B. Answer the following questions. You may use the table above as a support

1. What is a tractor?

2. What are tractors usually associated with?

3. What is a farm tractor?

4. When did the first farm tractors make their appearance?

5. What groups may farm tractors be divided into?

6. What are standard wheeled tractors used for?

7. What tractors can be used for heavy loads on almost any class of land?

8. What tractors are more economical in fuel?

9. What is the more efficient type of tractor

(B)Exercise 2. Compare the function of:

a) wheeled tractors and crawlers

b) standard and row-crop types

c) standard and small tractors from one to ten h.p. with single cylinder

(B)Exercise 3. Provide the information about the different types of tractors.

(A, B, C)Exercise 4. Describe the specific use of different types of tractors. Pay special attention to the farm tractors. Compare your answers with other students.

(B, C)Exercise 5. Compare the functions of different types of tractors. Elicit the information from the text. Be ready to report back to the class.

(B, C)Exercise 6. Give detailed information about farm tractors. Prove their importance on the farm.

(C)Exercise 7. Suppose you have to deliver a lecture on the evolution of a tractor. Present your outlook of innovative features in modern tractors.

(C)Exercise 8. Suppose you are a farm manager. You run an average-sized farm and you have the possibility to buy only three tractors. What types of tractors would you choose. Explain why.

(C)Exercise 9. Make up a dialogue according to the situation.

Student A is a sales manager of agricultural machinery. Student B wants to purchase a tractor and must find out all the information about the types of tractors, their function, the tasks they perform and their specifications.

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