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1. Complete the fragments from Hala’s diary with the family words below.

أكمل أجزاء من مذكرات هالة مع كلمات العائلة أدنا ه

brother/sister-in-law    only child     second cousin     siblings      twin    widow/widower
My mother died when I was young, so my father is a
1.widower. My brother has just got married. His wife, my new
2. sister-in low is called Hala like me! It's a shame my grandfather missed the wedding. He died last year so my grandmother is a
3. window Abeer has got an identical
4. twin sister called Nour. The twins are my cousin Lubna’s daughters, so my son Hussein is their 5 .second cousin I only have one son, so Hussein is an 6 only child and does not have 7 siblings.

A. My friend Faisal is an only child.
B. My grandmother has a twin sister.


2. Find the personality adjectives from the box in the descriptions. In pairs, decide if they are positive, negative or neutral.

اعثر على الصفات الشخصية من المربع في الأوصاف. في أزواج، حدد ما إذا كانت إيجابية أو سلبية أو محايدة.

bossy    generous    gentle    helpful    kind    nervous    selfish    shy    strict    sweet     vain
1. My uncle Imad isn’t very generous. He buys himself lots of things but he never remembers my birthday. I think he’s a bit selfish.
2. My second cousin Lubna is kind and helpful but she’s really nervous. She talks to herself when she’s doing something difficult.
3. My oldest cousin Hani is a bit bossy – he’s always telling me what to do. He’s strict, too – he never lets me do anything I want to do. And he’s really vain – he looks at himself in the mirror when he’s driving!
4. My youngest sibling Asma loves to be by herself. She’s gentle and shy but I like her. She’s sweet.

1. generous (positive), selfish (negative)
2. Kind, helpful (positive), nervous (negative)
3. bossy, vain (negative), strict (neutral)
4. gentle, sweet (positive), shy (natural)


3. In pairs, take turns to choose positive or neutral personality adjectives to describe your partner. Say if you agree or not.

في ازواج، تناوبوا على اختيار صفات شخصية ايجابية او محايدة لوصف رفيقكم. قل إن كنت توافقني أم لا

A. You’re helpful and kind.
B. Thanks a lot! You’re a bit shy.
A. No, I don’t agree. I’m nervous but I’m not shy

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4. Study Watch Out! and find four sentences with reflexive pronouns in the descriptions.

ادرسوا احترسوا! وإيجاد أربع جمل ذات ضمائر انعكاسية في الأوصاف

WATCH OUT! Reflexive pronouns احذر! الضمائر المنعكسة
I – myself
we – ourselves
you – yourself
you – yourselves
he – himself
they – themselves
she – herself
it – itself

5. Complete the questions with reflexive pronouns.

أكمل الأسئلة بالضمائر الانعكاسية

1. Do you prefer to do your homework by yourself or with a friend?
2. Does your dad ever talk to
himself? Where? When?
3. Can your mum install apps by
herself or does she need your help?
4. How often do your friends look at
themself in the mirror? What about you?
5. When I’m unhappy, I buy
myself something nice. Do you?
6. What can we do by
ourselves to improve our English?
7. Does your phone ever switch
itself off?


6 In pairs, ask and answer the questions from Exercise 5.

في مجموعات ثنائية، اطرح وأجب عن الأسئلة من التمرين 5

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