Ex 2: Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others 1. A. colorful B. friendly C. convenient D. peaceful
2. A. together B. countryside C. harvest D. buffalo
3. A. happy B. collect C. hurry D. boring
4. A. explore B. nomadic C. review D. summer
5. A. cattle B. Wednesday C. occasion D. flower
6. A. country B. building C. mountain D. divide
7. A. blossom B. computer C. architect D. pilot
8. A. wonderful B. entertain C. engineer D. expensive
9. A. farmer B. benefit C. reason D. expect
10. A. freedom B. disturb C. quickly D. modern
Ex 3: Odd one out
1. A. buffalo B. collect C. horse D. goat
2. A. peaceful B. harvest C. herd D. explore
3. A. hay B. field C. boring D. barn
4. A. crowded B. quiet C. remote D. grow
5. A. transport B. load C. colorful D. feed
6. A. hard B. cattle C. well D. village
7. A. fresh B. cattle C. convenient D. brave
8. A. farmer B. pilot C. scientist D. kite
9. A. camel B. nomadic C. vast D. spacious
10. A. plane B. helicopter C. clay D. motorbike
Ex 4: Circle the best word
1. I feel happy/happier here than in a crowded and noisy city.
2. A buffalo is an animal for ploughing/harvesting the field.
3. Look at the peaceful/vast area of grass where the cattle in my grandparents’ farm feed.
4. The villagers often gather/see at the community hall where there is a T. V.
5. The little boy helps his father to collect/have water from the village well.
6. Max loves collecting/harvesting eggs from the chicken shed.
7. The old people often talk/worry about their farm work and exchange the news.
8. A camel is a big animal that lives in the field/desert.
9. A buffalo-drawn cart is a wooden/steel form of transport for moving things.
Ex 5: Choose the best answer
1. Every morning, my grandfather ……..the cattle out for food and look after them.
A. goes B. takes C. helps D. herds
2. Her mother goes to the market town nearby where she sells her home ………………like vegetables, fruit, eggs...,etc.
A. things B. food C. furniture D. products
3. ……………….is a colorful plaything which can fly.
A. plane B. bird C. kite D. wind
4. What do you call the time when farmers …………………their crops? Harvest time.
A. collect B. herd C. grow D. provide
5. Jim loves ………………at the sky on starry nights.
A. listening B. looking C. seeing D. watching
6. Harvest is the ……………….time of the year in the countryside.
A. easy B. important C. busiest D. largest
7. There is a small cottage …………….the main road in the picture.
A. close B. near C. next D. in front
8. Putting up the tent is not as difficult as ……………….a house.
A. building B. putting C. having D. selling
9. Of the three types of cattle on our farm, sheep is the …………………
A. bigger B. faster C. slowest D. slow
10. My grandfather doesn’t living in the city because it is ……………….
A. cheap B. noisy C. quiet D. slow
peaceful, noisy, naughty, clever, brave, colorful, comfortable, hard-working, quiet, beautiful, interesting, busy, exciting, lazy,
Ex 6: Put the words in the correct column. Some words can be used in more than one category.
To describe people To describe life To describe scenery

Ex 7: Match
1.collect
a. the goods
2.herd
b. the trees
3.load
c. a kite
4.ride
d. the rice
5.fly
e. water from the river
6.dry
f. the cattle
7. climb
g. the buffaloes
8. feed
h. a camel

Ex 8: Fill in the gap with a suitable word given in the box
benefits fields planting went
donate ridden grew harvest
inconvenient vast explore relax

1. Have you ever ……………………a buffalo – drawn cart?
2. When we were small, we …………………..flying kites together happily.
3. There’s still a lot more to ……………………..life in the countryside.
4. Would Peter like to visit the countryside at ………………….time?
5. The whole family can ……………..in our hometown because it’s so peaceful.
6. Janet’s father ……………………..up in the countryside in the 1900s.
7. They ……………………generously a lot of money to the poor people.
8. Whenever I come back to my hometown, I usually run around the …………….and shout out loud.
9. I love the ……………..open spaces, the fresh air and the feeling of freedom.
10. He has experience of farm work: digging holes, ……………..vegetables and collecting tomatoes.
11. For me, life in the countryside is boring and ………………
12. Countryside has some ………………..that a boring person would never discover.