Lesson 2

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with these words.

1. The new hotel on the beach is an interesting shape It looks like a ship!
2. Mr Tarek's house is surrounded by trees. It is very difficult to see from the road.
3. The farmer built a big fence around his fields to protect his animals.
4. Remember to fill your bottles with water before we go to the desert.
5. I think that the internet is a wonder of modern technology.
6. Siwa is a very famous oasis in Egypt.

Language

2. Complete the text with the correct passive form of the verb in brackets.

The Kharga Oasis (1) is surrounded (surround) by desert, far from the River Nile. It (2) is visited (visit) by more and more tourists every year. Hundreds of date palm trees (3) are grown (grow) here. The dates (4) are sold (sell) in many shops in the area. You can also fill your bags with the baskets, shoes and furniture that (5) are also made (also make) from the date palm trees. The Kharga Oasis is one of Egypt's natural wonders!

3. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. What surrounds the Kharga Oasis? desert.
2. Who visits the Kharga Oasis every year? more and more tourists.
3. Why don't we say who sells the dates in the shops? Because it is not important / Because we do not know or it's known to us.
4. Who do you think makes the bags, shoes and furniture? people who live in the Kharga Oasis.

4. Choose the correct answer.

1. Fewer magazines are sold/sell today by newsagents because of the internet.
2. Many new cars make/are made by robots in factories.
3. Our beaches are visiting/visited by thousands of tourists each year.
4. Children in our school were painted/painted these pictures.
5. Squash isn't played/doesn't play by many students.