Lesson 2: Ramadan in Iraq

Work in pairs. Use the adjectives to talk about yourself, your family and your friends.

• My family is small. There are five members in my family, my grandmother, my parents, my sister, and I is the eldest son of my parents.
• My sister is younger than me, my sister's name Huda she is in the second intermediate grade. She loves me very much. I also love her.
• My father is a teacher. He is a tall man. His age is 42 years. My mother is a a housewife. She is 40 years old.
• She loves me very much. She looks after my meeds well. My parents a loving and kind.
• My grandmother is an old lady. She is 75 years old. She tells us tales at night.
• Ours is a small but happy family.
• All our Neighbours love us. We are peace-loving people and never fight with the Neighbours.
• My family is a very happy family.

B. Complete each sentence with a word from Exercise A.

1. My uncle always gives me expensive presents. He is very generous.
2. Rashid loves meeting new people, He is a very sociable person.
3. Hasan helped the old woman to cross the road. He is a kind boy.
4. There is a fire in the building. We have to leave immediately. Please be calm and don't run.
5. You are very fortunate. You have a lovely family and a good job.
6. I was singing and Sultan shouted at me and told me to be quiet. Why is he so bad-tempered today?
7. My father is always relaxed and he never gets angry. He is usually very easy-going.

Write a paragraph describing a friend. Use five of the adjectives from this lesson.

• I would like to talk about my friend Sami. He's about eighteen. He's relatively normal height and well built.
• He's got long black hair and black eyes too. He's a round face with a goatee. He's very good-looking and he wears casual clothes.
• My friend Sami is a very hard-working, kind and generous student. He's active, patient and very ambitions but sometimes he seems shy.
• However, he's so confident. We spend most of our time together. We sometimes play video games.
• From time to time, we go shopping, and playing football with our other friends. We have so many things in common. We are honest and loyal.
• We don't break promises that we made. The most important thing is that we keep in touch with each other.

Write an e-mail about "Ramadan in Iraq".

Hi John,

Thanks for your e-mail. You asked me about the traditions of Ramadan in Iraq. So, I'll tell you about that.

It's a very religious period when we don't eat or drink during the day for a month. It's a time when we try to pray more, be more patient with each others.

The restaurants and cafes closed all day. At sunset, we stop fasting and after prayers, we have an evening meal. It's called Iftar.

We always start with a glass of yoghurt and dates, fruit juice and lentil soup. The main course is usually a stew with meat or chicken and vegetables, served with rice.

Then we have tea and cake. In the evening, families and friends spend a lot of time with each others.

After Ramadan, we celebrate the coming of Eid Al-Fiter.

Write back soon

Salam