Unit 1: Learning Languages

Vocabulary
Word

Meaning

Word

Meaning

later

health
pleased
tourist
company
university

satellite
television
sad
enormous
making
mistakes
around the
world
trip
the Middle East
mobile phone
the main idea
tour guide
overseas
machine

conference
medicine
reason
international
information
e-mail
language

Verbs
Verbs

Meaning

Past

Past
participle

feel
hope
send
know
meet
say
leave
take
sell - buy
become
study
have fun
guess
find
plan
communicate
with
practise
try

felt
hoped
sent
knew
met
said
left
took
sold - bought
became
studied
had fun
guessed
found
planned
communicated
with
practised
tried

felt
hoped
sent
known
met
said
left
taken
sold - bought
become
studied
had fun
guessed
found
planned
communicated
with
practised
tried

Language Notes
:

afraid of

wait for

interested in

communicate
with

)
(

Reading
The English Language
Although Arabic is an important international language,
learning a new language is very important now. Satellite
television, e-mails and mobile phones mean people in different
countries can understand each other easily if they speak the
same language. The language which most people are now
learning is English. If a Japanese Businessman meets an Italian
tourist in Egypt, they will probably speak in English. Over a
billion people speak Chinese as their first language. However,
eight or nine hundred million people speak or are studying
English as their second language. This is an enormous number.
English is the most important international language. It is used
by businesses, tourists and scientists around the world. 75% of
international writing, 80% of information on computers and 90%
.of the internet is in English

:Choose the correct answer from a , b, c or d

Egypt is an important country in the (Africa - West - Middle -1
.East - East Middle)
Mohsin's company (leaves - borrows - sells buys) machines to -2
.many different countries
.That boy is waiting (for - on - of to) his father -3
My uncle is a businessman. He has a big (travelling - machine - -4
.company class)
Learning languages helps you when you travel (overseas - over -5
.knees - over the sea oversees)
.Some people learn languages to have (fan - bun - sun fun) -6
You can (e-mail telephone communicate contact) with -7
.people in other countries on the internet
If you dont know the meaning of a new word, you can (guess - -8
.guest spill spell) it
Sorry, sir the manager cant meet you now. Hes in a (lab - -9
.meeting - company school)
Your uncle is ill. Please phone him and ask about his (health - -10
.path - math wealth)
You can get the (forming - formation information -11
.informing) you need about the subject on the internet
It was nice to meet you. See you (later latter letter -12
.litter)

:Read and correct the underlined words

The internet helps you to communicate by people in other -1

.countries
.You shouldnt be afraid at making mistakes -2

Grammar
to (1
) +

)to :

.I study English to help me with my job

Mr. Smith is studying Arabic to learn more about the Middle
.East
to because :
Mum went to the market because she wanted to buy vegetables
.and fruit
The king built a castle because he wanted to protect the city
.from the enemies

Rewrite the following sentences using the word"s" in

:brackets to give the same meaning
Samy wants to go to France. Thats why he is learning French. -1
)(to
We go to school, so we learn. (to) -2
Soha studies English. She wants to help her with her job. (to) -3

The present
simple tense
: :
:
-1
.I
-2
) (s
.
:
-1 ) (es
:

)(ss ch sh o x
-2 ) (y
) (ies ))cry - try
) (y
) (s )play -

(pray

:
) (dont
) (doesnt
I

never
.

The present
continuous tense
: :

)(am, is, are + verb ing

:
-1 ) (e
) (ing
)(be - see
-2


)(ing
)(stop run swim
-3

:

)love, like, understand, see, feel,

( ,hear
-4 ) (y
.ing

not is
am are

-2

-1 :

( Do)
( Does) I

.

-1

:
-2

The students are working on -1

{ } .the computers now
We are travelling to France -2
{
} .next week
Look! Someone is sitting on -3
{
} .the beach

We play football on the -1

{
} .afternoon
The earth goes round the -2
{
} .sun
} .I rarely go to the cinema -3
{
} .A Lion never eats grass -4
{
:
always
:
now - at present - listen! - look! often every usually - never at the moment
sometimes rarely occasionally
-1
. verb to be

He always goes to Alexandria

.in summer
He is always kind to his
.parents
every -2
.

Every week, Samira visits

.her aunt
Samira visits her aunt
.every week
:Choose the correct answer from a , b, c or d
.Listen, the phone (would ring - rang - rings - is ringing) -1
Mona (bought - buys - is buying buy) her favourite magazine -2
.every month
.The Earth (went - goes - will go goes) round the sun -3
.Look! They (are running - will run - ran run) after the bus -4
.I (will read - have read - am reading read) a newspaper now 5
At present the government (had built built - is building -6
.build) many new schools

My father never (work - working - is working works) on -7

.Friday
Be quite please, we (are listening - had listened listen -8
.listened) to the news
?What (is does - do are) you study at school -9
My brother usually listens to the radio. At the moment, he -10
.(watching - watch - is watching watches) TV
My cousin lives in Italy and I (visited visits visit - am -11
.visiting) her next month
Rewrite the following sentences using the word"s" in

:brackets to give the same meaning

1- Ahmed studies English every day. (now)
2- My sister is drinking milk now. (every morning)
3- The bus comes at the end of the street at 10 oclock every
morning. (Look!)

Language Functions
Greetings (1

Hi - Hello

Hi Hello

: :

Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening

Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening

: :

?How do you do
.Pleased to meet you
.Very nice to meet you
!Fancy seeing you

How do you do?

Im
.fine, thanks
.Pleased to meet you, too
.Very nice to meet you, too
!Fancy seeing you

?How are you feeling today

.A lot better, thanks
How are you?
.Im fine thanks
?How are things
.Im very well, thank you
?Are you well
:

---------- This is
Id like you to meet my
------------------- Come and meet my

?How do you do

Saying Goodbye (2

( ) :

Good bye bye bye bye

See you see you later
Bye for now
( ) :

.It was very nice to meet you

Good bye bye bye bye

See you see you later
Bye for now
It was very nice to meet
.you, too
.Thank you

.Good bye

Good night

Good night

Write what you would say in each of the following

:situations
1- You introduce your friend, Osama, to your new friend, Maher.
2- A friend asks you how you are.
3- You leave your family to go to bed at night.
4- You meet your friend. He has been ill for three days.
5- You meet your uncle after school.
6- You greet your teacher in the morning.
7- You want to ask about your friend's health.
8- You meet a tourist who visits Egypt for the first time.
9- Ali leaves you and says, "Bye for now."
10- You greet a friend you meet in the afternoon.
11- Your mother wakes you up to go to school.

Writing Paragraph

. -1
. -2
. -3
. -4
. -5

Test unit 1
:Finish the following dialogue -1
Omneya is speaking to Ahmed who is going to the airport
Omneya: Where are you going, Ahmed?
Ahmed:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Omneya:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?
Ahmed: To meet my brother. He is coming from France.
Omneya: I hope he arrives safely.

Ahmed:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

Write what you would say in each of the following -2

:situations
1- You meet someone for the first time.
2- You meet a friend in the evening.
3- You leave a friend after school.

:Read and match -3

(A)
} You can communicate -1
{
{
} Goodnight -2
Mohsin is going to -3
{
} China
{
} ,He is very rich -4
You should listen for -5
{
} ,the main idea

(B)
.a) to sell more machines
.b) not every word
c) he has got a lot of
.money
.d) See you later
e) he hasnt got much
.money
f) with people in other
.countries

Read the following passage, then answer the -4

:questions
English is very important. People all over the world speak it.
Many people use it in their work. Ali is a prep school student. He
needs a good mark in English to get a place at a secondary
school, so English is very important subject for him. Samy is a
tour guide. Tourism is very important for Egypt because many
tourists spend their money here. As a tour guide he needs to
know English very well to speak to tourists. For a businessman,
English is very important to speak and understand other people.
He also sends letters in English to people in other countries. You
need to know it well to get a good job these days.

:A) Answer the following questions

1- Why is tourism very important for Egypt ?
2- Why is English important for a businessman?
3- Why does Ali need a good mark in English?

:B) Choose the correct answer

4- A --------------------------------- need to know English to speak with
tourists.
a) Workers
b) Engineers
c) Tour guides
d)
Teachers
5- The underlined word "It" refers to ---------------------------------.
a) English
b) tourists
c) Ali
d) letters

:Choose the correct answer from a , b, c or d -5

1- People learn English for different ---------------------------------.

a) results
b) reasons
c) ways
d) advice
2- Noha can't answer the phone because she
--------------------------------- lunch.
a) cooks
b) has cooked
c) is cooking
d) was cooking
3- Ahmed is reading his magazine. He --------------------------------the same magazine every week.
a) is reading
b) read
c) reading
d) reads
4- I --------------------------------- to Alexandria next week.
a) go
b) going
c) am going
d) has gone
5- With the help of English, we can do a lot of work on the
---------------------------------.
a) plane
b) television
c) internet
d)
bicycle
6- You shouldn't be afraid of --------------------------------- mistakes.
a) doing
b) taking
c) making
d) baking
Rewrite the following sentences using the word"s" in -6

:brackets to give the same meaning

1- Ashraf wants to travel to Japan, so he's learning Japanese.
(to)
2- Ragab is visiting the zoo now. (every month)
3- Every day Adel reads the newspaper before breakfast. (at the
moment)
4- He travelled to Germany because he wanted to study
electronics. (to)
:Read and correct the underlined words -7
1- We are studying many subjects at school.
2- We travel to Alexandria next summer.
3- The went to the cinema to watching a film

:Write a paragraph of five sentences on -8

The most important language
Use the information in the table below:
Which
Who
Why
Computer
language? uses it?
important?
English
most
communica
information
people
te with
in English

Good
learners
making
mistakes

!The Reader -9
:A) Answer the following questions
1- Why couldnt the professor understand the message in the
parchment?
2- What was Axel proud of?

3- When did Axel come to live with his uncle?

:B) Complete the following sentences

1- The professor found a -------------------------------------------- in the
old book.
2- Martha was ------------------------------------------------------------------.