Author: Stephen Woulds

Going to Egypt

by
Jennie Cole

A story for ESOL Students

Egypt is in North Africa.
There are over 80 million
people who live in Egypt.

Many of the people live along the River Nile.
The River Nile runs through Egypt and into Sudan.

The capital of Egypt is Cairo.
Cairo is a very busy city.
There are lots of cars and it is very noisy.

There are lots of adverts at the top of buildings in Cairo.

Many of the signs are in
English and in Arabic.

This is a famous museum in Cairo.
It has lots of old and interesting things inside.

There are over one hundred pyramids in Egypt.
Many people go to Egypt to see the pyramids in Cairo.

Egypt has many shops that sell perfume.
The perfume is sold in beautiful bottles.

This is the market.
People carry their shopping on their heads.

Do you carry shopping like this in your country?

market

Get talking!

Find a partner.
Talk about the sentences.
Are they true or false?

Egypt is in West Africa.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
There are 5 million people in Egypt.
There are 80 million pyramids in Egypt.

Get surfing!
Find a partner to share a computer with.
Use the Internet to find:
a) The Egyptian flag.
b) Two new pictures of Egypt.
c) An Egyptian recipe.

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