Farmers in English


Lesson 19 


Farmers Vocabulary in English 

Farmers are the persons who are involved in the cultivation of food. There are mainly two types of farmers. Some farmers grow crops like rice, wheat, barley, etc. Some of them are engaged in cultivating fruits like apples, mangoes, bananas, etc.

They do a physically arduous job as, no matter how sunny or rainy the day is, they have to be there in the fields and take care of their crops. They play a vital role in the society as they burn in the sun, get wet in rain to produce food. It's a fact that farmers are the heart and soul of human society. The entire world is dependent on farmers for food.  

They're the backbone of our country because they also contribute to the economy of our country. 

It is not baseless that our life is completely out of question in the absence of the farmers who make a ceaseless and onerous effort to provide us with what we eat. 

Although the farmers give us what we live on, yet they live from hand to mouth, because they're unable to make a quick buck by doing their job. As such the farmers should be encouraged to continue to engage in food production by the government, and regarded as the most valuable, important and respected community by every single of us.


Words to Learn (Learn more words here)

1. To involve→To cause someone to take part in some activity. To be involved in something is to be occupied.

Synonym→To include

Antonym→To exclude

2. Cultivation→The action or process of growing or producing crops or food

3. Mainly→ Primarily 

Synonym→ Chiefly

Antonym→ Insignificantly 

4. Crops→Grains, fruits and vegetables grown on a farm are called crops. 

5. Barley→A cereal similar to wheat 

6. To engage→To take part in some activity, to be engaged in something is to be occupied or busy and to get engaged to someone is to agree to get married. 

7. To cultivate→To produce or grow good

8. Arduous→Very difficult 

Synonym→ Tough

Antonym→ Easy 

9. Sunny→ During sunny days, there's more heat of the sun 

10. Rainy→ Rainy season is when it rains 

11. Vital→ Very important

Synonym→Essential

12. Role→ Function or work of a person

13. Society→ The group of people living together 

14. To burn→ To damage by heat 

15. To get wet→To become wet or moist with water or other liquid

16. To produce→To grow 

17. Entire→Whole 

18. Dependent→ Reliant on others for support

19. Backbone→ Spine (Literally)

20. To contribute→To give or donate 

21. Economy→ Financial condition or wealth of a nation

22. Baseless→ (Of something) not based on facts or something not supporting facts

23. Completely→ Totally

Synonym→ Wholly

Antonym→ Partially

24. Absence→ Non-existence or lack of presence 

Antonym→Presence 

25. Ceaseless→ Never-ending 

Synonym→Continuous

Antonym→Intermittent 

26. Onerous→ difficult

Synonym→Tiring 

Antonym→Easy 

27. Effort→ Attempt

28. Yet→ All the same, in spite of that

29. Unable→ Not able 

Synonym→ Unfit for 

Antonym→ Able 

30. As such→In view of what has been just said 

31. To encourage→ To motivate someone to do something

Synonym→To persuade

Antonym→To dissuade

32. To continue→To carry on with something

33. Production→The growing of crops

34. To regard→To view 

35. Community→The group of people living together 


Idioms and Phrases to Learn

1. No matter how or what→Under all circumstances or regardless of 

2. To take care of something or someone→To keep something or someone safe 

3. To play a vital/pivotal role→To do a very important job 

4. To be the heart and soul of society or nation→To be the most important part of it 

5. To be out of question→ To be impossible

6. To make an onerous effort to do or achieve something→To try hard to do something

7. To live on→To be alive by eating food 

8. To live from hand to mouth→To pass a difficult life or have just enough money to lead a life 

9. To make a quick buck→To earn a good amount of money easily

10. To be regarded as...To be viewed as 


Exercise 1 

Can you recall the synonyms and antonyms of the following words? (learn more vocabulary here)

1. To involve

2. Mainly

3. Arduous

4. Vital 

5. Dependent

6. Completely

7. Absence

8. Ceaseless

9. Onerous 

10. Unable


Answer keys 1:- 

(Synonyms) 

1. To include

2. Chiefly

3. Difficult

4. Important

5. Reliant

6. Wholly or entirely

7. Non-existence

8. Never-ending

9. Difficult or burdensome

10. Unfit for


Answer keys 2:- 

(Antonyms) 

1. To exclude

2. Insignificantly

3. Easy 

4. Insignificant 

5. Independent

6. Partially

7. Presence or existence

8. Intermittent

9. Easy or effortless

10. Able


Exercise 2

Do you understand the following phrases? 

1. To make a quick buck

2. To live from hand to mouth

3. To be out of question

4. To be the heart and soul of

5. To take care of something or someone


Answer keys:- 

1. To earn money easily

2. To have just enough money to live on 

3. To be impossible

4. To be the most important part of something

5. To keep someone or something safe