Lesson 6

Reading

1. Put the events in Judy's life in the correct order.

a. After my thirteenth birthday, I went to England and visited my cousins who still live there. 5

b. When I started preparatory 1 school, nobody knew that I was English! 4

c. Last year, they came to visit me in Egypt. They love it here! 6

d. was born in Manchester in England. 1

e. When I was a baby, my parents moved to Egypt. 2

f. Before I started school, I learnt to speak Arabic. 3

Listening

2. Listen to Tarek. What did he do in 2020?

He won a handball competition with his team.

3. Listen again and complete the timeline with the events in Tarek's life.

order of events:

2006 Tarek won.

2008 Tarek's sister Dina was bon.

2011 Tarek's brother Ali was born.

2016 Went to Jordan.

2018 When he was 12, he started playing handball.

2020 Won a competition with his team.

Writing

4. Use the events in this timeline to write a biography of Fatma.

My name's Fatma. I was born in 2008. I'm the oldest child in my family. My brother Kamal was born in 2010.

I learnt to swim in 2014, when I was six. I've been to Greece. My family went on holiday there when I was eight.

Then in 2019, I won a swimming competition. I'm good at swimming. In 2021 I learnt to play the piano. I'm practising.

What amazing things have you done?