare prepared to plant summer vegetables. 16Four Corners Workbook On the Farm17

10 Listening Practice MEMO Listen to the sentence and fill in the blanks. 1. The farmworkers used dogs to help them the sheep. 2. Each year they grow a new in time for the winter. milked fleece 3. Mary s 400 cows are a day. 4. A truck picked up the milk and it to a. climate twice delivered herd dairy soil 5. Each region has its own, rainfall and. Listen to the paragraph and fill in the blanks. 6. Some farmers grow and harvest grain,, fruit and crops meat produce. Other farmers raise animals such as sheep, and cows for wool, and milk. Farmers in different regions of the world often different things. vegetables stalls 7. The sheep were sheared inside the. The held the sheep in place with their feet. Then the shearers learnt over the sheep to clip the. 8. After, the sheep were herded back to the. The was collected from the floor and to the selecting tables. The best wool was and taken away to be packed. 9. One day in September the first milking began at o clock in the morning. Workers took the to the milking. The shed has a for every cow to during the milking. shearers flower goats 10. Finally, Ben and his team planted the using very large tractors. Ben planted that would be ready to later in the summer. The crops take seventy and days to grow. wool shearing grassland wool taken sorted cows stand crops between five shed seeds harvest one hundred place 18Four Corners Workbook On the Farm19

11 Four Corners WORKBOOK On the Farm Publisher Jae-yoon Chung Managing Director Hannah Lee Senior Editor Jung-ah Kim Project Editor Reese Ji Written by Jeong Hee Choi Proofread by Alwin G. Fontenot Recorded by Yeasung Media Tech Illustrated by Donghyun Lee, Youngjoo Jung Designed by DOD Design Printed by POD KOREA Copyright 2008 by Language World Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of Language World Co., Ltd., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. First Edition in 2008 ISBN