Level: 3Rd year Grammar Worksheet

Task one: fill in the gaps with the grammatical structures (used to – had to -was/were able to)

1-The first inhabitants of Mesopotamia were the Sumerians .They …………..live next to the banks of
the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers .The Sumerians ………… farm the land and extract all resources
.They……………make many inventions like the irrigation system

2-Ancient Egyptians …………. obey the pharaoh as it was a part of their sacred life .After the death
of the king pharaoh .They…………….bury him in a tomb under the sands in The pyramids

3-The Abbasids …………..live in what is known today as Baghdad the capital city of Iraq. They were
highly knowledgeable Muslims they ……………make the first Islamic scientific center known as the
house of wisdom.

4-The Aztecs were a Mesoamericans tribes .They ……………live in what is today Central Mexico

Task 02: Rewrite sentence “b” so it means the same as “a”

a:The Phoenicians were obliged to barter their goods with other nations
b:The Phoenicians …………………………………………………………………………………..
a:The Ancient Romans had the habit to enslave warriors in the battlefields
b:The Ancient Romans……………………………………………………………. ………………
a:Ancient Egyptians managed to build sophisticated temples and Pyramids
b:Ancient Egyptians……………………………………………………………………………..

Level: 3Rd year Grammar Worksheet

Task one: fill in the gaps with the grammatical structures (used to – had to -was/were able to)

1-The first inhabitants of Mesopotamia were the Sumerians .They …………..live next to the banks of
the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers .The Sumerians ………… farm the land and extract all resources
.They……………made many inventions like the irrigation system

2-Ancient Egyptians …………. obey the pharaoh as it was a part of their sacred life .After the death of
the king pharaoh .They…………….bury him in a tomb under the sands in the pyramids

3-The Abbasids …………..live in what is known today as Baghdad the capital city of Iraq. They were
highly knowledgeable Muslims they ……………make the first Islamic scientific center known as the
house of wisdom.

4-The Aztecs were a Mesoamericans tribes .They ……………live in what is today Central Mexico

Task 02: Rewrite sentence “b” so it means the same as “a”

a:The Phoenicians were obliged to barter their goods with other nations
b:The Phoenicians …………………………………………………………………………………..
a:The Ancient Romans had the habit to enslave warriors in the battlefields
b:The Ancient Romans……………………………………………………………. ………………
a:Ancient Egyptians managed to build sophisticated temples and Pyramids
b:Ancient Egyptians…………………………………………………………………………………