Tuesday 19 December 2017

General Vocabulary of Farming: Phonetics, Intonation and Pronunciation

Students revise the general vocabulary of farming, learn/revise the pronunciation of the words (stress, sounds and intonation), and practise their listening, speaking and writing skills.







GENERAL VOCABULARY OF FARMING

  1. Stress. Listen and underline the stressed syllable:
Audio exercise 1

tractor
dealership
harvest
combine harvester
forage
silage
baler
seeder
pesticide
fertilizer
manufacturer
tillage
manure




  1. Sounds. Put the words below in the right column.
Audio Exercise 2

bale
wheat
dirt
seeder
combine
pesticide
fertilizer
dealer
dealership
silage
field
tillage
wheel
hydraulic
yield

/ei/
/i:/
/i/
/ɜː/ (bird)
/ai/











  1. Sounds. Put the words above in plural and put them in the right column.

/s/
/iz/
/z/
harvests







  1. Intonation. Repeat the sentences below, then try to repeat giving at least 2 different intonations.
Audio Exercise 4

This tractor is efficient.

Fertilizers increase the yield.

Tillage is important.

Combines harvest the crop.

Balers make bales with silage.

Dealerships sell seeders and balers.

Sprayers spray fertilizers and pesticides.

Cécile Sohier 




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