Grade 11GEN - DAYS GONE BY

• English
• Secondary Education

DAYS GONE BY

HOW WAS LIFE IN THE UAE 50 YEARS AGO?

Coursebook Page 8 Exercise 1

Listen to a lecture on the history of the UAE and answer the questions in your book.

Coursebook Page 8 Exercise 2

Listen again to the lecture on the history of the UAE. Make a timeline of important dates in the history of the UAE in your book.

Workbook Page 1 Exercise 2

Listen again to the lecture on the history of the UAE. Complete these blanks with the correct information.

Replace the underlined words using one of the following options.

The Portuguese forts are very old.

1. ancient
2. generations
3. previous
4. nomads

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The Bedouin were people who lived in different places.

1. ancient
2. generations
3. previous
4. nomads

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There was no UAE ruler prior to Sheikh Zayed.

1. ancient
2. generations
3. before
4. nomads

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My parents and grandparents come from different groups of people who were born and lived around the same time.

1. ancient
2. generations
3. before
4. nomads

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Sheikh Zayed shared the beliefs of the Bedouins.

1. ancient
2. generations
3. before
4. values

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In the past,
1. there ______ many people in the cities. (not be)

In the past,
2. the Bedouins ______ in the desert. (live)

In the past,
3. the country ______ very wealthy. (not be)

In the past,
4. they ______ oil in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. (find)

In the past,
5. Abu Dhabi ______ the richest emirate. (become)