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THE OAK TREE AND THE REEDS
Once upon a time there was a giant oak tree which grew beside a river. One day a rainstorm broke
out and uprooted it. While it was floating down a river, it noticed some reeds which were growing
near the bank, and cried out to them, “My Goodness! How did it come that such small plants as you
have managed withstand the rainstorm, while I haven't?"
"It was easy enough", answered the reeds. "Why did you stand stubbornly stiffly against storms as
you did? Look at us, we bowed down to wind and storms when they broke out in order to let them
pass. So we saved ourselves from their violence." "You had only yourself to blame," the reeds added.
(Adapted from Jean de LaFontaine's Fables)
SECTION ONE:
SECTION TWO:
1- Rewrite the sentences to express obligation and absence of obligation in the past:
a- We must have our baccalaureate to go to the university.
……………………………………………………………………..
b- They don’t have to accept your excuse.
……………………………………………………………………..
c- Teachers have to be patient with their students.
……………………………………………………………………..
2- Write three sentences using: in order to / so as to / so as not to:
1- ………………………………………………………………………….
2- ………………………………………………………………………….
3- …………………………………………………………………………..
3- Complete the sentences with the appropriate reflexive pronoun
(himself-ourselves-herself-itself-yourself-themselves)
a- The teacher respects …………………….
b- Students enjoy …………………………..
c- You have to introduce ………………….
SECTION THREE
Choose one topic:
Topic one: use the following notes to write a paragraph about the story of titanic
Tragedies – first trip of the ship titanic- 2000 people-from America to England-April 4th, 1912
crashed into iceberg- huge hole in the bottom of the ship- sinking rapidly-1500 people lost their
lives.
Topic two: write a short paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of computers.