Unit ( 8 )

The Daily Record

New Vocabulary
scientist (n) a person who studies or is an expert in science .
astronaut (n) atraveller in space .
land on (v) to go on land from a ship .
spacecraft (n) a vehicle able to travel in space – spaceship
president (n) the head of government in many modern stats the do
not have a king or queen .
surface (n) the top or outside part of something .
courageous (adj.) brave
hazardous (adj.) dangerous
leap (n) great change
mankind (n) all the people on Earth
incredible (adj.) difficult to believe
shuffling (adj.) walking without lifting your feet
charcoal (n) black substance made by burning wood slowly in an
oven with a little air used as fuel
sole (n) the bottom surface of the foot
footprints (n) impression of a human or an animal foot on a surface
mark left by foot
particle (n) very small piece of something
weight (n) degree of heaviness of a thing
hatch (n) doorway
hop (v) move by jumping on one foot
landscape (n) large area of land
bucket (n) an open metal , plastic or wooden container with a
handle for carrying liquids .
spade (n) a tool like a shovel but with a blade to push into the
ground for digging earth .
(in) pride (of) (n) feeling of pleasure at having done something
put off (v) do it later
speed up (v) go more quickly
break down (v) stop working
get rid of (v) throw it away
pull off (v) succeed in

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reins (n) leather straps fixed to a horse's head and used to
guide it
vein (n) thin tube in your body that carries blood to your
heart
eject (v) to force something out
expert (n) a person with special knowledge , training and skills in
a particular field .
New Structure:
Verb : is a doing or being word .
E.g.:
• Noha plays chess .
plays = doing verb .
• The children are happy .
are = being verb .
A synonym: is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another
word .
E.g.: amazing = wonderful / hazardous = dangerous .
An antonym : means the opposite of a word .
E.g.: tiny ≠ big / amazing ≠ dull
Phrasal verbs :
We can add words like : up , down and of after some verbs .
This changes their meaning .
These sorts of verbs are called phrasal verbs
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E.g.: look for = to search – try to find
look at = to watch
look after = to take care of
E.g.: get up = to wake up
get out = to escape
Present continuous with future meaning
Form:
Affirmative:
E.g.:
• I'm arriving next week .
• We're visiting our granddad this weekend .
• My brother is going to the club tomorrow .

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Negative:
E.g.: 1) I'm not arriving next week .
2) He is not going to the club tomorrow .
3) We're not visiting our granddad this weekend .
Questions:
E.g.: 1) Are you arriving next week ?
2) Where is he going tomorrow ?
3) What are we doing this weekend ?
key words: tomorrow , next , in the future , in three weeks .
This weekend , on Sunday .
Usage:
To talk about arranged plans for a particular time in the future .
am
is + v. ing.
are
am
is + not + v. ing.
are
Am
Is + subject + v. ing. ?
Are
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Correct the verb between brackets:
1 - I ( meet ) some friends after work next week .
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2 - Is he ( visit ) his grandparents this weekend ?
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3 - He not ( come ) to school tomorrow .
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4 - What you ( do ) next weekend .
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5 - We not ( go ) out next Friday
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Underline the correct word(s) in brackets:
1 - My uncle is an ( artist – scientist – astronaut ) . He likes travelling
in space to discover new planets .
2 – A monster is very ( small – giant – tiny ) . We all are frightened of it .

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3 – The astronauts talked to the president by ( radio telephone –
telephone – phonics ) from the moon .
4 – Astronauts take ( space crafts – spacetoon – planes ) to travel to
the moon .
5 – The children often have buckets and ( pens- spades – pans ) to make
sand castles .
6 – The journey down to the Moon's surface was ( safe – easy –
hazardous ) .
7 – Aldrin ( slept – hopped – stayed ) like a kangaroo across the surface
of the moon .
8 – Rana had lots of work to do but she ( put it off – put – put it on )
because she was very tired .
9 – Hanz ( is having – had – having ) a driving lesson on Friday .
10 – Dad ( isn't travelling – is travelling – are travelling ) tomorrow
because he is very sick .
11 – What ( you are – you is – are you ) eating this evening ?
12 – My cousins ( play – have played – are playing ) a football match
next Sunday .
13 – I am ( gone – go – going ) to the beach at the weekend .
14 – Joe ( is – has – can ) buying a new car next year .
15 – Next week . He ( are flying – flies – is flying ) to Paris .

Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) in brackets :

1 - She went to London last year . ( next )
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2 - Nancy is arriving at the airport tomorrow . ( Where --- ? )
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3 - I am eating an apple this afternoon . ( We )
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4 - My family spent the summer holiday in Suez last year . ( spending )
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5 - Sam is having a party on Saturday . ( not )
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6 - Mona read some interesting stories in the library yesterday .
( tomorrow )
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7 - Driving cars very fast is not safe . ( hazardous )
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9 - John and Kim are riding horses in the park next holiday . ( What )
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10- Ali swam in the sea last summer . ( next )
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Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue :
Aziz : Are you going away this summer , Nasr ?
Nasr : ………………………………………………………………………… .
Aziz : Oh ! That sounds exciting . Life is quiet on farms .
………………………………………………………………………… ?
Nasr : No . Only a month .
Aziz : So , you'll enjoy your holiday .
Nasr : Sure . I'm really looking forward to it . I'll help my uncle to grow the
new plants .
Aziz : Have a nice holiday .

Unit ( 9 )
Poetry
New Vocabulary
spaceman (n)
astronaut
blast off (n) launch of a spacecraft – take off .
a wake of (n) track made behind a ship , plane or rocket
flame (n) hot glowing portion of burning gas that comes from
something on fire .
swifter (adj.) more quickly
ace-man (n) person who is an expert at some activity
shoot (v) move suddenly or quickly in the specified direction
cruise (v) travel at a steady speed
human (adj.) characteristic of man
scorch (v) move very quickly
mission (n) important work
worth (n) value – usefulness
burning (adj.) being on fire
twinkle (v) to shine with a light that changes constantly from bright
to faint

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roar (v) to make long loud deep sound like that made by a lion
set (v) to go down below the horizon
glow (v) send out light and heat without flame
patch (n) a piece of material placed over a hole or worn place
to cover it .
ditch (n) a narrow channel dug at the edge of a field .
scratch (v) make marks on or in a surface .
stretch (v) make longer , wider or tighter by pulling
snatch (v) to pull or take something away quickly
sketch (n) a simple drawing done quickly
fetch (v) to go and get
New Structure
Some words have more than one meaning
wake = verb ( to stop sleeping )
wake = noun ( a track moving behind something )
Verbs ending in (ing ) can often be used as adjectives :
E.g.: The moon is shining ing verb
Watch the shining moon ing adjective
E.g.:
• The moon is so bright !
• The moon is so bright that we can see everything in the garden !
• The children were so hungry !
• The children were so hungry that they ate all the biscuits !
E.g.:
• It is such a beautiful night !
• They are such beautiful flowers !
• They are such good players that they won the match !
Join the sentences once using ( so …… that ) and another using ( such a / an
…… that )
1 - The pizza was delicious . I ate it all .
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Exclamations and Result Clauses :
So + adj. + that + S + V
Such (a/an) + adj. + noun + that +S+V
2 - My brother is an intelligent boy . He always gets high marks .

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3 - They are polite girls . We respect them .
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4 - Marwa is a clever student . All her teachers love her .
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5- The match was interesting. I watched it twice.
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Underline the correct word(s) in brackets:
1 - The spacecraft ( plats – blasted – bust ) off in thirty minutes .
2 – Motorcyclists are ( scratching – scorching – stretching ) down
the road .
3 – The thieves stole one million ( words – worn – worth ) of jewellery .
4 – She sewed a ( patch – pitch – ditch ) onto the knee of the trousers .
5 – Be careful of the cat , it'll ( stretch – scratch – sneeze ) you .
6 – I have to ( feet – fit – fetch ) the children from school at four
o'clock .
7 – Dad's ( ideal – mission – missed ) in life was helping old people .
8 – The thief ( snapped – snatched – scratched ) her handbag and ran .
9 – It was such a ( film boring – boring – boring film ) that I fell asleep .
10 – The children are ( such – so – saw ) intelligent !
11 – I don't like the ( crying – cries – cry ) babies because they are noisy .
12 – We watched ( such – such an – so ) exciting match !
13 – The cakes are so ( delicious – delicious food – food delicious ) .
14 – We like going to the parks in spring because there are lots of the
( ugly – singing – sing) birds .
15 – It is such ( clear water – water dear – dirty water ) that we can see
the bottom of the sea .
Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) in brackets :
1 - She has got a pretty face . ( such a …………… )
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2 - Stars are twinkling in the sky . We watch them . ( the twinkling )
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3 - It is such a cold night that I'm shivering . ( so )
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4 - We like the teacher because she is always smiling . ( the smiling )
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5 - The weather is so bad that we have to go home . ( such )
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6 - We ate such delicious cakes . ( cake )
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7 - There was such heavy rain that we couldn't go outside . ( so )

8 - The monkey is so funny . ( such a )

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9 - It is such an exciting play that I've seen it three times . ( They )
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10- We can't catch the frogs easily because they are jumping so fast .
( the jumping )
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Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue :
Mona : Hi ! Dalia . How are you ?
Dalia : I'm fine .
Mona : I haven't seen you for a long time ………………………………………………… ?
Dalia : I have been on a scholarship for two years .
Mona : ………………………………………………………………………………… ?
Dalia : I have been to Cambridge University .
Mona : Did you enjoy your study there ?
Dalia : Yes, sure .
A – Vocabulary and Structure
I - Underline the correct word(s) in brackets :
1 - Firemen are ( courageous – coward – shy ) . They save people
from fire .
2 – I like ( correcting – connect – collecting ) stamps from all over
the world .
3 – My car is so old . It ( looked – broke – put ) down when I was going
home yesterday .
4 – The space-man is ( blasting off – balding – shooting ) the ground .
5 – He is such ( a careless driver – a driver – careless driver )
that he sometimes has an accident .
6 – Robert ( visits – has visited – is visiting ) his uncle on farm next
holiday .
7 – Mona doesn't like vegetable soup . ( So do I – Neither do I – Me too ) .
8 – Amr ( cooks – can cook – cooked ) fish and rice . So can his sister .
3 - The giraffe is so tall that it can eat from tall trees . ( such a ……… )
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4 - Ben and Ned are watching the football match next Friday . ( what )
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B - Language Functions
III - Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue :
Farida : Have you read this , Sandy ?
Sandy : ……………………………………………………………………… .
Farida : You really should . It's very good .
Sandy : What's it about ?
Farida : It's about famous women in history .
Sandy : That sounds interesting …………………………………………………………… ?
Farida : Leila Mounier , she's a professor at Cairo University .
Sandy : Oh , right . I've got another book by her . It's about
Asia Abd EL-Rahman .
Farida : I'd love to read it .
Sandy : You can take and read it .
Farida : Thank you very much .
C - Reading Comprehension
IV - Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
One day , Goha went to a big dinner party . He was wearing old
clothes, and he came in , nobody looked at him and nobody gave him a seat at
the table . So , Goha went home , put on his best clothes , then went back to
the party . The host at once got up . He took him to the best table , gave
him a good seat and offered him the best dishes . Goha put his coat in the
food and said " eat coat !" The other guests were very surprised and said
" What are you doing ?" Goha answered " I was inviting my coat to eat .
When I was wearing my old clothes , nobody looked at me or offered me
food . When I came back in these clothes , you gave me the best food .
So , you gave these things for my clothes , not for myself ."
A - Answer the following questions :
1 - Was Goha happy when the host offered him the best food ? Why not ?
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2 - What did Goha want to teach people from this passage ?
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B - Choose the correct answer :
1 - Goha went home to ( give a dinner – meet the guest – change his clothes ) .
2 - When Goha put on his best clothes , he was ( out of – welcomed to –
happy with ) the party .

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D - Composition
V - Write a paragraph of Six sentences about Birthday party
You can use the following guiding words :
( birthday – son – daughter – party – happy – cake – eating – playing )
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