Matching:
Word Definition ANSWERS
1. (to) herd a. a member of a group of people who move from one place to
another rather than living in one place all of the time
1 + ____
2. a cart b. a circular tent in which Mongolian nomads live 2 + ____
3. a harvest c. extremely big 3 + ____
4. a nomad d. milk, butter, cheese 4 + ____
5. pasture e. a container shaped like a box in which bees are kept so
that their honey can be collected
5 + ____
6. a ger f. showing no fear of dangerous or difficult things 6 + ____
7. dairy
products
g. the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields,
or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that
are cut and collected
7 + ____
8. a beehive h. to make animals move together as a group 8 + ____
9. vast i. grass or similar plants suitable for animals such
as cows and sheep to eat , or an area of land covered in this
9 + ____
10. brave j. a vehicle with either two or four wheels , pulled by a horse / a
buffalo/ … and used for carrying goods
10+ ____
II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words in Exercise I:
1. Mongolian family life centers just around the _________________ .
2. The people who have taken our advice have saved themselves _________________ amounts
of money.
3. _________________ consumption is of great importance for children's growth, since they
contain a variety of essential nutrients, including vitamins and minerals.
4. I don’t really know how to collect honey from a _________________. Can you give me some
explanation?
5. This year's _________________ was one of the most successful since the record crop of 1985.
6. An old woman was _________________ the goats .
7. Let us make sure that these _________________ men did not die for nothing.
8. Many of the people of central Asia are _________________.
9. Some fields are planted with crops for several years , and then returned to
_________________ for the cattle .
10. He sometimes helps his uncle load the rice onto buffalo-drawn _________________.
