Exercises of Activity Book

Fourth section

Punctuation

1 Rewrite this paragraph in your notebook using full stops and capital letters.

One of the most impressive prizes that a Jordanian could get is the Ahel Al Himmeh Award. Many people in Jordan do charity work to help those in need. These people want to build a better community. They are heroes of different ages and from different backgrounds. They volunteer every day to make Jordan an even better place to live in. The Ahel Al Himmeh Award is given to these heroes for their efforts. It encourages volunteers to keep up the good work and inspires more people to get involved.

Spelling

2 Write the correct letters to complete the words.

Rufaida Al Aslamiya was (1) compassionate hero who was famous for treating (2) soldiers in battles. She was the first female Muslim nurse and very (3) dedicated. She (4) encouraged and trained female nurse to treat (5) wounds and to be (6) caring as well.

Linking words in stories:

Revision

3 Read this this story the circle the correct linking words.

Once upon a time there was a rich man. He loved clothes (1) and spent lots of money to buy them.

(2) One day, two men told him that they had a special cloth that only intelligent men could see.  

(3) As soon as he heard that, the rich man said, “I'll pay you 10,000 pieces of gold for a suit of this cloth."

Some days later, the rich man went to see the suit, (4) but he looked and saw nothing.

“Oh dear," he thought, “I cannot say that I cannot see the suit."  

The rich man tried on his new suit and walked around his castle.

Everyone said, “His new suit is wonderful!”

(5) Suddenly, a brave child cried out, "(6) But he has no clothes on!"

"Hush, child. Only intelligent people can see my suit," replied the rich man.

"I can't see it either", a servant admitted hesitantly. One after the

other, everyone else admitted they couldn't see it, either.

(7) Finally, the rich man could see that the little child was right.

Guided writing

4 Use the linking words in the box to complete the paragraphs. Then, rewrite the story in your notebook putting the paragraphs in order.

There was a rich man who loved clothes and spent lots of money on them. One day, two thieves decided to trick him. They planned their trick carefully.

“Firstly", one of the thieves said, “we must convince him that we can make beautiful clothes that only intelligent people can see."

“Then,” the other said, “we must say that nobody can see us work."  

“Finall ," said the first, “we have to give him his ‘suit’, and make him wear it. We have to make sure that we are miles away when he does..."

5 Now, after you've read the story, what do you think the rich man's mistake was? In a few lines, write the moral of the story,

Student’s own answers.

What I have learnt

1 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of verbs in brackets.

One afternoon, I (1) was walking home from school when I (2) heard the horn of a car and a scream. I (3) ran to the corner and I (4) saw that a man (5) lying on the ground next to a blue car. The car driver (6) was standing next to him. While he (7) was phoning for an ambulance, the police (8) arrived. The ambulance (9) got there a few minutes later and (10) took the man to hospital.

2 Make sentences.

1. Ahmad Hassan Zewail was the first Arab to win a Nobel Prize in the scientific field.
2. Ali helped an old man to cross the street before the cars came.
3. While the boy was talking to the police, the robbers escaped.
4. Rufaida set up hospital tents next to battlefields to treat injured soldiers.
5. Baibars became King of Egypt after of the death of Qutuz.  

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. ------- Rufaida's work was dangerous, she continued to help the injured soldiers in battles.

a. Although

b. However

c. But

2. A police officer was investigating the case ------- another was writing a report.

a. when

b. however

c. while

3. ------- he heard that, the rich man said: “I will give you 10,000 pieces of gold for a suit of this cloth."

a. While

b. As soon as

c. Before

4. The rich man loved clothes ------- he spent lots of money on them.

a. and

b. although

c. when

5. The little boy locked the bathroom door ------- phoned the police.

a. however

b. and

c. after