الفصول الدراسية
Culture, old and new
Work with a partner. Complete the table.
Verb Noun (Art Form) Noun (Person)
paint painter
art
craft(s)
calligrapher
architect
tell (stories) storyteller
poetry
4b Use words from the table to complete these sentences. You may
need to change the form of the word to fit the sentence.
1 The American Adrian Smith designed the Burj
Khalifa building.
2 The school put on a performance at which students read
their own .
3 My father makes wonderful wooden model boats – he’s an
amazing .
4 He produces abstract that use blocks of strong
colour.
5 The letters are so beautiful, he writes like a .
6 The lyrics to the national anthem were written by the
Ibrahim al-Khafaji.
5a SPEAKING Work with a partner. Think of a person (present or past)
who is known in the field of culture (art, design, craft or poetry).
Write one or two pieces of information about this person.
5b Read out your information to the class. Can they guess who it is?
He is a Saudi poet. He was
born in 1931. He introduces a
poetry programme on TV. Rashid al-Zlami.
6 SPEAKING Work with a partner. Ask and answer these questions.
When your partner answers, ask a follow-up question to get more
