2) Write what you would say in each of the following situations:

1- Your classmate thinks that there is too much pollution in Cairo. You have the same opinion.

2- You can’t answer a friend’s invitation to the theatre.

3- Your big brother says that children should play all the time. You don’t agree.

4- You tell a friend what you think of the English language.

5- You ask your friend about his impression of yesterday’s match.

3) Re-write the following sentences using the words(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:

1- I don’t think so. (disagree)

2- I wondered about her silence on the subject. (silent)

3- He was annoyed as he lost his new watch. (so)

4- The news I heard was untrue. (true)

5- I think there are too many cars in our town. (opinion).

6- England has a good football team. Hazem has the same opinion. (agrees)

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7- I’d prefer to relax now. (rather)

4) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

Science has always played an important part in our life. It has increased our knowledge about everything around us. How? Every now and then, there are new inventions that help us find out secrets we didn’t use to know.

The compass helps people who travel by sea, though the desert or by plane to know directions, north, south, east and west. The telescope has revealed the wideness and the beauty of the universe. We, now, know plants and stars that were unknown before. The microscope helps scientists and doctors see very tiny things such as bacteria. Recently,

Professor Ahmed Zwail has made a great discovery, the femto second, a very small portion of time. It will help a great deal in achieving advances in all fields of life.

A) Answer the following questions:

1- What’s the use of the compass?

2- How has the telescope revealed the universe?

3- What’s the name of Professor Zwail’s discovery?

B) Choose the correct answer:

1- The underlined word, "it" refers to (the compass – the telescope – science – the microscope).

2- The microscope helps us to see (people – plants – bacteria – planes).

3- The underlined word, "tiny" means (high – very big – very small – wide).

5) Read and correct the underlined words:

1- She didn’t real have a good day.

2- They are poor and have a few furniture.

3- My grandma died in the age of seventy.

4- They come from different country.

Third Prep

Second Term

[unit 14]

Mr Fahmy

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Unit 14: More new projects

Vocabulary

Meaning	Word	Meaning	Word
واحة-واحات	oasis/oases	سلم متنقل	ladder
مكعب	cubic	مصباح كهربى	bulb
ضخ المياه	pumping water	أسلاك كهربية	electric wires
استصلاح الأراضى	reclaiming lands	طاقة	energy
النقل	transport	ممنوع الانتظار	No Parking
خصب	fertile	ممنوع التدخين	No Smoking
وقفة	pause	رفيق- زميل-شريك	partner
بوابة	gate	زى موحد	uniform
حكومة	government	مهندس زراعى	agricultural engineer
مشروع ضخم	huge project	مزدحم	crowded
بحيرة ضخمة	enormous lake	وادى	valley
قناة رى خراسانية	concrete irrigation canal	محاصيل	crops
صحراء	desert	منطقة - مساحة	area

Verbs

Past participle	Past	Meaning	Present
saved	saved	يدخر – يوفر	save
changed	changed	يغير- يتغير	change
paid (for)	paid (for)	يدفع	pay (for)
touched	touched	يلمس	touch
turned on/turned off	turned on/turned off	يشغل/يطفأ	turn on/turn off
parked	parked	يركن سيارة	park
smoked	smoked	يدخن	smoke
reclaimed	reclaimed	يستصلح	reclaim
developed	developed	يطور	develop
formed	formed	يشكل	form
joined	joined	يربط	join
pumped	pumped	يضخ	pump
transported	transported	ينقل	transport
irrigated/watered	irrigated/watered	يروى	irrigate/water
planted/grown	planted/grew	يزرع	plant/grow