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have something done

We say this when we do not or cannot do something ourselves, or we ask someone to do it for ourselves.

I have my hair cut every month.

I can’t cut my hair.

I have my car fixed.

I can’t fix my car.

Look at this:

hairI have my cut every month.

+subject have or has

+noun+

Past participle

Now make the sentences from the table:

IWeYouThey

HeSheIt

have

has

myouryourtheir

hisherits

hair

car

thobes

housedoors

painted

made

cleaned

cut

every month.

every year.

every week.

every day.

Describing BuildingsLook at row 1 in this

table:

Building

HEIGHTSHAPELENGTHWIDTHBUILDING MATERIALS

1.Al-Kaaba

13.8 Mbox11 m9.6 mgrey stone

2.ThePilgrimsterminal

46 Mtent750 m340 msteel, concrete and fibre-

glass

3.The Eiffel Tower

300 MAof the base

120 m

of the base

120 miron

Here is the description from the information in row 1:

Al-Kaba is a 13.8-metre-high,box shaped building. It is 11 metres

long and 9.6 metres wide. It is built ofgrey stone.

Now describe the other buildings in the same way:

The Pilgrims’ Terminal at King Abdul AzizAirport in Jeddah is a 46 metres high, tentshaped building. It is 750 metres long and

340 metres wide. It is built of steel,concrete and fibre-glass.

Present Passive

Look at these two sentences:

Dammam hotel is built of concrete.The walls are covered with white marble.

am is + PAST PARTICIPLE

are

We use this form of when we don’t know who does the thing,or when the persons who do it are not important to us.

Look at some more examples:

I

This book

Football

Dates

Millions of tins of juice

am woken up

is made

is played

are grown

are drunk

at 5:30 every morning.

of paper.

in all the countries.

in Saudi Arabia.

every day.

Study the map of Saudi ArabiaStudy the map of Saudi Arabia

MadinMadinahah

HaHa’’ilil

DhahranDhahran

OiOill

DammamDammam

PaperPaper

JeddahJeddah

YanbuYanbu

HofufHofuf

MadinMadinahah

HaHa’’ilil

DhahranDhahran

OiOill

DammamDammam

PaperPaper

JeddahJeddah

YanbuYanbu

HofufHofuf

Answer the following questionsAnswer the following questions::

Where is oil foundWhere is oil found??

It is found inIt is found in._________ ._________ DhahranDhahran

MadinMadinahah

HaHa’’ilil

DhahranDhahran

OiOill

DammamDammam

PaperPaper

JeddahJeddah

YanbuYanbu

HofufHofuf

Where is Paper madeWhere is Paper made??

It is made inIt is made in._________ ._________ DammamDammam

MadinMadinahah

HaHa’’ilil

DhahranDhahran

OiOill

DammamDammam

PaperPaper

JeddahJeddah

YanbuYanbu

HofufHofuf

Where are dates grownWhere are dates grown??

They are grown inThey are grown in._________ ._________ MadinahMadinah

MadinMadinahah

HaHa’’ilil

DhahranDhahran

OiOill

DammamDammam

PaperPaper

JeddahJeddah

YanbuYanbu

HofufHofuf

Where is wheat grownWhere is wheat grown??

It is grown inIt is grown in._________ ._________ HaHa’’ilil