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CONNECT 5 Unit 7 “Homes in Egypt”

B) Answer the following questions:

1- What did Ancient Egyptians do on their flat roofs?
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2- Why did they use papyrus?
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*The main ideas of the reading text:

- In Ancient Egypt, many people made their homes near the Nile.
.ًٌُٕا ِٓ ةزمٌبث ُهرىُث صبٌٕا ِٓ زُثىٌا ؽٕص،خَّذمٌا زصِ ًف
- The mud bricks made very strong walls. .خَبغٌٍ خَىل طئاىح ؽٕص ٍُٕطٌا ةىطٌا

- Ancient Egyptian homes all had flat roofs.

.خَىزظِ حططأ بهَذٌ ذٔبو خَّذمٌا زصِ دىُث ًو
- The furniture in Ancient Egyptian homes was very different from today.

.َىٌُا ٓؾ ًبِبّر ًبفٍزخِ خَّذمٌا زصِ دىُث ًف سبثلأا ْبو
- They used papyrus to cover the windows and doors.
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ةاىثلأاو ذفاىٌٕا خُطغزٌ ٌدزجٌا قرو اىِذخزطأ
- Not many people had beds or chairs. .ٍطازو وأ حزطأ زُثىٌا يذٌ ٓىَ ٌُ

- In cities, people lived very close together. ِٓ ةزمٌبث صبٌٕا عبؾ ،ْذٌّا ًف

.ُهضؿث
- In the countryside, houses usually only had one floor.

.طمف ذحاو كثبط ِٓ خٔىىِ حدبؾ يسبٌّٕا ،فَزٌا ًف
- They grew vegetables and kept chickens there.
.بهث جبجذٌا ْىثزَو ربضخٌا ْىؾرشَ اىٔبو

* Long sounds and short sounds:

Long sounds خٍَىطٌا داىصلأا Short sounds حزُصمٌا داىصلأا

/i:/ /u:/ /ʊ/ /ʌ/
keep عفبحَ school خطرذِ good ذُج blood َد

cheese خٕجج tool حادأ book ةبزو flood ْبضُف

tree حزجش spoon خمؿٍِ cook خجطَ
seed روذث roof حطط wood تشخ
queen خىٍِ pool خحبجط َبّح

Connect 5 9 Primary 5 2 term
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