EXERCISE 2

1. Read through this description of the Suez Canal. then add the information below in
the appropriate place using non- defining relatives’ clauses.

The Suez Canal was opened on 17 November, 1869. It was designed by Ferdinand de
Lesseps. The canal joins the Mediterranean Sean to the Red Sea. Although it is twice as
long as the Panama Canal, it cost half as much to build. This was because Suez is sea-
level canal from end t end, to end therefore locks are unnecessary. The canal has been
widened and deepened several times since it was opened. It is now about twice its
original breadth and depth. Until 1956, the canal was operated by the Suez Canal
Company. Since this date it has been operated by the Egyptian government.

a. The Suez Canal took ten years to build.

b. Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French Engineer.

c. The Canal is 105 miles long.

d. Locks are expensive to build.

e. The Canal was originally 58 metres wide at the surface and about 6 metres deep.

f. The Egyptian government plan to increase its depth to take super tankers.

The Suez Canal, which was opened on 17 November 1869, took ten years to build.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was a French engineer, designed this Canal. The
Canal, which is 105 miles long, joins the Mediterranean Sean to the Red Sea.
Although it is twice as long as the Panama Canal, it cost half as much to build. This
was because Suez is sea- level canal from end-to-end, therefore locks; which are
expensive to build; are unnecessary. The Canal, which was originally 58 metres
wide at the surface and about 6 metres deep, has been widened and deepened
several times since it was opened. It is now about twice its original breadth and
depth. Until 1956, the canal was operated by the Suez Canal Company. Since this
date the Egyptian government, which plans to increase its depth to take super-
tankers; it has been operating this canal.