Family Relationships

Chose the correct word.

1.The sister of your wife is your
2. The daughter of your brother is your
3. The brother if your father is
4. The wife of your brother is your
5. The son of your uncle is your
6. The daughter of aunt is your
7. The mother of your cousin is your
8. The son of your son is your your
9. The father of your dad is your
10. The cousin of your brother is your

THREE BEARS
Did you know that there are eight different kinds of bears found around the
world?

Three very different ones are polar bears, grizzly bears and
Giant Pandas.

Polar bears live in the Arctic Circle, near the North Pole.
Polar bears stay warm in very cold temperatures because they
have a layer of fat, called blubber, and because they are covered in
two layers of fur. Polar bears are excellent swimmers and have short
claws to help them walk across ice and snow. Polar bears mostly eat
seals, but they will eat other arctic animals as well.

I. Complete.
1. There are

different kinds of bears.

2. Polar bears live near the

Pole.

3. Polar bears keep warm because of the

4. Polar bears are very good
5. Polar bears eat seals and

.
animals.

Grizzly bears can be found in Asia, Europe, and North

America. Grizzly
bears like to eat plants, mammals and fish. They can run over
thirty miles
per hour. Even though grizzly bears are very big and strong,
their cubs
only weigh one pound when they are born.
II. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
1. We can find Glizzly bears in
2. Grizzly bears eat
3. This kind of bears can run over
4. Grizzly bears are
5. The baby bears weigh

The Giant Panda lives in China and has black and white fur.

This bear eats up to thirty pounds of bamboo every day. The

Giant
Panda is an endangered animal because many of the forests
where
they live have been destroyed. Many people work hard to
protect
Giant Pandas.

III. TICK THE RIGHT ANSWER.

1. Giant Pandas live in...
China.
London.
2. Pandas are...
blue and white.
black and white.
3. Pandas eat thirty pounds of bamboo...
every week.
every day.
4. This bears are ....... animals.
endangered
wild
5. People work hard to ...... pandas.
protect
kill
* What's your favourite bear?
The Polar bear.
The Grizzly bear.
The Panda bear.

IV. FIND THESE WORDS.

polar bear, grizzly bear, giant panda, protect, endangered, big, strong, fur.

Find the
months of the year.
Then, fill in the
sentences below.
a. It comes before
March
b. It comes after
November
c. The month after
May
d. This month has
three letters
e. It's the first month
of the year
f. The month we
celebrate Halloween
g. It comes before
April
h. It comes before May
i. It's winter in the
Southern hemisphere
j. It comes before
September
k. This month has
eight letters
l. The month before
December

ead the following text carefully then do the activities below.

ASWAN DAM

Egypt, which has very little

rainfall, has always depended for its
existence on water brought by the Nile
from the distant uplands of Abyssinia and
Central Africa. During the summer the flow of the Nile is
very low. Therefore it was necessary to build a dam across
the Nile. This dam would form a reservoir in which part of
the winter waters could be stored and then released to the
farmers fields during the summer by a system of irrigation
canals.
So, between 1899 and 1902, the Egyptians built a
dam, which they called The Aswan Dam. It was about
917 km south of Cairo. Between 1929 and 1933, the dam
was heightened. It was then 34.4 m high and 2.1 km long.
As the population grew, the demand for water continued to
increase. So, further conservation of the flood waters of
the Nile was essential. In 1959, the construction of the
Saad-El-Aali (High Aswan Dam) was begun and was
completed by 1969.
The new dam is sited nearly 6.4 km south of the
original Aswan Dam. It is built of sand, clay, and rockfill,
and is 111 m high and 3.8 km long. It is one of the largest
dams in the world. The reservoir, 500 km long and an
average of 8 km wide, is large enough to store a high Nile
flood of one year against the possibility of a low flood in
the succeeding year.
The High Aswan Dam is a very good example of
man's constant efforts to overcome unfavorable natural
conditions. It has helped develop the country's agriculture
by increasing the area of cultivated land by about 30%.
Oxford Junior Encyclopedia (Volume 8)

SECTION ONE:
Comprehension.

Exercise 01: Complete the following table.

Dam
Nam
e:
1Asw
an
Dam
2Saad
-ElAali

Built Date:

Materials:

Dimensions:

Exercise 02: Find in the text words or expressions that

are opposite in meaning to the following.
1-a lot of 1
=/=
2-high 1
=/=
3-stopped 2
=/=
Exercise 03: What do the underlined words in the text
refer to?
1-which 1 =>
2-it 2
=>
3-it 3
=>
Exercise 04: Answer the following questions according
to the text using full sententences.
1-How far is the High Aswan Dam from Cairo?
2-Did the cultivated land augment after the High Aswan
Dam was built?

SECTION Two: Mastery of

language.
Exercise 01: Match the shapes and their correct names.
1-

2-

3-

Exercise 02: Every sentence contains one and one mistake only.
Spot the mistake then write the sentence correctly.
1-The setsquare is the shape of a triangle.
2-The volley-ball has a wide of 21.65 cm.
3-The shoes they are made of leather.
Exercise 03: Complete sentence B so that it means the
same as sentence A.
1-A-The dice is shaped like a cube.
1-Bshape.
2-A-The Nile River is 6,670 Km long.
2-Blength.
3-A-The Gisa Great Pyramid in Egypt is 146 m high.
3-Bhas
.
Exercise 04: Ask an appropriate question about what is underlined
in the sentence.
1-It was built of sand, clay and rockfill.
2-The new dam is situated 6.4 Km south of the Aswan
Dam.

SECTION Three: Written

Expression.
Look carefully at the picture below then fill in
the blanks in the following paragraph with one
word so that it makes sense.
A drum is a musical
. It
always shaped
like a
. Drums are of different
. Some are
,
some are very big. A drum consists of two membranes
a shell. The membranes are generally
of leather. The
is usually made of wood.
Read the following dialogue then do the activities below.
Mark: Good morning Mrs. Im making a survey about couple life. So, would you like
to answer some questions about the subject, please?
Ally: Yes, with great pleasure.
Mark: Thank you for taking the time. Now, first of all: What do you do?
Ally: I work in a library. I'm a librarian.
Mark: Are you married?
Ally: Yes, I am.
Mark: What does your husband do?
Ally: He works as a policeman.
Mark: Do you usually have dinner together?
Ally: Yes, we do.
Mark: How often does your husband exercise?
Ally: He sometimes exercises four times a week. But, he usually exercises only twice
a week.
Mark: Where do you like going on holiday?

Ally: We rarely go on holiday. However, we like going to the mountains if we can.

Mark: What type of books do you read?
Ally: I often read horror stories.
Mark: Thank you very much for answering my questions.
Ally: You're welcome!
ACTIVITY 01: What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to?
1.

He =>

2.

We =>

ACTIVITY 02: Find in the text words whose definitions are the following.
1. A building where there is a collection of books for reading and study. =
2.
3.

A married man; a woman's partner in marriage.

Leisure time away from work devoted to rest and relax.

=
=

ACTIVITY 03: Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. Is Ally a man or a woman? Justify your answer.
2.

because
With whom does Ally usually have dinner?

.
.

3.

What kind of books does Ally often read?

.
ACTIVITY 04: Find in the text a sentence expressing a polite request then
write it in the box below.

SECTION TWO: Mastery Of Language.

ACTIVITY 01: Complete sentence B so that it has the same meaning as
sentence A using .
A - Robert likes practicing sport but he doesnt like working hard.
B - Robert prefers
.

TIVITY 02: Order the words to make a correct sentence.

your / to / order / on / mail / in / icon / e-mail / Click / box. / access / the

ACTIVITY 03: Classify the following verbs in the table below according to
the pronunciation of their final ed.
Capitalised Beeped Admitted Abandoned
/t/

/d/

/id/

ACTIVITY 04: Classify the following verbs in the table below according to
the pronunciation of their final s or "es".
Ages Lenses Topics Reserves
/s/

/z/

ACTIVITY 05: Which syllable in the following two syllable words is

stressed? The first, the second or either.
Respond

Open

Window

Answer

Present

Obtain

Object

Balloon

/iz/

ACTIVITY 06: How many syllables does each of these words

have? Write the number in the corresponding box.

C o n c a t e n a t e
e s t

R e q u

SECTION THREE: Writing.

Write a short e-mail to your new key pal to tell him about yourself.

..

..

..
This exercise is to done at home
...

..

..

..

Read the following dialogue then do the activities below.

'And Europe's Worst Linguists

Are'
Tuesday February 20 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The
British are the European Union's (EU) worst linguists
while those of Luxembourg are the best, according to an
EU poll published Monday.
Almost two-thirds (2/3) of British know no language
apart from their mother tongue, the highest figure recorded
in the 15 EU countries.
That compares to just 2.2 percent in Luxembourg,
12.3 percent of Danes and an EU average of 47.3 percent

of people who speak no other language but their

own, the poll of 16,000 EU citizens said.
But British travelers to Europe need not
worry.
English is the most common second language in the
EU, spoken by 41 percent of the EU's citizens. In
Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, at least 78 percent
of people speak English as a second language.
Although 47 percent of EU citizens know only their
mother tongue, there is wide agreement that speaking a
foreign language is a good thing.
Across the EU, 72 percent of those polled believe
foreign language skills are useful, 71 percent of them said
everyone should know one foreign language and 69
percent said everyone should speak English.
The reasons given why people do not learn languages
were lack of time, lack of motivation and the cost of
language lessons.
Reuters Limited Text 2001.
ACTIVITY 01: What or who do the underlined words in
the text refer to?
1. while those of =>
2. who speak no =>
3. but their own =>
4. their mother =>
5. of them said... =>
ACTIVITY 02: Find in the text words or expressions that
are close in meaning to the following.

1. Very bad 1 =
2. Language 2 =
3. Survey 3 =
4. Voyagers 4 =
5. Think 7
=
ACTIVITY 03: Answer the following questions
according to the text.
1. How many people in Luxembourg speak only one
language?
2. How many people in the EU speak English?
.
3. Are language lessons expensive? Justify.
because it is said in the text that
.

SECTION TWO: Mastery Of Language.

ACTIVITY 01: Complete sentence B so that it has the
same meaning as sentence A.
1-A - Robert is a journalist and so is Peter.
1-B journalists.
2-A - John: I learn languages because it's very useful.

2-B - John told

.
ACTIVITY 02: Order the words to make a correct
sentence.
In / inform / is / main / my / newspapers / of / opinion, /
people. / purpose / the / to
ACTIVITY 03: Find in the text 4 regular verbs in the
past and classify them in the table below according to
the pronunciation of their final 'ed'. (Two verbs each
column.)
/d /

/id/

12-

12-

ACTIVITY 04: Find in the text all the plural nouns

finishing in 's' or 'es' and classify them in the table
below according to the pronunciation of the 's' or 'es'.
(According to the number in each column)
/s /
1-

/z/
123456-

/iz/

1-

7ACTIVITY 05: Classify the following words in the table

below according to their stressed syllable.
Atomic Powerful Expressing
1st Syllable stressed
1-

2nd Syllable stressed

12-

SECTION THREE: Writing.

Fill in the following CV giving your own information.
Then, using the information in the CV write an
application letter to apply for a summer temporary job in
a beach summer camp.
NB: This is to be done at home as home work.
Name:
Birth:
Age:
Education:

First:
Date:

Last:
Place:
From
Primary
Middle
High

Foreign
Language (s):

To

Choose the correct word

Who am I? Write the name of the animal.

1. I am long and dangerous -

2. I am small and I like cheese 3. I swim in the water -

4. I like bananas and I can climb trees 5. I am friendly and I like bones -

Read the following story.

We have many animals in our class and at home. Let me tell you about
some of them.
One boy, Ben, has a snake. It is long and thin and green. It is not
very nice, but it isnt dangerous. It is in a cage.
Two girls have cats. One cat is brown and white. The other cat is all
black. Five pupils have dogs. Every dog is
different in size and color. But they age all good pets. Seven pupils
have small birds. One boy has three canaries.
The other six have parakeets. Three children have fish. Rachel has
an aquarium outside her garden, not inside her
house. It is full of goldfish, snails and frogs. It is really very nice.
We also have animals in our classroom. We have little white mice and
brown hamsters.
But they are in a cage not all over the floor. The very best thing we
have is a soft, brown and white rabbit.
It's my favorite animal. Its name is Rab Rabbit and I love to touch
and pet it.
Our teacher has animals in her house, too. She has a small dog, three
birds and six monkeys.
Monkeys? Oh! There arent monkeys in her house! She has six
children. But her children are "wild animals" so she says she has "monkeys".
Our teacher is funny. She has a sense of humor.
Choose the correct number
1. boy has a snake.
2. girls have cats.
3.
pupils have dogs.
4.

pupils have birds.

5.

children have fish.

Tick True or False

Tru /
e False

1.Ben has a cat

2The snake is dangerous

.
3The dogs are different is size and color
.
4Rachel has fish
.
5The animals in class are on the floor
.
6Rab is a green frog
.
7The teacher has animals in her house
.
The teacher has monkeys in her house
8
.

Describe the snake, the cats and the rabbit.

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

The
joke

CLICK THE RIGHT ANSWER

A very good actor was playing in a comedy where
the role of an aristocrat.
The aristocrat
in the Bastille prison where
to spend a lot of time. In the second act
a guard
and gave the aristocratic
prisoner a letter. The prisoner
the
letter and
it aloud. The play
hundreds of times and the
aristocrat
the letter by heart but he

always
that the letter should be
written down completely.
One night the guard
a joke on the
famous actor , just to find out if he knew the
letter by heart, after so many performances.
When the guard
the prisoner's dark cell,
the prisoner
on a small bed . He
the prisoner the letter, but this time
there was nothing on the sheet: it was completely
blank. The guard
the aristocrat: he was
so happy about his joke that he couldn't hide his
smile. He wanted to see if the prisoner
the letter by heart. The prisoner
looked at the letter for some seconds , then
:
"There is too little light. I can't see very well. Can
you please read the letter for me?"
And he gave the letter to the guard.
The guard , who obviously
the letter,
said:
" You are right. The light is really very dim. I
must
my glasses."
the cell and went to fetch the usual copy
of the letter. Then he came back with the letter
and the pair of glasses and started reading the
letter to the prisoner. The prisoner was of course
very much amused.

Comprehension:
1 Where was the play set?
2Where was the prisoner when the guard brought
him the letter?
3 What solution did the guard find?
4How did the good actor feel in the end?
5Where is the Bastille?
Respond as shown
He was so happy about his joke that he
couldn't hide his smile
Respond as shown choosing from the adjectives
provided.
Sad , Grateful , Happy, Hungry, Tired.
that he went to bed immediately.
that he ate three sandwiches.
that he never stopped saying thank you.
that he kept smiling all the time.
that he stayed in his room all day long.
Revising irregular verbs
1 Give
2 Take
3 Read

given.
taken.
read.

4 Know
known.
5 Sit sat.
6 Hide hidden.
7 Say
said.
8 See seen.
9 Leave
left.
10 Come
come.

During a
recent
Cluedo
weekend,
four
games
were
played.
In one
game
Miss
Scarlet
used the
spanner,
but not in
the
library.
In
another
game the
rope was
used in
the
study,
but not
by
Colonel
Mustard.
During
one game
the gun
was used
in the
conservat
ory,
whilst in
another

STEP ONE: Fill in the grid with YES or NO.

gun

lead
piping

rope span conse kitc libr stud

ner rvato hen ary y
ry

STEP TWO: Sum up the grid.

Miss Scarlet used the
Colonel Mustard used the
Professor Plum used the
Mrs White used the

in the

in the

in the
in the

.
.

Note: This logic puzzle was created by Kevin Stone.

Kevin Stone [www.brainbashers.com]

A. Read the following article and put the verbs in brackets in

the correct form, Past Simple or Continuous, active or
passive .

Croc-wrestling

granny wins award

A brave grandmother

off a giant crocodile

life has been given a special award.

who (fight)

to save her friend's

Alicia Sorohan, 61, (camp)

(wake)

in Australia in 2004 when she

up to find a massive saltwater croc dragging her

friend out of his tent.

She (jump)

onto the reptile's back before it (turn)

on her, smashing her nose and arm before her son (shoot)

it.

Mrs Sorohan (give)

Australia's Star of Courage, awarded
to people for acts of outstanding bravery.
The crocodile attack (happen)
at the Bathurst Bay
campsite in Queensland in October 2004.

Mrs Sorohan almost (lose)

her arm in the fight but doctors

(manage)
to save it by pinning it
together using two metal plates and 12 screws.
Her friend also (survive)

with minor injuries.

After hearing about the award Mrs Sorohan, who has two
grandchildren, said of the incident: "It was pretty scary. But it's
one of those things - if you see someone in trouble, you've got to
help them."
She (add)

that she still (love)

crocs and (find)

them "fascinating" creatures.

B.

Are the following statements true or

false?

Alicia and her friend were camping in Queensland when the incident happene

Alicia was sleeping when the crocodile attacked her friend.

Her friend was seriously injured by the crocodile.

Alicia wasnt afraid of the crocodile.

When the crocodile turned on her, Alicia hit it on the back.

Alicia was finally rescued by her son.

She was given an award for her great courage.

Alicia has always detested crocodiles.

C. Match the words on the left with the definitions on the

right. Put the correct letter into the box next to each word.
1

award

a)

breaking into pieces

massive

b)

an animal

dragging

c)

excellent; clearly very much better

than what is usual

reptile

d)

flat pieces of metal

smashing

e)

very large and heavy

awarded

f)

not very serious

outstanding

g)

a prize

plates

h)

extremely interesting or attractive

minor

i)

pulling

j)

given

10 fascinating

D.

Roleplay

Student A: You are a reporter interviewing Alicia about the

incident.
Student B: You are Alicia Sorohan talking to a reporter about the
incident.

How much do you know about crocodiles? Try the following quiz.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4750000/newsid_4758700/4758766.stm

The End

Now that you are done, take a moment to consider what it is

all about.
How long must all these curses continue poisoning our world?
Isn't it time to get involved to make it even better than
tomorrow,
for all the children for everybody,
because everyone can make a difference.
Visit this site and participate to realize this change in

peace

Now that you are done, take a moment to consider what it is

all about.
How long must all these curses continue poinsoning our world?
Isn't it time to get involved to make it even better than
tomorrow,
for all the children for all the people,
because everyone can make a difference.
Visit this site and participate to realize this change.

Every Thing Is
Possible
.