Lesson 6

Reading

1. Read the postcard and answer the questions.

1. Where is Heba now? She’s in Siwa.

2. What is she doing? She’s sitting by the water and watching the sunset.

3. Who is she staying with? She’s staying with her parents’ friends.

4. Why does she think her parents' friends are kind? Because Heba and her family arrived very late, but the friends wanted to get up and make dinner; and they bring fresh dates every day.

5. What did she do yesterday? They went to Shali Fortress and the Siwa museum.

6. What is she looking forward to doing tomorrow? She’s looking forward to visiting the Siwa salt lake.

2. Find time expressions in the postcard for the following.

1. present: today, at the moment, every day.

2. past: the day before yesterday, yesterday morning.

3. future: tomorrow.

3. Read and correct the underlined mistakes in these sentences.

1. yesterday, it was very hot and we are visiting the ruins of a temple. visited

2. At the moment, we stay in a small hotel near the lake.. are staying

3. My cousins arrived at lunchtime tomorrow at 11 am. are arriving.

4. I looked forward to watching the stars in the desert this evening. am looking