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First Prep, 1st Term Booklet 2022-2023-1
First Prep, 1st Term Booklet 2022-2023-1
General Exercises
- Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue:
Doctor: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?
Client : It’s my ankle. I fell while I was playing football yesterday.
Doctor: You have almost broken a bone. You need an x-ray.
Client: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?
Doctor: At Al – Demerdash Hospital. You are an employee. I think.
Client: Yes, ---------------------------------------------. Could you give me a certificate, doctor?
Doctor: I’ll write you one. You will have a long sick leave.
Client: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?
Doctor: About three months.
- New Vocabulary:
*region (n.): a large area of land or a part of a country.
*Mediterranean (adj.): relating to the Mediterranean Sea or the countries around it.
*religious ceremonies (n.): occasions related to religion.
*liquid (n.): a substance, such as water, that is not solid or a gas and that can be poured
easily.
*diet (n.): a way of eating in which you only eat certain food in order to lose weight.
*civilization (n.): the history and culture of a nation.
*evidence (n.): one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true.
*crush (v.): to press something very hard and break it.
*harvest (n. & v. ): to pick and collect crops.
*approximately (adv.): close to a number, but not exactly that number.
*process(n. ): a series of steps to do in order to make something.
*separate (v.): to keep apart or divide.
*tradition (n.): a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group
have continued to follow for a long time.
*fresh (adj.): recently picked, made, or cooked not preserved or changed by time.
*produce (v.): to make something or bring something into existence.
*share (v.): to tell someone else about your thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc.
*partly (adv.): to some degree, but not completely.
*improve (v.): to get better.
*well-balanced (adj.): a well-balanced group of food together provide a good range of the
things you need to stay healthy.
*athlete (n.): a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who
competes in organized events.
- Word Formation:
- Comprehension:
Kidnapped
When I woke up in darkness, my head was hurting badly, and I was unable to move my
hands or feet. I could hear the sailors’ shouts and the sound of the wind and the
waves. The whole world seemed to go up, up, up, and then down again. I felt very ill, and at
first could not understand what was happening.
After a while I realized that I must be somewhere inside the ship, which was moving very
fast through the water. I’ve been kidnapped! I thought angrily. It was clear that my
uncle and the captain had planned it together. I began to feel frightened and hopeless, as I
lay there in the dark.
Some hours later, a light shone in my face. Mr. Rich, one of the ship’s officers,
stood looking down at me. He washed the cut on my head, gave me some water, and told
me kindly to go to sleep. The next time he came, I was feeling very hot and ill. He had
brought Captain Harry with him. “Now, sir, see for yourself”; said Mr. Rich. The lad’s
seriously ill. We must take him out of this unhealthy hole at once. “ That’s none of
your business,” answered the captain. You’re paid to do your job, not worry about
the boy. He’s staying down here. “I’m only paid to be an officer on this ship,”
replied Mr. Rich sharply. He looked hard at the captain. “I’m not paid, like you, to
kidnap and murder “Harry turned on him angrily. What did you say?” he cried.
- New Vocabulary:
*structure (n.): parts of something that are connected together.
*limestone (n.): a type of white stone contains calcium used in building & in making cement.
*shallow (adj.): not deep.
*source (n.): the place where something comes from.
*significant (adj.): important
*regulations (n.): rules or laws to control something.
*illegal (adj.): against the law.
*cyanide (n.): poisonous chemical material.
*aquarium (n.): a building with a large glass tank for keeping sea creatures.
*conservation (n.): taking care of the environment.
*sightseer (n.): a tourist who visits interesting places on holidays.
*trillion: 1,000,000,000,000
*coral polyp (n.): a small animal that lives in the sea.
*cement (n.): a grey powder that is mixed with sand and water to make concrete.
*ecosystem (n.): a particular area in which plants and animals living together have formed
complex relationships.
*mollusk (n.): an animal that has a soft body and is often covered with a shell.
*stunned (adj.): unconscious and unable to move for a short time.
- Prepositions:
* after years of something: subsequent years or later times.
* take action on something: do something about it.
* go from here to there: from one specific situation to a different one.
*get from this to this: to reach something.
*appear in something: to be seen in some performance.
*get onto something: to start to do or deal with something.
*turn into something: to change or develop from one thing to another.
*before something happens: at a time earlier than the thing happens or mentioned.
*over 60 years: more than 60 years.
*at the moment: at the present time or now.
*Choose the correct answer:
1. ---------Years of searching, scientists find different ways to save energy and fight pollution.
a) After b) Into c) At d) From
2. It's time to ---------action to save our environment.
a) give b) make c) take d) bring
3. Her face hadn’t altered ---------the years.
a) in b) over c) between d) at
4. This stream goes---------the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley.
a) at b) to c) from d) through
5. I’m may be boss now, but I started out working in a fast-food restaurant, my college
degree is what got me ---------here to there.
a) in b) between c) from d) when
6. The singer will appear ---------the opera with the rest of the chorus.
a) at b) in c) while d) through
7. Strong colors are very fashionable---------The moment.
a) at b) about c) onto d) behind
8. Rain in the morning will turn ---------snow during the afternoon.
a) from b) into c) on d) at
9. ---------sticking the picture to the wall, you should remove the dust.
a) While b) After c) About d) Before
10. The plastic-filled fish could get ---------our dinner plates.
a) onto b) about c) between d) behind
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GRAMMAR
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE &
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Articles
# See Grammar Reference “ Student’s book ” p. 165
- New vocabulary:
*break the ice: do something that makes others relax when you first meet them.
*have something in common: share interests or characteristics with someone else.
*trust (v.): to believe that you can rely on somebody/something.
*can't stand: hate or dislike
*respect: to feel or show admiration for someone or something that you believe has good
ideas or qualities.
(RELATIVE CLAUSES)
* We use Relative Clauses to give more information about the subject or the object of a
sentence. They are introduced by the following words (relative pronouns):
* Write a short story which begins with the sentence Alex was the
best friend anyone could have (120-180 words) :
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What is Poetry?
- Thoughts and emotions written in a rhyming way. It is divided into stanzas; each one
contains specific idea.
What is Stanza?
- Every poem is divided into stanzas. A stanza consists of two or more lines and it usually
deals or covers one item or idea.
What is RHYME SCHEME? -Words at the end of each line having the same sound.
There once was a big brown cat a
That liked to eat a lot of mice b
He got all round and fat a
Because they tasted so nice b
IMAGERY
- It is a mental picture. They are descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses.
Devices
- Devices are tools used by a poet to help him improve his writing and deliver the message to
the reader easily and beautifully. They are divided into:
ALLITERATION
- The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of many words in the same line.
-Unswerving, sovereign, serene and sole.
*The use of the same sound gives music that appeals our sense of hearing.
CONTRAST
- The use of words with opposite meanings,
I wandered lonely as a cloud ,
that floats on high over vales and hills
*(Vales x hills) are opposite in meaning.
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DAY by SIR CECIL SPRING RICE
THE POET:
- Sir Cecil Spring-Rice was born on February 1859.He was educated at Oxford. He was a
famous British diplomat who held many posts in the service of his country. He worked as a
British ambassador in the USA he was awarded many times.
COMMENTARY:
- The poem consists of five stanzas. Each stanza consists of four lines except the last stanza
consists of three lines. The lines are short and simple. The language used is simple but
beautiful. The rhyme scheme is easy and regular {aaaa, bbbb, cccc, dddd, ddd}. There are
some personifications and devices like alliteration and contrast.
Paraphrase:
The poet states the elements that build the Earth and help us to live on it. He begins with the
Sea. He stresses on the work it does because the sea is one of the most important natural
elements. Here the sea talks about itself saying that it is busy. It builds lands that will exist in
the future. It asks us to think about its work. The sea insists that it is really busy.
Figures of Speech:
Personification:
(" I am busy," said the sea.)
- The poet gives the sea the image of a person who can talk.
Alliteration:
- The repetition of the sound (s) in the first line:
(said- sea) It gives music to appeal our sense of hearing.
Vocabulary:
- in vain: useless
- grain: crops such as corn, wheat or rice
Paraphrase:
Here, the rain talks about itself saying that it is very busy as the sea. The rain has a great
importance. It doesn't fall uselessly. It is very important and useful to the land all over the
world as it helps in growing different kinds of crops and plants we need for our food to feed
the world, it is very busy doing an important job.
#Figures of Speech:
Personification:
(" I am busy," said the rain.)
- The poet gives the rain the image of a person who can talk.
Alliteration:
-The repetition of the sound (w) in the third line:
(wait –will) The repetition of the sound [w] gives music to appeal our sense of hearing.
Paraphrase:
- The poet says that the air is busy doing lots of work all over the world, it gives living things;
oxygen and carbon dioxide to breath also it helps us to create electricity as well as it calms
the weather.
# Figures of Speech:
*Personification:
("I am busy “, said the air)
- The poet gives the air the image of a person who can talk.
*Contrast:
- There is a contrast between:
(here # there) and (up # down) , which stresses and emphasizes the meaning.
*Paraphrase:
Here, the poet talks about the work of the sun and how busy it is. He says that no one can
deny the importance of the sun. All the planets know very well that the sun does an important
job that is why they move around it. The poet stresses on the sun's job and that it never
finishes its work; it always shines, as long as there is life on earth, because if it finishes its
work nothing will exist.
# Figures of Speech:
*Personification:
(" I am busy", said the sun)
- The poet gives the sun the image of a person who can talk.
*Alliteration:
There is a repetition of the sound (s) in the words: "said & sun" appeals to our sense of
hearing.
*Vocabulary:
- fellow: friend, companion
- toiler: worker
- task: job, work
*Paraphrase:
- The poet ends the poem in a stanza of three lines which summarizes the idea of the poem.
He says that every day man has a job to do in life and he works hard to do his job in a good
way. His job isn't as important as the job of sun, rain, sea, and air because he will die one
day and another one will complete his job but the work of these elements of nature is
endless and they will never finish it.
# Figures of Speech:
*Alliteration:
- The repetition of the same consonant sound (s) in the first line (sea – sun) gives music
which appeals to our sense of hearing.
* "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is one of the most famous and best-loved poems written in
the English language. It was composed by Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
* Commentary:
- The poem is composed of four stanzas. The rhyme scheme is (a, b, a, b, c, c). The poet
talked about the beauty of the daffodils. He talked about himself, about nature and about
himself in relation to nature.
* Paraphrase:
- The poet said that he was walking alone like a cloud in the sky. Then suddenly he saw a
large number of yellow flowers. They were moving and dancing beside the lake and under
the trees.
# Figures of Speech:
* Simile: "I wondered lonely as a cloud." The poet compares himself to a cloud floating alone
in the sky.
* Contrast: (vales x hills) / (high x beneath) emphasizes and stresses the meaning.
* Alliteration:
- (high & hills) the repetition of the sound (h) gives music to appeal our sense of hearing.
- (beside & beneath): the repetition of the sound [b] gives music to appeal our sense of
hearing.
*Personification: "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." the poet gives the flowers the
image of a person who dances with the soft wind.
*Paraphrase:
In the second stanza the poet said that the daffodils stretched along the lake like the stars
that shine in the sky and like the waves in the bay.
# FIGURES OF SPEECH:
* Simile: (Continuous as the stars that shine,) the poet compared the daffodils to the stars
that shine in the sky.
* Personification: (Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.) the poet described the daffodils
as human beings, dancing and moving their heads lively.
* Alliteration: (the / that) the repetition of the same constant sound / th / gives music to
appeal our some of hearing.
# FIGURES OF SPEECH:
* Alliteration: (beside-but) the repetition of the sound [b] gives music to appeal our sense of
hearing.
* Personification: (The waves beside them danced) the poet gives the waves and
daffodils an image of a person that can dance.
* Alliteration:
- (but & be) the repetition of the sound [b] gives music to appeal our sense of hearing.
-(what-wealth) the repetition of the sound [w] gives music to appeal our sense of hearing.
*Vocabulary:
-couch: sofa
-vacant: empty
-pensive: thoughtful
-inward eye: the eye of mind
-bliss: happiness
*Paraphrase:
- The poet said that when he sat on his sofa in a thoughtful mood, he remembered the
daffodils and he became happy.
# FIGURES OF SPEECH:
* Contrast: (vacant x pensive) emphasizes and stresses the meaning.