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‘My mother gave me this big, expensive, white …………… .’ ‘Really? It’s very beautiful.’
e 
‘Where’s your father going?’ ‘He’s going to pray at the …………… near our house.’
f 
‘Do you have …………… in the winter in your country?’ ‘No, never. It’s always very 
hot.’ 
g 
‘Where does your uncle live?’ ‘On a little …………… in the sea.’
h 
‘What do you think of my new ……………?’ ‘I like the coat, but I don’t like the shirt.’
i 
‘Is the weather going to be good today?’ ‘No, there’s going to be lots of ……………
and rain.’
j 
‘Do you live on the ……………?’ ‘No, I live 200 kilometres from the sea.’
GUESS WHAT
In the next chapter Ibn Battuta
meets the Sultan of Delhi. Look
at his picture. Tick three boxes.
The Sultan of Delhi is …
 
a very rich ruler.
 
a famous judge.
 
always happy and nice to people.
 
sometimes happy, but often
angry with people.
 
a good man to work for.
 
a dangerous man to work for.
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horn
some 
animals have one 
or two of these on 
their heads
for fighting
rhinoceros
a 
big animal with a 
horn on its nose
sultan
a ruler in 
a country in North 
Africa or the 
Middle East
Chapter 3 - From Chagatay to Calicut 
When I went back the next afternoon, my uncle was 
happy to see me.
‘Ah, Ahmed, you’re here again. Good,’ he smiled, and he 
began his story at once:
For my long winter journey to India the ruler of Chagatay 
gave me a warm coat, two horses, two camels, and lots 
of money. We travelled south to Samarkand – a city of
beautiful buildings and wonderful gardens. From there, we 
journeyed to the Hindukush mountains.
Many people die in the snow in these famous mountains, 
so we stopped and waited for the bad weather to change. 
A good traveller always thinks about the weather, Ahmed. 
When it was better, we got up early one morning and went 
slowly over the cold and dangerous mountains. There was 
lots of snow under our feet, and we needed to put down 
coats for our big camels to walk on. We didn’t want them 
to stop in the snow and die of cold. We were all very happy 
when the Hindukush mountains were behind us.
After four long months, we arrived in the north of India, 
and there I saw something strange. We were on the road one 
day when a big animal came out from the trees. It had a fat 
body, little legs, and a 
very
big head with a dangerous 
horn
on it! The animal ran at my friend’s horse, and it hit the 
horse’s leg with its horn. The horse nearly died. I later learnt 
the name of that strange animal. It was a