THE STORY OF MY VILLAGEI. UNDERLINE THE SOUND FOR THE LETTER(S) IN BO...

10. drought /aʊ/ /əʊ/ 20. crowd /aʊ/ /əʊ/

II. Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box.

Preserved housed labourers outbuildings

Village life community fields

In most of Europe, farmers’ home and (1)…………are generally located within a village, and tools and

animals are (2)…………there. Every morning, the farmers and farm (3)…………leave their (4)…………to

work their land or tend their animals in distant (5)…………and return to the village at the end of the day.

Social (6)………… is thus centripetal; that is, it is focused around the (7)…………center, the village. Only in

certain parts of Quebec has this pattern been (8)…………in North America.

III. Turn each direct speech statement into indirect speech with tense changes.