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Core Vocabulary

Meaning in
Word Definition
Arabic
Campus (n) Land and buildings of a university ‫حرم جامعي‬

Career (n) Job or profession that you train for ‫مهنة‬

Cope with (v) Succeed in dealing with ‫يتعامل بنجاح مع‬

Person who organizes the way people work together

Co-ordinator (n) ‫منسق‬
on an activity

Deadline (n) Date or time by which you have to do something ‫موعد نهائي‬

Edit (v) Check a piece of writing for mistakes ‫يعدل‬

Emotions (n) Feelings ‫عواطف‬

Foundation
Programme (n) Course that introduces students to a subject ‫برنامج تأسيسي‬

Homesick (adj) Feeling sad because you miss your home ‫مشتاق للوطن‬

Placement test Exam to find a student’s level in a subject ‫اختبار مستوى‬

(n)
Positive (adj) Hopeful and confident about a situation ‫ايجابي‬
Reduce (v) Make something smaller ‫يقلل‬

Terrifying (adj) frightening ‫مرعب‬

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Exercise

Complete each sentence with a suitable word from the table.

a. When Salim first went to study in Australia, he missed his family a lot and was

very ______________________ .

b. The doctor told me that I had to __________________________the amount

of sugar in my diet.

c. I can’t go out tonight because I have to finish my essay. The

_______________________ is tomorrow.

d. Laila had mixed _________________________ about leaving school. She felt

sad but also excited.

e. Did you see that horror film on TV last night? It was really ______________ .

f. During Majid’s first week at university, he had to take a _________________

___________________ to find out his level of English.

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g. My friend is very interested in a ___________________ in journalism.

h. If students have a problem, they should ask the course ________________ to

help them.

i. The teacher told the students to write a draft of their essay, then

_____________________ it.

j. Fatma is always happy and smiling. She has a very __________ attitude to life.

k. The news students kept getting lost because the university _______________

was so big.

l. Most students at the university spend their first year on the _____________

_________________ . They can go on to their main course of study.

m. Although Ahmed’s new job is interesting, he’s finding it hard to

_______________ _______________ the long hours and low pay.

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Word Definition Meaning in Arabic

A couple of days Two days ‫يومان‬
Give a lift To move a person to another place ‫يوصل بالسيارة‬
Study abroad Study outside his home country ‫يدرس خارج بلده‬
Accommodation a place to live, work, stay, etc ‫إقامة‬
Adapt to change your behaviour to deal successfully ‫يتكيف‬
Advantage a quality of something that makes it better ‫ حسنة‬, ‫ميزة‬
Ambition something that you want to do or achieve ‫طموح‬
Anxiety ) n) Stress and worry ‫قلق و توتر‬
Apprehensive Worried and a little afraid ‫قلق و خائف‬
Attitude a way of behaving ; behaviour ‫سلوك‬
Borrow to take and use something and return it back ‫يستعير‬
Castle fort ‫قلعة‬
Challenging difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability ‫تحدي‬
Checklist a list of the things that you must remember to do ‫قائمة تدقيق‬
Clarification making something clearer or easier to understand ‫توضيح‬
Closely In a way that you are involved in doing something ‫جنبا الى جنب‬
Confident making something clearer or easier to understand ‫واثق‬
Confirm to state or show that something is definitely true ‫يؤكد‬
Crowd a large number of people gathered together ‫حشد‬
Culture the customs and beliefs, art, way of life ‫ثقافة‬
University Degree certificate ‫شهادة جامعية‬
Destination Place where someone is travelling to ‫وجهة سفر‬
Disadvantage a condition or situation that causes problems ‫ سيئة‬,‫عيب‬
Due The right of ‫حق‬
Elegant attractive and showing a good sense of style ‫أنيق‬
Enthusiast a person who is very interested in something ‫متحمس‬
Exciting causing great interest or excitement ‫مثير‬
Expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose ‫بعثة‬
Experience the knowledge and skill gained by doing things ‫ تجربة‬,‫خبرة‬
Extensive Spreading out widely ‫ ممتد‬,‫شامل‬
Facility buildings, services provided for a particular purpose ‫ وسيلة‬,‫تسهيل‬
Faulty not perfect; not working or made correctly ‫متعطل‬
Foreign in or from a country that is not your own ‫أجنبي‬
Friendly behaving in a kind and pleasant way ‫ودود‬
Gift a natural ability; a present ‫ هدية‬, ‫موهبة‬
Glacier a large mass of ice, formed by snow ‫نهر جليدي‬
Go on continue ‫يستمر‬
Guidebook a book that gives information ‫كتاب ارشادي‬
Harbour port ‫ميناء‬
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Helpful willing to help somebody ‫مساعد‬
Herbs a plant whose leaves used for medicine, flavour ‫أعشاب‬
Historical connected with the past ‫تاريخي‬
homesickness Feeling of missing your home ‫اشتياق وحنين‬
Host a person who invites guests ‫ مضيف‬,‫يستضيف‬
Hotspot a place where there is a lot of activity ‫نقطة ساخنة‬
ID card Identity Document card ‫وثيقة هوية‬
Independent Feel free and able to make your own decision ‫مستقل‬
Ingredients one of the parts in a mixture ; components ‫مكونات‬
Inland Away from the sea, in the middle of a country ‫داخلي‬
Institution a large and important organization for teaching ‫معهد‬
Ironing making clothes flat and smooth ‫كوي مالبس‬
Major main ‫رئيسي‬
Material a substance that things can be made from ‫مادة‬
Military Related to the army ‫عسكري‬
Museum A building where ancient and historical things kept ‫متحف‬
Official formal ‫رسمي‬
Opportunity chance ‫فرصة‬
Oversleep Sleep too much ‫أطال في النوم‬
Plenty A lot of ‫وفرة‬
Prioritise Put things in order of importance ‫يعطي االولوية‬
Prisoner a person who is kept in prison as a punishment ‫سجين‬
Prospect the possibility that something will happen ‫ أمل‬, ‫أحتمال‬
Purpose Aim ; goal ‫الغرض‬
Recipe Set of instructions for cooking a particular food ‫وصفة طعام‬
Release Set free ‫ ينشر‬,‫يطلق سراح‬
Revolution a change in the way a country is governed ‫ثورة‬
Rewarding Worth doing and makes someone feel happy ‫مجزي‬
Romantic Relating to love ‫رومانسي‬
Rover A person who spends his time travelling ‫جوال و رحال‬
Scary frightening ‫مخيف‬
Situated located ‫يقع‬
Splendid very impressive; very beautiful ‫رائع وبديع‬
Strange unusual or surprising, not familiar ‫غريب‬
Surprising Unexpected; amazing ‫ مفاجيء‬, ‫مدهش‬
Terrifying making somebody feel extremely frightened ‫مروع‬
Theatre an area where plays are performed ‫مسرح‬
Tip advice ‫نصيحة‬
Tournament Competitions consisting of a series of games ‫مسابقة‬
Transition Change from a form to another ‫ تحول‬, ‫انتقال‬
Tutor (Private) teacher )‫مدرس (خصوصي‬
yacht a large sailing boat ‫يخت‬
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Exercise
Complete each sentence. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D.

1. He returned to his homeland with the ________ of serving his own people.

A. prospect B. purpose C. expedition D. homesickness

2. We are negotiating for the _________ of the prisoners.

A. clarification B. military C. release D. opportunity

3. The spokesman refused either to ___________ or deny the reports.

A. confirm B. edit C. adapt D. cope with

4. It was a large explosion and the resulting damage was ____________ .

A. elegant B. exciting C. challenging D. extensive

5. I hope you can submit your term papers before the ______________ .

A. checklist B. transition C. deadline D. placement

6. The government must make new policies to __________ unemployment.

A. reduce B. host C. borrow D. worry

7. I don’t like watching horror films as they are really _____________ .

A. exciting B. scary C. frightened D. friendly

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8. During the French ____________ , thousands of people were killed.

A. Institution B. Emotion C. Foundation D. Revolution

9. Kings and queens wear crowns at _______________ ceremonies.

A. romantic B. strange C. official D. confident

10. People are still terribly _________________ about the future.

A. rewarding B. major C. terrifying D. apprehensive

11. Most people get _______________ the first time they leave home.

A. splendid B. homesick C. exciting D. positive

12. She never achieved her ____________ of becoming a famous writer.

A. ambition B. transition C. plenty D. rover

13. The child-care centre is a useful ___________ for working parents.

A. theatre B. campus C. recipe D. facility

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Past Perfect Tense ( ‫)الماضي التام‬

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Usage of Past Perfect Tense

➢ To describe A Completed Action before something in the
Past
➢ To show that something occurred before another action in the
past.
‫ الفعل الذي انتهى اوال ٌ يكون ماضي تام والفعل الثانًي يكون ماضي بسيط‬, ‫لوصف فعل حدث قبل فعل آخر في الزمن الماضي‬

The action that finished first is (Past Perfect), the other one is (Past Simple)
Examples
➢ After she had done her homework, she visited me.
➢ When I came home, they had already eaten.
➢ I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
➢ I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
➢ Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.
➢ Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
➢ She only understood the movie because she had read the book.

➢ It can also show that something happened before a

specific time in the past.
➢ A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006?
B: Yes, I had been to the U.S. once before.
➢ By the year 2010, Ali had built his house..
➢ She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight.
➢ She had established her company before 2008.
➢ He had never played football until last week.
➢ I had fallen asleep before eight o'clock.
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➢ In reported speech after verbs like said, told, asked. etc.

‫مع الكالم المنقول‬
➢ ( In reported speech, Past Perfect Tense is used instead of ” Simple
Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense ” )

Examples
➢ He told us he had visited Paris twice before.

(He told ‘ I have visited Paris twice before’ )

➢ She said she had swum. ( She said ‘ she swam’ )

Jackson asked the singer when he had sung his first song.
(Jackson asked the singer ‘When did you sing your first song? )

➢ The students said they had had a very easy exam.

(They said ‘ We had a very easy exam.’ )

➢ My teacher greeted me and said she had never seen me for 3

days. ( The teacher said ‘Hello Sam! I have never seen
you for 3 days.’ )

➢ He said he had trusted her very much.

➢ The teacher told me that I had got full mark in the exam.

➢ My father asked me why I had slept late the night before.

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➢ To describe unreal or imaginary things,( with If (Conditional)

Sentences – Type 3 )

If + S + (had + P.P)… , S + {would, might , could} + have + P.P

Examples
➢ If I had heard the question, I would have given you the answer.

➢ If I had had some money, I could have bought him nice shoes.

➢ If you had asked me, I could have helped you.

➢ If you had loved me a little, I would have done everything for you.

➢ Regret about the Past

We can use wish/if only + a past perfect form to talk about something we would
like to change about the past.
Examples
➢ We wish we hadn’t eaten so much. They're feeling very sick now.

➢ I wish I had been there.

➢ If only I'd studied harder when I was at school.

(the speaker is now sorry that he did not study harder in school.)

➢ If only I had woken up early.

(I didn't wake up early and I missed my bus.)
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➢ To talk about how long something had continued up to a

certain moment in the past.
‫لوصف المدة الزمنية التي استمرها الفعل في الماضي‬
Usually we use 'for + time’
Examples

➢ When he graduated, he had been in London for six years.

(= He arrived in London six years before he graduated and lived there until he
graduated, or even longer.)

➢ On the 20th of July, I'd worked here for three months.

➢ By the first day of spring, it had snowed nearly every day for a month.

➢ When she finally bought a car, she had saved money for over five years.

➢ By the time we moved, our family had lived in the house for 30 years.

➢ When I finished my book I had worked on it for over ten years.

➢ I had studied French for six years before I went to Paris.

Keywords
When / By the Time / till / until / If only / wish / If clause 3
(After + Past Perfect, Past Simple)
(Before + Past Simple, Past Perfect)
(As soon as + Past Perfect, Past Simple)
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SUMMARY
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Task 1 Grammar Practice Page 71

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Task 3 Grammar Practice Page 71

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Choose the correct answer

Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options.

1. The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had

arrived.

2. When the rain started / had started , the Atkinsons finished / had finished

planting trees.

3. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store , she got / had got soaked.

4. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.

5. Mr. Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved

to Peking.

6. Sonny got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the

hospital.

7. When my mother brought / had brought me an apple , I finished / had finished my

homework.

8. [Link] refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a

terrible accident on the highway about a year ago.

9. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that

ad on TV.

10. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before went / had gone to that

restaurant.
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Complete the following sentences using a simple past or past

perfect tense form.
[Link] patient .................................... before the doctor arrived.

(died / has died / had died)

[Link] the fire broke out, people ................................. out of their house.

(hurried / has hurried / had hurried)

3.I .................................... him yesterday. (met / meet / had met)

4. I recognized him immediately as I ................................. him before.

(saw / have seen / had seen)

5. I wish I .................................. with my friend during his last days.

(stayed / would stay / had stayed )

6. If he ................................ in time, he would have got the job.

(applied / has applied / had applied)

7. By the time the firemen arrived, the fire ................................ many huts.

(destroyed / was destroying / had destroyed )

8. Long before the chief guest arrived, the invitees ................................

(assembled / have assembled / had assembled )

9. I wish I .................................. my application in time.

(sent / have sent / had sent )

10. I did not speak to him, as I ....................................... been introduced to him.

(was not / had not / has not)