Grammar Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States

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 mycut every month. +subject have or has + noun + Past participle

Now make the sentences from the table: every month. every year. every week. every day. painted made cleaned cut hair car thobes house doors my our your their his her its have has I We You They He She It

Describing Buildings Look at row 1 in this table: BUILDING MATERIALS WIDTHLENGTHSHAPEHEIGHT Building grey stone9.6 m11 mbox13.8 M1.Al- Kaaba steel, concrete and fibre-glass 340 m750 mtent46 M 2.The Pilgrims terminal iron of the base 120 m A300 M3.The Eiffel Tower

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 of grey stone.

Now describe the other buildings in the same way: The Pilgrims ’ Terminal at King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah is a 46 metres high, tent shaped 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: at 5:30 every morning. of paper. in all the countries. in Saudi Arabia. every day. am woken up is made is played are grown are drunk I This book Football Dates Millions of tins of juice

Study the map of Saudi Arabia Madinah Ha ’ il Dhahran Oi l Dammam Paper Jeddah Yanbu Hofuf

Madinah Ha ’ il Dhahran Oi l Dammam Paper Jeddah Yanbu Hofuf Answer the following questions: Where is oil found? It is found in _________. Dhahran

Madinah Ha ’ il Dhahran Oi l Dammam Paper Jeddah Yanbu Hofuf Where is Paper made? It is made in _________. Dammam

Madinah Ha ’ il Dhahran Oi l Dammam Paper Jeddah Yanbu Hofuf Where are dates grown? They are grown in _________. Madinah

Madinah Ha’il Dhahran Oi l Dammam Paper Jeddah Yanbu Hofuf Where is wheat grown? It is grown in _________. Ha ’ il