1. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

lighthouse drums pigeon Damascus

1. In Africa, people used ____________________ to send messages.

2. The capital city of Syria is _____________ .
3. ____________ warns ships of danger.
4. ____________ can fly from Cairo to Damascus.

2. Write these words in the correct places in the table.

across or she me and under above him but in so them

when you at

Conjunction Preposition Pronoun

3. What part of speech is each word?

v. n. adv. adj. conj. prep. pron.

a. Rasha works at home on Friday.

1_______2______3______4________5______6_______

b. I was tired, so I walked home slowly.

1_______2______3______4________5______6_______7______8______
c. Sami’s new motorbike goes fast.
1_______2______3______4________5______
4. Circle the word that means the same as the underlined word.

1. Noora was depressed because her best friend was in hospital.

a. happy
b. sad
c. excited
2. Jamal galloped alone the street and was the first of the family.
a. ran
b. walked
c. fell
3. Nadia is a cautious girl. She always looks left and right before crossing
the street
a. tidy
b. careful
c. lazy

5. complete the table.

Infinitive Past simple Past participle

caught
brought
sold
taken
sent
made
written
washed
cooked
put
6. Find the meaning of the following.

wires waves first invent ship distance The following year

1. the opposite of ‘last’ ____________

2. verb from the noun: invention _________
3. a large boat_________
4. the next year ________
5. how far one place is from another ___________
6. Baird first used telephone _____________ to send pictures, then radio
___________

7. Are these sentences true (T) of false (F)?

1. John Baird died in 1888.

2. Baird sent moving pictures to America in 1928
3. Marconi invented the telephone.
4. Marconi used radio waves to carry sound.
5. In 1902, Marconi sent a radio message to America.