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P R O J E C T S
2 Read the letter about Tunisia. Choose the best words to complete the sentences.
3 Write a letter to a friend who is going to visit Bahrain. Use the other words from 
exercise 2 to help you.
4 Make notes about places to visit and things to eat, drink, and buy in your country. 
Use your notes to write to a friend from a different country.
Dear Lucy
It was good to hear your news about visiting 
Tunisia. I went there earlier this year and had a
wonderful time.
Tunisia is a country of thirty islands / big country 
with a lot of things to see – I visited a number of 
different cities but my favourite was the capital 
Tunis / Manama with its wonderful old shops and 
markets / modern buildings. 
Of course, there are other things to see there. Don’t
forget to visit the old city of Carthage / Bahrain fort,
too. It’s a very interesting place to see.
You must go to some of the wonderful restaurants. 
One of the best things to eat in Tunisia is
machboos / tajine. It comes in squares and is very 
good. You can find it in most places. People usually 
drink mint tea / coffee with their friends.
Before you go home, remember to buy some Tunisian 
gifts for your family. The best things to buy are the 
wonderful pots / pearls. They are very nice.
See you soon!
Karima
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Project B
 
Writing about a famous person
1 Read about Ibn Battuta. The words in green are not correct. Correct them.
Ibn Battuta was born in 
Casablanca
, 
Morocco in 1304. He came from an 
important family of 
doctors
and 
when he was a young man he learnt 
to be a 
doctor
, too. But he wanted 
to journey and to see different 
places. So he left his home town in 
1325 and began to travel.
Ibn Battuta journeyed for nearly 
thirty years and visited many 
countries. At first, he went on a 
pilgrimage to 
Medina
, and then he 
made a long journey through the 
Middle East. Next he went to India, and worked for the famous
Sultan of Delhi.
He sailed to the 
west
, and he visited 
Japan
at this time. After many 
years, he went home to Morocco. But he didn’t stay there for long, 
and he soon began to travel again, first to Al-Andalus, the Kingdom of 
Granada, and then to 
Egypt
in Africa.
In the end, he journeyed back to his home town. He told his travel 
stories to a young 
teacher
, Ibn 
Sina
, and he put them in a big book called 
The Rihla. 
Ibn Battuta died in 1369. But all these years later people from 
different countries can read his wonderful book, and through it they can 
understand more about the world of his time.
Ibn Battuta
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2 Use the words in the box to complete the text about Ibn Sina.
after / and / but / end / first / later / so / soon / then / too / when
Ibn Sina was born near Bukhara, now in Uzbekistan, in the year 980. His father 
was a clever man, and young Ibn Sina was very interested in learning, 
………
. He 
had many questions about the world when he was young, 
………
his father found 
some good teachers for him.
Ibn Sina was a quick student. At 
………,
he began to read different famous 
books with his teachers, and 
………
he began to learn from the holy Koran. 
………
he was only ten years old, he could remember all of the Koran. Six years 
………
, at the age of sixteen, he began to study medicine and learn all about the 
body. In two years he was not a student any more, 
………
a doctor.
………
many people in Bukhara heard about 
this clever young doctor. One day the King of 
Bukhara, Nuh Ibn Mansur, was very ill and he 
called Ibn Sina to his palace. 
Ibn Sina worked quickly and made Nuh Ibn 
Mansur better. The king was very pleased 
and 
………
this he opened his library to the 
young man. For years Ibn Sina studied science 
and medicine in the library, and at twenty-one he 
began writing the first of his many books. 
Ibn Sina worked for rulers in many different countries. Over the years, he 
learnt a lot about the body, and in the 
………
he wrote a very famous book about 
medicine. It was called Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb.
Ibn Sina died in 1037, 
………
for hundreds of years Al-Qanun was the most 
important book for students of medicine from all over the world to read.
Ibn Sina
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3 Use the information in the table 
to write about Al-Battani. Use the 
text about Ibn Sina to help you.
Name
Abu Abdullah Al-Battani
Born
In Harran, now Turkey, in year 858
Father
famous scientist (young Al-Battani very interested in science) 
Early years
young boy – had a lot of questions about stars and sun – father
began to teach him astronomy at home
Al-Battani very quick student – learnt everything from his father 
Al-Battani went to town of Raqqa, next to Euphrates River, to study 
more 
Important work
Al-Battani studied with very clever teachers in Raqqa – in 877 carefully 
began to study stars and sun alone – studied for number of years – 
learnt something very important: Earth takes 365 days, 5 hours,
46 minutes and 24 seconds to go round sun! 
Al-Battani looked for new stars – wrote about 489 different stars 
Famous book
Al-Battani wrote famous book about sun and stars – called 
Kitab al-Zij
 
Died
In 929 (Many students of astronomy all over world read, and learnt 
from, his book for hundreds of years)
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GRAMMAR CHECK
Going to Future: affirmative and negative
We make the 
going to
future with the verb 
be 
+ 
going to
+ 
infinitive without 
to
. We use 
the 
going to
future for plans, intentions and predictions.
‘On your travels you
’re going to meet
 many old friends,’ said Burhan Al-Din. 
‘I
’m not going to have
 a quiet life,’ thought Ibn Battuta. 
1 What is Ahmed going to do when he is older? Put the words in the correct order to