Food Industry. Машутина Е.А. - 6 стр.

      2.1 Read the new words and memorize them. Find the meaning

fertile –
yield –
excessive –
harvest –
Haitian –
Spaniard –
curiosity –
settlements –
sparse corn –
surplus corn –
prosperity –

      2.2 Pronounce the words correctly, write down the transcription

Columbus, Spaniard, Haitian, Massachusetts, Atlantic, yellow, adequate.

      2.3 Read the text and ask as many questions as possible

      2.4 Find in the text and prove that

1) corn is one of the most fertile crops
2) the first who recognized corn’s importance were the English colonists
3) the settler could grow enough for himself and family

      2.5 Choose the right tense and explain it

1 will produce           * Pres. Ind. Pass.
                         * Past. Perf. Act.
                         * Fut. Ind. Act.

2 did not like           * Past. Ind. Act.
                         * Pres. Perf. Pass.
                         * Fut. Cont. Act.

3 would grow             * Future-in-the Past.
                         * Fut. Cont. Act.
                         * Fut. Ind. Act.



      2.6 Put 5 types of questions to the given sentence
The settler knew that corn would grow wherever he planted it.
      2.7 Discuss this text in your own dialogues. Work in pairs
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