Unit 1 · Big Changes — Full Unit

Big Changes

The complete Unit 1 in one interactive page: words, grammar, listening, speaking, reading and writing.

الوحدة الأولى كاملة في صفحة تفاعلية واحدة: مفردات، قواعد، استماع، محادثة، قراءة، وكتابة.

1Words
2Match
3True/False
4Listen
5Issues
6Talk
7Spelling
8Context
9Listening
10Pronunciation
11About You
12Conversation
13Vocabulary
14Writing
15Grammar
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Learn the Words تعلّم الكلمات

Tap a card to flip it and hear the word — tap again to flip it back.

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Excellent! You learned all the words!ممتاز! لقد تعلمت كل الكلمات!
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Match the Meaning طابق المعنى

Tap a word, then tap the definition that matches it.

اختر الكلمة أولًا، ثم اختر المعنى الصحيح لها.

Words

Meanings

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True or False صح أم خطأ

Read each statement and decide if it is true or false.

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Listen & Choose اسمع واختر

Press play, listen to the word, then pick its Arabic translation.

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Global Issues قضايا عالمية

Mark the issues that affect us most. Write a fact and its effect for each one.

Tap an issue above to start writing. اضغط على قضية أعلاه لتبدأ الكتابة.

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Talk About It تحدّث عن الموضوع

Read the example, then write your own language question and answer about a lesson word.

Q

What part of speech is "pollution" — a noun or a verb?

A

It's a noun. The verb form is "pollute."

Q

What's the opposite of "poverty"?

A

The opposite of "poverty" is "wealth."

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Spelling إملاء

Listen to the word, then type its correct spelling.

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Language in Context اللغة في السياق

Find out the following information about your partner. Then introduce him/her to the class. اسأل زميلك عن المعلومات التالية، ثم قدّمه للصف.

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Listening الاستماع

Listen to the information about immigrants in the past. Answer true or false. استمع إلى معلومات عن المهاجرين في الماضي، ثم أجب بصح أو خطأ.

Tap to listen to the passage اضغط للاستماع إلى النص
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Pronunciation النطق

Speakers stress, or emphasize, words they think are important — usually content words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Click the words you think are stressed, then check. يشدّد المتحدثون على الكلمات المهمة، وغالبًا ما تكون أسماء وأفعالًا وصفات. اضغط على الكلمات التي تظنها منبورة، ثم تحقق.

B. Practice your own sentence جملتك الخاصة

Type a sentence and mark the important words with ** on each side, like **this**. Then listen to it and practice reading it aloud. اكتب جملة وضع ** حول الكلمات المهمة، ثم استمع إليها وتدرّب على نطقها.

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About You عنك أنت

In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other or people you know. Then switch roles. في أزواج، اسأل وأجب عن أسئلة تخصكما أو تخص أشخاصًا تعرفانهم، ثم تبادلا الأدوار.

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Conversation محادثة

Underline the important words in the conversation. In pairs, read the conversation aloud. Stress the important words including in fact, you see, by the way and fit in. تحدّث بالنبر المناسب على العبارات المهمة، وتدرّب على قراءة المحادثة مع زميلك.

In fact, You see = expressions used to add information, often surprising information

By the way = expression used to introduce a new topic

fit in = be part of / feel comfortable in a place

About the Conversation عن المحادثة

Your Turn دورك

Role-play a conversation like the one above with a partner. Give information about your family: place of birth, where your parents and grandparents are/were from, whether you still have relatives there, what dialect your family speaks, and what your parents/grandparents did/do for work. مثّل محادثة مشابهة مع زميلك: مكان ميلادك، أصل عائلتك، هل لديك أقارب هناك، لهجة عائلتك، ومهنة والديك/أجدادك.

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Key Vocabulary أهم المفردات

Learn important words about progress and change — flip the cards, then match, listen, and spell. تعلّم كلمات مهمة عن التقدم والتغيير — اقلب البطاقات، ثم طابق واستمع وتهجّ.

1. Learn the Words تعلّم الكلمات

Tap a card to flip it and hear the word — tap again to flip it back.

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Excellent! You learned all the words!ممتاز! لقد تعلمت كل الكلمات!

2. Match the Meaning طابق المعنى

اختر الكلمة أولًا، ثم اختر المعنى الصحيح لها.

Words

Meanings

3. Listen & Choose اسمع واختر

Press play, listen to the word, then pick its Arabic translation.

4. Spelling إملاء

Listen to the word, then type its correct spelling.

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Writing الكتابة

Learn the capital letter rules, fix the sentences, then read about how the Internet changed the world. تعلّم قواعد الحروف الكبيرة، صحّح الجمل، ثم اقرأ عن كيف غيّر الإنترنت العالم.

A. Capital Letters الحروف الكبيرة

Writing Corner

Use capital letters:

  1. When you begin a sentence Many people were shopping at the mall.
  2. For the names of people and places, e.g. cities, countries, rivers, lakes, universities, etc. Jeddah, Oman, the Nile, Como, London University
  3. For the days of the week and months of the year Tuesday, January

Read the guidelines above and rewrite each sentence using capitals. أعد كتابة كل جملة مستخدمًا الحروف الكبيرة الصحيحة.

B. Reading القراءة

How the Internet has changed the world كيف غيّر الإنترنت العالم
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Form, Meaning and Function الشكل والمعنى والوظيفة

Review the simple past and past progressive tenses, then practice with Saud and Faisal's story. راجع الماضي البسيط والماضي المستمر، ثم تدرّب بقصة سعود وفيصل.

Simple Past Tense الماضي البسيط

Affirmative (+)
I / You / He/She / We / Theyworkedyesterday.
Negative (−)
I / You / He/She / We / Theydidn't workyesterday.
Questions (?)Short Answers
DidI/you/he/she/we/theywork yesterday?Yes, ... did. / No, ... didn't.

Time Expressions for the Past تعبيرات زمنية للماضي

A. What can you remember about Saud and Faisal? ماذا تتذكر عن سعود وفيصل؟

Use the list below to make true sentences about Saud and Faisal from the Conversation section. Use the simple past, present perfect, or simple present.

B. Compare Your Answers قارن إجاباتك

Compare your answers in exercise A with your partner. Ask and answer questions using the past simple tense.

Past Progressive Tense الماضي المستمر

Affirmative (+)
I / He / She / Itwassleeping.
We / You / Theyweresleeping.
Negative (−)
I / He / She / Itwasn'tsleeping.
We / You / Theyweren'tsleeping.

Past Progressive + When + Simple Past: Use when to indicate that a longer, continuous action is interrupted by a shorter one.

Saud was walking to college when he saw Faisal.

Note: We do not usually use the progressive with verbs like the following: like, love, want, see, smell, taste, hear.

C. Make sentences using when كوّن جملًا باستخدام when

Example: The family / eat lunch // a visitor / arrive / at the house. → The family was eating lunch when a visitor arrived at the house.

D. Complete the story أكمل القصة

Complete the text with the past simple or past progressive tense of the verb in parentheses.

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