An English Farm

Mr. Jackson’s son, David Jackson, is an English farmer. His farm is situated 5 kilometres from the village of Knightshouse. David Jackson lives on the farm with his wife Rachel and his children Christine and William.

On the farm there is a big house, a garage, a cowshed, a barn, a pigsty, a stable, a poultry yard and a hothouse. In the garage Mr. Jackson keeps a car, a lorry, a tractor and other agricultural machines. In the cowshed he keeps 12 cows. In Mr. Jackson’s stable there are 4 horses. In the pigsty he keeps many pigs. In the poultry yard he has many hens, ducks, geese and turkeys.

In the farm yard there is a well. Mr. Jackson pumps water from the well with a help of a pump.

Near the house there is an orchard and a kitchen garden.

Behind the house there is a field. In the field Mr. Jackson grows wheat, maize, potato, sugar beet and sunflowers. Near the river Mr. Jackson has a pasture. The pasture is enclosed with a fence.

Answer the questions:

1. What is David Jackson?

2. Where is farm situated?

3. Who lives with him on the farm?

4. What is there on the farm?

5. What does Mr. Jackson keep in the garage?

6. How many cows does Mr. Jackson keep?

7. Does Mr. Jackson have any horses?

8. Are there any pigs on the farm?

9. What does Mr. Jackson keep in the poultry yard?

10. What is there near the house?

11. Is there a field near the farm?

12. What does Mr. Jackson grow in the field?

13. What has Mr. Jackson near the river?

Task 6. Read the text and answer the questions.

Mr. Jackson and His Son

Near the house Mr. Jackson has a garage and a tool shed. In the garage he keeps a car, a lorry, a tractor and other agricultural machines. There are a workbench, a lathe, a boring machine and shelves with tools there, too. On the shelves Mr. Jackson keeps an electric drill, hammers, wrenches, bolts, nuts, screwdrivers, screws and nails. He keeps brushes and paints there, too. Besides, Mr. Jackson keeps spare tires, batteries, patrol tankers and oil cans in the garage.

But the garden tools are kept in the tool shed. Mr. Jackson has spades, rakes, hoes, a hose, watering cans, a sprinkler and even a lawn mower.

William likes to help his father to repair the car and agricultural machines. He hands him wrenches, screw drivers or bolts. He also helps his father to repair the house. In summer they paste wall papers in the rooms, paint the windows and the porch, mend the roof and the fence.

William can drive in nails and saw and plane planks very well.

Answer the questions:

1. What has Mr. Jackson near the house?

2. What does he keep in the garage?

3. What machine tools and tools are there in the garage?

4. What else does Mr. Jackson keep in the garage?

5. Where does Mr. Jackson keep the garden tools? What kind of garden tools are kept in the tool shed?

6. Does William like to help his father?

7. What does he help to repair?

8. What kind of repairs do the father and William do in summer?

Task 7. Answer the questions.

I

1. Why is the profession of a farmer important?

2. Are there many farmers in Great Britain?

3. What do the English farmers produce?

4. Where do the farmers live?

5. What is the English village like?

6. What is a pub?

7. What do the men talk about in the pub?

8. Is there any secondary school in an English village?

9. Where do the village children go to school

10. What kind of farms are there in Great Britain?

11. What kind of buildings are there on the farm?

12. What kind of domestic animals do the English farmers keep?

13. What are the fields in England like?

14. How is the south of England called?

II

1. Are any of your relatives farmers?

2. Where do they live?

3. What is the village where your relatives live?

4. Is there any school in this village?

5. What do the farmers grow in the village where your relatives live?

6. Do your relatives keep any domestic animals and birds?

7. Do you visit your relatives in the village? What do you do in the country?

8. Do your parents have any summer cottage with a garden?

9. Have you a garage?

10. What tools are there in the garage?

Task 8. Make a report on one of the following subjects:

1. “The English Village”

2. “The Village Where My Relatives Live”

3. “Our Summer Cottage”

Task 9. Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. The biggest part of the British population are farmers.

2. The farmers work in the factories.

3. An English village usually is not very large.

4. Usually there are some schools in the English village.

5. The English farmers keep a lot of domestic animals.

6. The north of England is often called the “Garden of England”.