# Crop

## Verb + crop

* plant crops
* grow crops
* spray crops
* harvest crops
* (the weather) ruins crops

## Exercises

### Verb + crop

1. Unfortunately, 10 days of heavy rain have totally ***ruined*** the crops.
2. Did you know that most farmers ***spray*** their crops with harmful pesticides?
3. Most of our land is used for ***growing*** *cash crops*, like tobacco, cotton and tea.
4. We need to employ extra workers at the beginning of the growing season when we ***plant*** the crops, and at the end of the season when we ***harvest*** them.

## Notes

1. **Genetically-modified crops are commonly known as GM crops:**

   \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\**There’s an anti-GM-crop demonstration at Hill Farm tomorrow.*
2. **In example 3, cash crops are crops which are grown in order to make money.**
3. **Crops grow in “soil”:**

   ***Carrots grow well in sandy soil.***
4. **Notice this example:**

   \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\**We **got a good crop** of strawberries this year. It was a good year for them.*