Direction 1. Read the following sentences and say true or
false.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1. Where do the Blue Nile and the White Nile Rivers
meet? ________________
2. How many megawatts of electric power does the
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam generate? ____
3. Ethiopia is not constructing a dam now. True/False
4. Ethiopia contributes only 15 % of the volume of the
Abay River. True/ False
5. The Abay River originates in Illuababore. True /False
6. What are the main points of the listening text?
Discuss in groups.
Treat a yellow light as the beginning of a red light.
Pedestrians must not respect traffic signals.
Cyclists must obey traffic signals.
Traffic lights can have ten colors.
A driver must know all traffic signals.
Flashing lights show dangerous intersections ahead.
A flashing yellow light tells you to slow down and prepare
to stop.
Complete the following sentences by the words given in the box.
Direction 2. Match the words in Column A with their most
appropriate meanings given in column B. Write down your Stream, constructing generate originates produces
answers in space provided.
1. The Abay River ........................ in the mountains.
Column A
Column B
2. Rivers are used to ........................ electricity.
1. Complete
A. motorist
3. A small ........................ flows by the side of our village.
2. Traffic
B. full
4. Ethiopia is ........................ a new dam.
3. Indicates
C. walker
5. A dam ............................. hydroelectric power.
4. Pedestrian
D. flow of cars
Choose words from the table to fill the gaps in each of the
5. Drivers
E. show
following sentences.
6. trucks
G. crash
7. Accident
H. kind of cars
traffic policeman, pedestrian, speed, seat belt, highway,
8. Easier
I. not difficult
zebra, crossing, accident
9. Cross
J. move from one side of the
1. Always wear a ............................ while traveling in a car.
road to another side
2. As ............................ kills, drive within the speed limit.
Direction 3. Short answer.
3. When a car .................. occurs tell the situation to the .....
What does the red light or color mean? ______________
4. Before you cross the ............................ look both to your
left and right and cross safely.
What does the green traffic light color mean? _________
5. We should use ............................ to cross a road.
What does the yellow traffic light color mean? _________
6. Because there is accident on the road, there is a
heavy............................ jam on the way to school today.
THE ABAY RIVER
7. The car killed a ................while he was crossing the road.
Match the words under column A with their opposites
The Abay River starts in the small mountains of Gojam. Small
under Column B.
streams from Gondar and Gojam join and flow together
A
B
downstream, making the big Abay River. The Abay River is
1. safety
A. slowness
also formed by the tributaries that come from West Shewa
2. over-confident
B. refuse
Zone. It also gathers some other smaller rivers from Gambella
3. forbidden
C. increase
and flows down to the Sudan. In Khartum, the Blue Nile
4. reduce
D. cautious
merges with the White Nile that comes from Lake Victoria.
5. speed
E. risk
The volume of the Blue Nile becomes huge and flows down
6. careful
F. allowed
to Egypt. Finally, it ends in the Mediterranean Sea. Ethiopia
7.
obey
G. careless
contributes 85 percent of the volume of the Abay River. The
remaining 15 percent comes from other east African
countries to form the Blue Nile. Now, our country is
constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the
Abay River. It is believed to generate more than 5000 mega
watt electric energy. The dam is found in the Benishangul
Region at a place called Guba. This power will help Ethiopia
develop its economy. By selling electric power, Ethiopia will
get about one billion dollars every year.