Grade 7 Unit One Study Sheet

Lesson 1: Holidays
New Words:
Everyday ‫كل يوم‬ village ‫قرية‬ swimming ‫سباحة‬ there ‫هناك‬ stayed ‫ىبق‬
learned ‫تعلم‬ camping ‫تخييم‬ saw ‫راى‬ museum ‫متحف‬ clothes ‫مالبس‬
Yesterday ‫البارحة‬ last ‫الماضي‬ ago‫مضى‬
Ahmad: Did you go away in the holidays?
Faisal: Yes, I went to a village by the sea.
Ahmad: What did you do there?
Faisal: Oh, I went swimming every day. And I went fishing. It was great!

Rasha: Did you go away in the holidays?

Huda: No, Muna and I stayed at home.
Rasha: What did you do all the time?
Huda: Oh, lots of things. I saw my friends every day. And I made some clothes.
Rasha: And what did you do, Muna?
Muna: Not very much. I got up late every day. And I read lots of books. Oh, and I learned
to cook.
Past simple:
We use the past simple to talk about actions or situations in the past.
.‫الماض‬
‫ي‬ ‫نستخدمه للتكلم عن حدث انتىه يف‬
1. Affirmative: ‫االثبات‬
Subject + verb + … . .‫ تكملة‬+ ‫فعل‬+ ‫فاعل‬
Ex: Ali (play) football yesterday. → Ali played football yesterday.
Ex: They (go) to school last Sunday. → They went to school last Sunday.

2. Negative:
Subject + did not + verb in the present form + … . . ‫ تكملة‬+ ‫فعل مجرد‬.did not + ‫فاعل‬
Ex: Hani played football yesterday. → Hani did not play football yesterday.
Ex: Muna went to school last Sunday. → Muna did not go to school last Sunday.
 3. Question:
Did + subject + verb in present form + … ?
Ex: Ali played football yesterday. → Did Ali play football yesterday?
Ex: They go to school last Sunday. → Did they go to school last Sunday?
How to add ed to verbs:
1. If the verb ends with an (e) add (d). Ex: like → liked
d ‫ فقط نضيف‬e ‫اذا انتىه الفعل ب‬
2. If the verb ends with a consonant + (y) change the (y) into an (I) then add (ed).
Ex: study → studied
ed ‫ ثم نضيف‬I ‫ اىل‬y ‫ نقلب ال‬y ‫اذا انتىه الفعل بساكن يليه الحرف‬
3. If the verb ends with a vowel + y just add ed. Ex: play → played.
ed ‫ فقط نضيف‬y ‫اذا انتىه الفعل ب متحرك يليه الحرف‬
4. If the verb ends with a single vowel + consonant double the consonant then add
ed. Ex: stop → stopped
ed ‫اذا انتىه الفعل بحرف متحرك واحد يليه ساكن نضاعف الساكن ثم نضيف‬

inf past inf past

listen Listened come Came
Learn Learned run Ran
Stay Stayed write Wrote
See Saw Walk Walked
Make Made Jump Jumped
Go Went Read Read
Take Took Cut Cut
Get up Got up Hit Hit
Am/is Was Paint Painted
Are Were stop Stopped
Do Did Eat Ate
Have Had Help helped
Put put

Past simple with verb to be:

1. Affirmative:
I, he, she, it, singular name + was They, we, you, plurals + were
Ex: Ali (be) a student last year. →Ali was a student last year
They (be) here last night. → they were here last night.
 2. Negative:
I, he, she, it, singular name + was not They, we, you, plurals + were not
Ex: Ali (be) a student last year. → Ali wasn’t a student last year.
They were here last night. → they weren’t here last night.

3. Question:
Was + I, he, she, it, singular name Were + They, we, you, plurals
Ex: Ali was a student last year. → Was Ali a student last year?
They were here last night. → Were they here last night?
Question 1:
1. I___my uncle two days ago. (see/ saw / seen)
2. They (be) in Tripoli last month. (affirmative)

3. Ahmed enjoyed playing volleyball. (negative)

4. Farouq (be) in the north of Libya last month. (affirmative)

5. I went to school last Monday. (question)

6. He was at school last Sunday. (question)

7. We were in the swimming pool. (negative)

Plural: ‫ألجمع‬
.‫ينتىه به االسم المفرد‬ ‫نتظمة عىل الحرف الذي‬ ُ
‫ي‬ ِ ‫يعتمد صيغ الجمع يف األسماء الم‬
book-----→books :‫( اىل نهاية االسم المفرد مثال‬S) ‫ه اضافة‬ ‫القاعده االساسيه لجمع االسماء ي‬
ُ
‫( اىل نهاية االسم المفرد‬es) ‫ ( فعند الجمع يضاف‬z , x , ch , sh , ss , s) ‫اذا كان االسم المفرد منتهيا ﺑ‬
box---→boxes :‫مثال‬
ُ ُ
‫ ( فعند الجمع‬u , o , i , e , a ) ‫( مسبوقا بأحد حروف المتحركة‬Y) ‫( وكان ال‬Y) ‫اذا كان االسم المفرد منتهيا بحرف‬
boy--→boys :‫( فقط اىل نهاية االسم مثال‬S) ‫يضاف‬
ُ ُ
(ies) ‫( ويضاف‬Y) ‫( مسبوقا بحرف ساكن فعند الجمع يحذف ال‬Y) ‫( وكان ال‬Y) ‫اذا كان االسم المفرد منتهيا بحرف‬
‫اىل نهاية االسم‬
country----→countries :‫مثال‬
Country -----→ countries Nationality-----→nationalities
Question 1: use the past simple to complete the sentences.
1. I _____________(play) football yesterday.

2. He ____________(buy)a new smartphone.

3. We _____________(take) an exam last week.

4. She ______________(visit)her grandparents.

Lesson 2: Joe’s holiday album

New Words:
Adjectives:
Amazing ‫مدهش‬ interesting ‫مثي لالهتمام‬
‫ر‬ exciting ‫مثي للحماس‬
‫ر‬ fantastic ‫رائع‬
great ‫عظيم‬ beautiful ‫جميل‬
Nouns:
sculptures – objects or designs made from wood, clay or metal )‫(منحوتة‬
mosaics – tiny pieces of glass or pottery )‫(فسيفساء‬
ground – the earth )‫(االرض‬
forum – public square )‫(مجمع‬
I visited Spain with my family two years ago. I took lots of photos as we saw lots of
things. We spent a week in Barcelona and we saw a lot of nice buildings. But my
favourite place was Park Güell. There are sculptures and statues covered with
mosaics – tiny pieces of stone. And I loved the buildings! I took lots of photos there. I
want to go back to Barcelona again one day.

One spring, we visited Pisa in Italy. Of course, we saw the famous Leaning tower of
Pisa. I thought it was great – a building that leans. It was built in the 12th century and
started leaning right away because the ground it was on was too soft to support it! I
wonder if it will fall down one day?

Last year, we visited Libya. We went to the historical site, Leptis Magna. A long time
ago, this was one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire. It’s still beautiful
today. It’s famous as the birthplace of Septimius Severus, who later became Emperor
of Rome in 193 CE. Today you can still see the forum, marketplaces and huge
amphitheatre, all in great condition.
I went to London with my parents three years ago. There is so much to see there. I
took lots of pictures, but my favourite is this one of Big Ben. I always thought Big Ben
was the name of the clock, but it’s the name of the large bell inside. It was interesting
to hear from the guide all about the history of Big Ben. The bell weighs more than 13
tons and it was the biggest bell in the UK for a long time!
I was quite young when I went to Egypt with my parents and saw the pyramids. In
fact, the photo was taken by my father. I think the pyramids are fantastic. I don’t
understand how people built them over three thousand years ago. People must have
been very clever in the old days. Lots of photos of the pyramids show just two or three
big pyramids, but there are more than 100 in all.
The most exciting place I have visited is the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. I’ve never
seen anything as exciting in my life. The water drops down the falls for over 100
metres. And the noise the water makes is really loud! I loved standing and listening
to the sound.

Lesson 3: Whose scrapbooks are these

New Words:
Stamps ‫ طواﺑع‬keep ‫ االحتفاظ‬collect ‫ تجميع‬enjoy ‫ استمتاع‬flowers ‫ ورود‬shape ‫اشكال‬
Scrapbook ‫كتاب قصاصات‬
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Maysam: I’m Maysam. In my spare time, I like finding out about other countries. I
have lots of pictures and stamps. I ask everyone to keep their stamps for me.
Scrapbook 3 is mine.
Adel: I’m Adel. Some day, I want to go to Kenya. Then I can take my own photos of
the animals. For now, I have to look for pictures and cut them out. Scrapbook 6 is
mine. Waleed: I’m Waleed. I want to be a pilot. I’m very interested in planes and
flying, so you can guess what I collect. Scrapbook 4 is mine.

Amna: I’m Amna. I enjoy collecting pictures of plants and flowers from around the
world. I love the colours and shapes. Scrapbook 1 is mine.

Muna: I’m Muna. I’m interested in birds. In my spare time, I take photos. Then I try
to find out the names of the birds. Scrapbook 2 is mine.

Jamil: I’m Jamil. I play it. I watch it on television. I go to matches. So you know
whose pictures I collect. Scrapbook 5 is mine.

Past continuous tense:

‫يستخدم زمن الماض المستمر للتعبي عن حدث ف الماض واستمر ى‬
.‫لفية‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ي‬
1. Affirmative:
Subject + was/were + verb + ing + …
Ex: Ali (play) in the gardern. → Ali was playing in the garden.
They (write) the story. → They were writing the story

2. Negative:
Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing +…
Ex: Ali was playing in the garden. → Ali wasn’t playing in the garden.
They were writing the story. → They weren’t writing the story.

3. Question:
Was / were + subject + verb + ing + …
Ex: Ali was playing in the garden. → Was Ali playing in the garden?
They were writing the story. → were they writing the story?
:ing ‫قواعد اضافة‬
ing ‫ نحدفه ونضيف‬e ‫ اذا كان الفعل نهايته حرف‬.1
Write→writing
:
die→dying / tie→ tying ‫ مثال‬ing ‫ ونضيف‬y ‫ يقلبا الحرفان اىل‬ie ‫ اذا كان الفعل نهايته الحروف‬.2
:‫ مثال‬ing ‫ اذا كان الفعل نهايته حرف ساكن وقبله حرف متحرك نككر الساكن ثم نضيف‬.3
swim→swimming
:‫ مثال‬ing ‫حرفي متحركات ال نكرر الساكن ونضيف فقط‬
‫ر‬ ‫ اذا كان الفعل نهايته حرف ساكن قبله‬.4
Sleep→sleeping

:when ‫قاعدة‬
‫الماض البسيط والمستمر‬
‫ي‬ ‫الزمن‬ ‫ﺑي‬
‫ر‬ ‫للربط‬ affirmative ‫جملة‬ ‫ف‬‫ي‬ when ‫السؤال‬ ‫اداة‬ ‫استخدام‬ ‫يمكن‬
When + past continuous + past simple Ex: When he was studying, he got a phone call.
Past continuous + when + past simple EX: He got a phone call when he was studying.
Question 1: read and complete this paragraph about Richard. Use the verbs in the
brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense.
When Richard was in Tripoli, he (want) ________ to buy a sweater. His father (ask)

__________ a man in the hotel where to go. The man (give) __________ them the name

of a shop. When they (walk) ___________ along the street, they (forget) ____________

Name of the shop. Then they (see) _____________ a street market. A man (sell)

___________ sweaters, T-shirts and trainers. Richard (not like) ____________ any of the

sweaters, but he (buy) ___________ a pair of trainers and two T-shirts. His father

(not buy) ___________ anything.

Adjectives:
These words are called adjectives. They describe how you feel or what you think about
something.
Beautiful ‫جميل‬ boring ‫ممل‬ delicious ‫لذيذ‬ Amazing ‫مدهش‬
interesting ‫مثي لالهتمام‬
‫ر‬ exciting ‫مثي للحماس‬
‫ر‬ fantastic ‫رائع‬ great ‫عظيم‬
horrible ‫مرعب‬ lovely ‫جميال‬ terrible ‫مخيف‬
Question 1: put a suitable adjective in each sentence.
1. My brother cooked dinner last night and it was ___________

2. I saw a ____________ accident on my way to school.

3. The Arabian horse is a ____________animal.

4. Jamil doesn’t like football. He thinks it’s __________.

5. Huda saw a ___________ dress in a shop window. She wants to but it.

6. In some countries, young children have to work all day. I think that’s __________

7. A cheetah can run at more than 110 kilometres an hour. That’s _____________!
Possessives: (‫)الملكيات‬
First: the possessive s:
We use the possessive s after nouns for Ex: Ahmed’s book
How to add an s to nouns for possession:
1-If the noun is singular, we put and apostrophe then add an (s)
Ex: The boy’s book.

2-If the noun is in plural, we put an apostrophe without adding an (s)

Ex: These are the students’ books.

3-if the noun is in plural form but is irregular (children, men, teeth, feet)
add an apostrophe then add an (a)
Ex: These are the children’s bags.

Second: possessive pronouns: )‫(ضمائر التملك‬

Subject pronoun Possessive pronoun Subject pronoun Possessive pronoun

I mine We ours
He his They theirs
She her You yours
It its

Read and complete the sentences with the words in the box
Mine yours hers ours theirs

1. Sarah lost her watch yesterday. I think this is __________.

2. Ben, I think this book is __________. You left it in my house

yesterday.

3. We took that ball to the beach. It’s_________, but those boys think
it’s ____________

4. Halla doesn’t have a laptop, so I lent her _____________.

Lesson 4: How often

New Words:
Have a rest ‫خد راحة‬
Always ‫دائما‬ usually ‫عادة‬ often ‫غالبا‬ sometimes ‫احيانا‬ never ‫ابدا‬

Present simple review:

We use the present simple to talk about habits.
Adverbs of frequency:

My father always has a rest after lunch.

I usually do my homework after lunch.
I never have a rest in the afternoon.
I often watch television for an hour.
Then my brother and I play a game.
Of course, Fridays are different.
We are never at home.
We usually go to Friday prayers.
We always go to our grandparents’ house.

Form:
We usually use adverbs of frequency in the present simple tense
Put them after the verb be.
With other verbs, put them between the subject
and the verb.

Lesson 5: Adam’s scrapbook

Adel: Hello, Adam.

Adam: Oh, hi, Adel.
Adel: Do you want to come to the mall?
Adam: No, thanks.
Adel: What are you doing?
Adam: I’m putting some photographs in my scrapbook.
Adel: Photographs of what?
Adam: Historical sites in Libya.
Adel: Where do you get the photographs?
Adam: visit different cities and take pictures of ruins.
Adel: Do you have many?
Adam: I have lots of them.
Adel: But why ruins?
Adam: I like them.

Question 1: Where does Adel want to go?

Q2: What does Adam want to do?

Q3: Where does Adam take the pictures?

Q4: What does he take photos of?

 New Words:
sea shells ‫صدفيات البحر‬, sea shore ‫شاط البحر‬, tongue-twister ‫جملة صعبة‬

She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The shells she sells are sea shells, I’m sure.

Lesson 6: make your own scrapbook

New Words:
Cardboard ‫كرتون‬
‫ي‬ ‫ ورق‬thick ‫ سميك‬cover ‫ غالف‬sheet ‫صفيحة‬

What you need What you do

• Two pieces of cardboard or thick paper 1 Make holes with the punch in the two
for the covers. covers.
• Lots of sheets of paper of the same size. 2 Make holes in the paper in the same place.
• A punch to make holes. 3 Put the paper between the two covers.
• Some ribbon or string. 4 Put the string or ribbon through the holes.
• Some glue. 5 Use glue to stick your pictures or photos
into your scrapbook.

Lesson 7: An email from Australia

Read the email then answer the questions:

From: Karen Miller
To: Hala Taher
Subject: Camping with the family
Dear Hala,
Are you back at school now? I went back home to Sydney
last week after a wonderful holiday. I went camping with my
family and then I stayed with my friend, Jane, for two weeks.
Who?
We had a great time. We often walked in the parks and
What? took pictures. One day we went to the museum. Is there one
in Tripoli? Sometimes we went to the cinema in the evenings,
but we usually stayed in and watched videos or played
Who? games. Everyone liked fish, so, for dinner, we often had fish
cooked on a barbecue. What is your favourite food?
In my spare time, I like collecting photographs of
countries around the world. I don’t have any of Libya.
What? Can you send me some, please?
What did you do in the holidays? And what do you do
in your spare time? Please write and tell me everything.
Bye for now,
Karen
1 Where does Karen come from?
2 Who is Jane?
3 What does Karen like to eat?
4 What does she do in her spare time?
5 How many questions does Karen ask? What are they?

New Words:
Wonderful ‫ رائع‬back ‫ رجوع‬great time ‫وقت عظيم‬ barbecue ‫شواء‬ collecting ‫جمع‬
spare time ‫ وقت فراغ‬tell ‫ اخي‬everything ‫كل ش‬ around ‫حول‬

Joining sentences with and, but, or:

The burger was huge. It was delicious.

We should use (and))‫جملتي نفس المعن نستخدم اداة (و‬
‫ر‬
The burger was huge and (it was) delicious.

Ahmed saw an American football match. He didn’t like it.

But = ‫الكن‬
Ahmed saw an American football match, but he didn’t like it.

You can have a sweater. You can have trainers. (you can’t have both)
Or = ‫او‬
You can have a sweater, or you can have trainers.

Question 1: join the following sentences.

1. The cheetah is a beautiful animal. It is very fast.

2. I can play chess. I can play netball. I can’t play volleyball.

3. Elephants live in Kenya. Elephants live in India. Elaphants don’t live in Libya

4. Do you want fish for dinner? Do you want meat for dinner?

Lesson 8: The birdwatcher

New Words:
Binoculars ‫منظار‬, alone ‫ مفردي‬, feathers ‫ريش‬, wings ‫اجنحة‬, bill (beak) ‫منقار‬, patterns ‫انماط‬,
lens ‫عدسة‬
Last Wednesday evening, my father asked, ‘What shall we do this weekend?
‘Let’s go to El-Kouf,’ I said. ‘You can see lots of birds there.
‘Oh, Muna. You always want tolook at birds,’ my brother Ahmad said. ‘It’s boring.
‘No, it’s a good pastime,’ my father said.

We went to El-Kouf on Thursday evening. My father and mother stayed in the car and
Ahmad and I walked along the beach. The water was full of birds. It was wonderful.
There were hundreds of them. I took out my binoculars. I wanted to see them better.

A birdwatcher needs a pair of binoculars

and a camera with a long lens.

‘What can you see, Muna?’ Ahmad asked.

I could see lots of ducks and some small birds. Then I saw a strange bird. It was standing
alone, eating a fish. It was bigger than the others. It had white feathers, but there were
some black feathers on its wings. Its beak – birdwatchers say ‘bill’ – was red and its legs
were red too. ‘Ahmad, quick! Take a photo of that big bird,’ I said. Suddenly, as I was
watching the bird, a boat came by and the bird flew off. I could see black and white
patterns on its wings. What was it?
At home, I looked in my books and magazines about birds. There it was! ‘The white
stork’. I felt very excited. It was the first time I had seen one! And I had a photograph of
it!

1 Who is the birdwatcher?

2 Where does she live?

Question 1: complete the information sheet below.

1. Title:
2. Characters
3. What is it about?

4. Why I liked/didn’t like the story?

Question 2: put these words in order to make correct sentences:

1. Richard thought the was football match boring

 2. Weekend friends you the Do at your visit?

Question 3: fill in this word tree.

1. You go there every Friday

2. The past tense of (go)

3. You can find very old things here

4. You can write on this.

5. This animal is very fast.

6. Very, very nice
7. You can ride on this animal

Question 4: read and complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Mine hers theirs yours

1. My brothers want to play with my computer game, but they won’t let me play
with _____________

2. That pen isn’t ___________________. I only lent it to you. It’s

_____________and I need it

3. I gave this book to Layla, so now it’s ____________

Question 5: write five sentences using the words in the box.

Sometimes often usually always never