Success Story School

Worksheet Number (3)

Worksheet Subject End of Unit (2) Worksheet
Grade 7
Date of Distribution

For The Student

Student's Name

Section

Reading Comprehension

Read the text in the student’s book (page 18+19) “The Man at the Fountain” then answer
the following questions.
1. Where was Phillippe when he first noticed the thief?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. How did Phillippe recognize the thief?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Were the police looking for the thief? How do you know that?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. How was the weather that day?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Where were the people sitting?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. What did the pigeons do?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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7. What do we call the sound of a pigeon?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. Where did the buses weave their way?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

9. Where did the flowers’ scent come from?

....………………………………………………………………………………………..
10) Why was it hard to recognize the thief?

……..……………………………………………………………………………………

11) Where was the thief standing?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

12) What was the square famous for?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

13) What was the fountain made of?

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14) Where did the fountain’s water spurt from?

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15) Describe the two horses that were in the center of the pool.
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16) What were the tourists (whom the thief was mingling with) doing?

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17) What did Phillipe do to get closer to the thief?

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18) Which building that particularly interested the thief?

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19) Why did Phillippe frown the second time?

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20) What did the thief do when he knew Phillippe was watching him?

………………………………………………………………………………………..………….

21) When did Phillipe decide to follow the thief?

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 22) Find from the text:

- A synonym for the word huge..…………………….

- A synonym for the word beautiful ………………………….
- A synonym for the word wide ………………………

- A verb…………………….. - A noun…………………..…
- An Adjective………………. - An Adverb…………………

- A Present Participle as an adjective….……………………………..

Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

(shade, chariots, scent, cascades, strutted, rose, elegant)

A. When we went to the museum we saw the……………………… that people used to race
with in the past.

B. I like the…………………….. of these roses so much. Do you want to smell them?

C. In our last trip to the valley, we saw the beautiful water ……………..……… over the
rocks.

D. It is so sunny here. Let’s sit in the …………………………………. .

E. This house has some expensive furniture. It looks so……………………..

F. The student who won the competition …………………………….proudly in the yard.

G. The man was so angry. His temper………………..…………with his voice.

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2) Write the correct definition of each of the following words.
You can go back to your notebook and the workbook to check your answers.
- Strut (V): ……………………………………………………………….……….………….

- Rose (V):………………………………………………………………………...………….

- Rose (N):…………………………………………………………………………….….…..

- Gaping (Adj:…………………………………………………………………….…………

- Cruise (V):……………………………………………………………………………………

- Drift (V):………………………………………………………………………………………

- Spurt (V):……………………………………………….……………………………….…..

- Mingle (V):………………………………………………………………………………….

- Dart (V):……………………………………………………………………………………..

- Glisten (V):…………………………………………………………………………………

- Cooing (N):……………………………………………………………….……………….

- Hum (V):………………………………………………………….………………………….

- Hiss: (V)………………………………………………………………..……………………..

- Shade: (N)……………………………………………………………………………………

- Elegant (Adj):…..…………………………………………………………………………..

- Magnificent (Adj): ……….………………………………………………………………

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 - Vast (Adj): ……………………………………………………………………………………..

- Broad (Adj):……………………………………………………………………………………

- Massive (Adj): ..……………………………………………………………………………..

- Chariot: (N)……………………………………………………………….…………………..

- Scent: (N)..…………………………………………………………………………………….

Working with Words

Present Participles as Adjectives

The present participle of most verbs has the form (base+ing). It is used in many different
ways. One of these ways is to use it (as we have studied before) as part of the continuous
form of a verb:
- The boy is laughing.
- The lions were roaring.

However, we’re going to use it in another way which is as an adjective.

- The laughing boy was happy.
- Can you hear the roaring lions? Remember:
- The man tried to void the falling glass. The position of an
adjective is before the
noun it modifies.

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Exercise:
Rewrite each pair of sentences as one sentence using the present participle as an
adjective.
1. Salma could hear the children. They were crying.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. The students were running. They rushed to the school.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Can you see the cats? They’re jumping.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. He was annoyed by the engine. It was humming.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
* For further examples and exercises on the present participle as an adjective, go back to the
student’s book page *21+ and the workbook page *14+.

Suffixing and Prefixing

Let’s remember what suffixes and prefixes are.

A suffix is a short unit that is added to the end of the word. They change the class of words.
In some cases, suffixes are used to turn verbs into nouns. For example, the suffixes (-ing)
and (-er) can turn verbs into nouns as follows:
Prevent (V) + -ing Preventing (N) Remember:
(root word) (suffix) A root word is the most basic
form of a word that cannot
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meaningful segments.
Fight (V) + -er Fighter (N)
(root word) (suffix)

On the other hand, a prefix is a short unit that is added to the beginning of the word. In
some cases prefixes change the meaning of words. For example, the prefixes (dis-), (re-) and
(un-) change the meaning of words they’re attached to as follows:

Dis- + connect (V) Disconnect (V)

(prefix) (root word)
(Dis-) means “not” or “the opposite of”.

Re- + write (V) Rewrite (V)

(prefix) (root word)
(Re-) means “again”.

Un- + tie (V) Untie (V)

(prefix) (root word)
(Un-) is used to reverse an action. Sometimes it also means “not”:

Un- + convinced (Adj) Unconvinced (Adj)

(prefix)

Exercise:
Change the meaning of the following words by adding the prefixes (Dis-), (Un-) or (Re-).
- Believe …………………….. - Believable ………………………
- Advantage…………………… - Read………….…………………….

* For further examples and exercises, go back to the student’s book page *21] and the workbook
page [14].
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Doubling before Suffixing

Doubling before Suffixing is doubling the last letter of a word before adding the suffix that
starts with a vowel to it. Therefore, when we add suffixes like (-er, -ing, -ed, etc) to a word,
we have to pay attention to two essential conditions:
1. The last letter of the word should be a consonant.
2. This consonant should be preceded by a short vowel sound.

Examples:
Travel + -er Traveller
Cancel + -ing Cancelling

However, if the last consonant is preceded by a long vowel sound, we don’t double the
consonant before suffixing.
Conceal + -ed Concealed
Speed + -ing Speeding

Exceptions to the Rule of Doubling before Suffixing:

Gallop + -ing Galloping
Develop + -ed Developed

Note: A weak “R” cannot be doubled.

But, what is a strong “R” and a weak “R” ?
Words such as “car”, “refer” and “bird” are pronounced with an emphasis/stress on the “R”
sound, which does not tend to be heard in some English accents.
However, in words such as “cover”, “mother” and “wonder”, the “R” sound is not stressed,
and we consider it a weak “R”.
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Exercise:
Read these words and decide which one has a strong “R” and which has a weak “R”.
(prefer, discover, care, wander, father, refer, wonder)
Weak “R” Strong “R”

Note: A weak “R” cannot be doubled when adding a suffix that starts with a vowel to it.
Wander + -er Wanderer NOT Wanderrer
Cover + -ing Covering NOT Coverring

However, a strong “R” should be doubled when adding a suffix that starts with a vowel to
it.
Refer + -ed Referred

Note: when we add the suffix (-y) to a word to which the rules of doubling before suffixing
are applicable, we double the last consonant. You may wonder why we do so as (y) is a
consonant, but (y) at the end of a word sounds like (ee), so it sounds like a vowel, and that’s
why we double the last consonant of the word to which it is attached (following the rules of
doubling before suffixing).

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Careful + -y Carefully
Normal + -y Normally

Exercises:

1. Write the past tense of the following verbs.

- Quarrel………………………. - Suffer…………………….
- Gallop…………………………. - Travel…………………….

2. Write the present participle of the following verbs.

- Cut ………………………. - Drop …………………….

- Discover ………………………. - Wonder ……...……………

3. Change the following adjectives into adverbs by adding (-y) or (-ly).

- General ………………………. - Exact ……………………….

- Bright ………………………. - Hopeful ...…….…..………….

* For further examples and exercises, go back to the student’s book page *21+ and the workbook
page [14].

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Grammar

The Simple Past

Use:

The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a

time before now. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the
distant past and action duration is not important.

*Note:
You always use the simple past when you say when something happened,
so it is associated with certain past time expressions.

Examples:

 He travelled to Egypt last summer.

 We went to school yesterday.
 I won a medal in 1995.

Keywords:

yesterday, (last + time), (time + ago), in 1994, 2013…etc.

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Rule:

-Affirmative Simple Past Form:

Subject + verb(2) + complement.

Be careful:
When we want to use the past tense of the verb (verb 2), we should
remember that there are regular verbs and irregular verbs.

The past tense of regular verbs can be formed by adding (ed) to the base
form of the verb:

 walk : walked
 start : started
 clean : cleaned

However, there are no specific rules for forming the past tense of irregular
verbs, so the only solution would be MEMORIZING them.

 see : saw
 go: went
 eat: ate

Examples:

 I went to Amman last week.

 She visited Petra in 2003.
 We had dinner two hours ago.
 The boys played football yesterday.

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Spelling Rules:

When we add (ed) to the base form of the verb, there are some rules we
have to pay attention to:

1. For words ending in (e), drop the (e) before adding (ed):
 hate + ed hated
 smile + ed smiled

2. For words ending in consonant-y, change the (y) to (i) and add

(ed):
 study + ed studied
 try + ed tried

However, for words ending in vowel-y, DON’T change the (y) to

(i) and just add (ed):
 play + ed played
 enjoy + ed enjoyed

3. For words ending in a short vowel and a single consonant letter,

double the last consonant letter before adding (ed):
 stop + ed stopped
 plan + ed planned

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-Negative Simple Past Form:

In order to form the negative structure of the simple past tense, we use the
helping verb did + not before the main verb.

Subject + did + not + verb(base form) + complement.

did not = didn’t

Remember that when we use the helping verb did in a sentence, the main
verb will be in its base form.

They didn’t went(V2) to Irbid yesterday. incorrect sentence

They didn’t go(base form) to Irbid yesterday. correct sentence

Examples:

 I did not go to Amman last week.

 She didn’t visit Petra in 2003.
 We did not buy dinner two hours ago.
 The boys didn’t play football yesterday.

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-Interrogative Simple Past Form:

Wh-Questions:

Question word + did + subject + verb(base form) + complement + ?

(Question words are like what, where, how, when , who,……etc.)

Examples:

 Where did you go last weekend?

I went to the market last weekend.

 When did Salma cook dinner?

She cooked dinner last night.

*Note: If the Wh-question starts with (Who) and asks about the subject,
this means we cannot include the subject in the question (as we are asking
about it). Moreover, in the case of the simple past, we don’t use a helping
verb (did) when we ask about the subject using (Who).

Example:

 Who wrote the English exams last month?

Our teacher wrote the English exams last month.

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Yes/No Questions:

Did + subject + verb(base form) + complement + ?

Examples:

 Did they visit their uncle three days ago?

Yes they did. / No, they didn’t.

 Did Muna read many interesting books in 2022?

Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.

Exercise:

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb in
brackets.

1. I............................. the big bag to Rami two days ago. (give)

2. ……….she….......................... the table with her mother yesterday?(set)

3. The students ................................... Science last week. (not, study)

4. Where…………… the boys.......................... yesterday ?(meet)

5. He…........................... this class in 2023. (take)

6. Yesterday morning, the children .................... on ground to play. (sit)

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*DON’T forget to check your student’s book page [22] and workbook page
[15] for further examples and exercises.

The Past Continuous

Use:

We use the past continuous/progressive tense to talk about an action that

continued for a period of time in the past and was interrupted by another
action.

Examples:
 While we were studying in our room, our mom called us.
 When the bell rang, she was cooking lunch.

Keywords:

While, When

Rule:

-Affirmative Past Continuous Form: Remember:

With a singular
Subject + was/were + verb(ing) + complement. subject we use
was, and with a
Examples:
plural subject we
 He was cleaning the room when you called him. use were.
(singular subject)

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  While they were playing football, the man came and talked to them.
(plural subject)

- Negative Past Continuous Form:

In order to form the negative structure of the past continuous tense, we

only add not after helping verbs (was/were).

Subject + was/were + not + verb(ing) + complement.

Examples:

 He was not (or wasn’t) cleaning the room when you called him.
 They were not (or weren’t) playing football when the man came.

-Interrogative Past Continuous Form:

Wh-Questions:

Question word + was/were + subject + verb(ing) + complement + ?

(Question words are like what, where, how, when , who,……etc.) Examples:

 What were they studying when the teacher entered the class?
They were studying Arabic when the teacher entered the class.

 Where was your brother playing when you called him?

He was playing in his room when I called him.

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*Note: If the Wh-question starts with (Who) and asks about the subject,
this means we cannot include the subject in the question (as we are asking
about it).

Example:

 Who was playing when you entered the house?

My brother was playing when I entered the house.

Yes/No Questions:

Was/Were + subject + verb(ing) + complement + ?

Examples:

 Was the boy crying when his mother came?

Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.

 Were Muna and Salma reading when you went to the supermarket?
Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.

Spelling Rules:

1. When the verb ends in -e, we take off the -e and add -ing.
 move + ing moving
 take + ing taking

2. When the verb consists of one syllable and follows the sequence
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 (consonant – vowel – consonant), we double the last consonant.
 run + ing running
 win + ing winning
run
r u n
c v c

3. When the verb ends in a vowel followed by a single consonant and if

the last syllable is stressed, then the consonant is doubled.

 commit + ing committing

 prefer + ing preferring

HOWEVER, there are some verbs which don’t follow this rule such as:

 cover + ing covering NOT coverring

 remember + ing remembering NOT remembering

While and When

- While
As mentioned before, one of the adverbs of time (Keywords) which refers
to the past continues tense is while.

When we use while to refer to the past continuous tense, the clause which
includes a verb in the past continuous tense (was/were + (v-ing)) comes
immediately after while, and it is followed by a coma.
The second part of the same sentence is in the simple past tense (V2).

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Examples:

 While I was doing my homework, my friend called me. (with a coma)

past continuous simple past

or

 My friend called me while I was doing my homework. (without a coma)

simple past past continuous

Conclusion:

If we want use while to talk about an action that continued for a period of
time in the past and was interrupted by another action, the key structure
will be:

While + past continuous , simple past (with a coma)

or

Simple past + while + past continuous (without a coma)

Examples:

 While I was washing the dishes, one of them broke into pieces.
 While they were speaking to the client, the manager came.
 Salma held her cat while it was purring.

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- When

The other adverb of time (Keyword) which can refer to the past continues
tense is when.

When we use when to refer to the past continuous tense, the clause which
includes a verb in the simple past tense (V2) comes immediately after
when, and it is followed by a coma.
The second part of the same sentence is in the past continuous tense.

Examples:

 When my friend called me, I was doing my homework. (with a coma)

simple past past continuous

or

 I was doing my homework when my friend called me while. (without a

past continuous simple past coma)

Conclusion:

If we want to use when to talk about an action that continued for a period
of time in the past and was interrupted by another action, the key structure
will be:

When + simple past, past continuous (with a coma)

or

Past continuous + when + simple past (without a coma)

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Examples:

 I was washing the dishes when one of them broke into pieces.
 When the manager came, they were speaking to the client.
 The cat was purring when Salma held it.

Exercise:

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb in
brackets.

1. While Muna ....................... her homework, she suddenly felt tired.

(do)
2. While the students ..................................to each other, the teacher
came. (talk)

3. What………………….Salma .................... when the telephone rang?

(cook)

4. I ................................ my car when the engine broke down.

(not, drive)

5. He was working in the garden when he............................... his leg.

(hurt)
6. While the boys ........................... tennis, one of them decided to go
home. (play)

7. ……………….the children ....................... in the garden when a dog

barked at them? (run)

*DON’T forget to check your student’s book page[22] and workbook page[15]
for further examples and exercises.

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Some Important Irregular Verbs found in unit (2):

Base Form Verb(2) Verb(3)

be(am,is,are) was/were been

have/has had had
do/does did done
sit sat sat
go went gone

take took taken

see saw seen

come came come
run ran run
ring rang rang
think thought thought
buy bought bought
rise rose risen
sell sold sold
know knew known
stand stood stood
slide slid slid
wear wore worn
fly flew flown

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Grammar in Use

Used to

We use used to + base form to talk about a past situation that is no longer true. It tells us
that there was a repeated action or state in the past which has now changed.

Examples:

 He used to go to the kindergarten. (He does not go there anymore)

 My aunt used used to be a teacher. (She is not a teacher anymore)

-Negative Form:

Since the verb used to is in the simple past, we form the negative structure
of it using the same rules of the simple past tense, so we use the helping
verb did + not before the main verb.

Subject + did + not + use to (base form) + verb(base form) + complement.

did not = didn’t

Remember that when we use the helping verb did in a sentence, the main
verb will be in its base form.

They didn’t used to(V2) go to the park. incorrect sentence

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 They didn’t use to(base form) go to the park. correct sentence

Examples:

 I did not use to play tennis.

 She didn’t use to eat meat when she was young.
 We did not use to buy sweets a lot.

-Interrogative Simple Past Form:

Wh-Questions:

Question word + did + subject + use to(base form)+ verb(base form) +

complement + ?

(Question words are like what, where, how, when , who,……etc.)

Examples:

 Where did you use to study when you were a student?

I used to study in the library when I was a student.

 What did Salma use to read?

She used to read stories.

*Note: If the Wh-question starts with (Who) and asks about the subject,
this means we cannot include the subject in the question (as we are asking
about it). Moreover, in the case of the simple past, we don’t use a helping
verb (did) when we ask about the subject using (Who).

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 Example:

 Who used to live in Irbid in 1998?

My family used to live in Irbid in 1998. Then they moved to Amman.

Yes/No Questions:

Did + subject + use to (base form) + verb(base form) + complement + ?

Examples:

 Did they use to live in Irbid?

Yes they did. / No, they didn’t.

 Did Muna use to read many interesting books?

Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.

Exercises:

1. Rewrite each pair of sentences as one sentence using the verb used to.

A. Sameer worked in the UAE in 2007. He doesn’t work there anymore.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

B. My children didn’t like to drink juice. Nowadays they love it.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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 2. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb in
brackets.

A. The girls used to …………………………letters to each other back in school.

(write)

B. …………….. Rashid………………………………speak English fluently? (use to)

C. What……………….Salma………………….work back in 2017? (use to)

D. He ……………………………………. know how to drive a car. (not, use to)

E. She didn’t use to…………………………..when she was younger. (cook)

DON’T forget to check your student’s book page[23] and workbook page[16] for further
examples and exercises!!!!

Writing

Descriptive Writing

Read the features of descriptive writing (student’s book, page *24+) which we have discussed
in details, and write a description of your own neighborhood on the first day of the last Eid
Al-Adha.
Make your own notes before writing your description by answering the following questions:
1. How was the weather like?
2. How did you and your family feel? How did your neighbors feel?
3. What did you do in the morning?
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 4. What did people wear? How did they look like?
5. What did people eat? How was the food that they served?
6. What did you go?
7. What were the children doing in the neighborhood?

-You could think of other questions, too.

-Remember to use as many adjectives as possible.

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