IELTS Agriculture - Commonly Confused Words

Humans no longer spent much time hunting once they had _____ cattle, sheep and chicken.

• tamed

• domesticated

Soil quality cannot be _____ if farmers re-use the same land year after year.

• sustained

• supported

Seeds from the trees may be _____ by the wind, birds and animals.

• circulated

• distributed

Experts _____ that 90% of cotton produced in the USA comes from genetically-modified plants.

• assess

• estimate

China now _____ twice the amount of meat that it did ten years ago.

• consumes

• utilizes

The number of apple varieties has been _____ over the last few centuries.

• declining

• reducing

More and more people are _____ gluten from their diet.

• excluding

• rejecting

By keeping the seeds safe, scientists hope to _____ against future famines.

• ensure

• insure

Certain plant species are unable to _____ the warmer temperatures brought on by global warming.

• exist

• survive

To prevent the growth of bacteria, meat must be _____ in the refrigerator.

• saved

• stored