EXERCISES 2

1. EXERCISES 2 TECHNICAL ENGLISH 1

2. Simple Present / Present idea • Food biotechnologyis the evolution of traditional S V Cagricultural techniques. ( however ). • Mechanized agriculture is not desirable for many farmers. S V • Genetic engineering does not providegood chances S A ( neg. ) V Cof success in this field. • Iamagriculturalist. Iam not agronomist. S V C ( N. P ) S V ( neg. ) C ( N.P )

3. Simple Present / Future idea / Future tense • The lecture / speech starts at 10 o ‘ clock this morning. S V • The Biotechnology congress begins next Monday. S V • The class willstart now. S Ax. V • Farmerswill rely on hybrids to provide uniform monocultures. S Aux. V

4. Present continuous / Present /Future idea • Some farmers arereturning to organic farming due to S Aux. V Con.chemical problems and costs. • Students arecoming back from their stay in U.S. S Aux. Vtomorrow.

5. Adjectives and Nouns Mechanized agriculture increases soil erosion and uses: • Different microclimates • Different nutrient mixes • Natural insect control • In industrialized countries. • Introduction of new plant varieties and farming methods. • Increased food production per hectare

6. Comparatives and superlativesadjectives • In modern agriculture: • Farmers often use monocultures because of more efficient planting, cultivating and harvesting. • Requires larger amounts of water and irrigation. • Most surviving parasites have characteristics that allowed them to tolerate the pesticide. • Subsequent pesticide applications become less effective. • Most pesticides are not species specific, and kill beneficial species as well as pest species.

7. Newer pesticides have fewer drawbacks than early hard pesticides, but none are devoid of problems. • Organic farming issafer to the environment than S V Adj.mechanized farming. /( is much more safer than ). Adj. N • Under – developed countries apply less modern agriculture than ( adj. ) S ( n) V • developing countries. Adj. N

8. Adjectives and adverbs TechnicalEnglishiseasy. S V Adj.Itis a veryhotdayforploughing.Adv. Adj. NWateringisaneasytask. S V Adj. NI can ridehorseeasily. S V Adv.

9. Price and availability of chemical fertilizers is S Vstronglyinfluenced by world’s energy prices. Adv. V Compound nouns ( adjectives ). • Sustainable agriculture creates quickly great opportunities • for farming in poor countries. • Organic farming is increasing slowly in developing countries.