Colours

The red traffic light means stop.

All the local men wear white dishdashas.

Sheikh Zayed wanted to change the UAE from a desert to a green paradise.

In the fall/autumn all the leaves are brown.

He gave her a black look.

There were grey clouds in the sky and it looked like it was going to rain.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you.

Orange juice is full of vitamin C.

Egg yolks and lemons are yellow.

Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

She chose beige coloured furniture.

She was wearing a purple dress

Table: types of cars

The table above shows some information about four different cars from different companies.

The most expensive of the four cars is the Volkswagen Golf which is made in Germany and it costs $ 18,250. The Volkswagen Golf also has the biggest engine size at 1600cc. the three other cars are quite similar in the price. Two of them are made in Japan, the Toyota Corolla at $ 15,550 and the Nissan Micra at $ 15,500 and the third one is the Ford Focus which is from the USA and it costs $ 15,800. The Toyota Corolla and the Ford Focus are similar in the engine size at 1400cc. the Nissan Micra is the most economical car because it does 52 miles to the gallon and it has the smallest engine size at 1200cc.

The table shows that the Volkswagen Golf is the least economical and the Nissan Micra is the most economical.

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UK Budget 1996

The pie chart shows how much money the U.K. government spent on various categories in 1996.

The U.K. government spent about one third of its money on social security which is the biggest category. Health and personal social services is the second biggest category. The U.K. government spent about £53 billion on it, followed by education at £38 billion. The money which was spend on the next four categories debt interest, other expenditure, defence and law and order is almost the same which is about £20 billion. The two smallest categories are housing, heritage and environment and transport with a total of £25 billion which is about 8 percent of what the U.K. government spent its money on.

The pie chart shows that the U.K. government wasn’t interested on spending its money on transport and housing, heritage and environment compared with the money it spent on social security and health which is about half of the money.

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Bar Chart: Date Production

The bar chart shows the top ten date-producing countries in tonnes on 2001.

Egypt was the highest date producing in 2001 and produced about one million and one hundred thousand of dates which was about two hundred and fifty thousand tonnes more than. Iran produced about 800,000 tonnes. Following them came the UAE and Saudi Arabia, rivaling each other with about 740,000 tonnes each. Iraq and Pakistan were not too far from the top four producers with outputs of approximately 630,000. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes. The lowest three countries in producing dates were Oman with about 250,000 tonnes, Sudan with nearly 200,000 tonnes and Libya with approximately 150,000 tonnes.

Overall, Egypt and Iran account for the majority of goods with about 2,000,000 tonnes of dates whilst Sudan and Libya are in the minority.

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Reflections

To write a process essay you have to use the present passive. Usually is/are with the past participle.
With some verbs the simple past & past participle are the same, but with other verbs there are differences, e.g. go, went & gone.

The process essays are similar to the procedure.
• We use same linking words in both essays e.g. first, second, next etc.
• The essay structure is the same in both essays, introduction (25 – 30 words), the body (about100 words) and the conclusion (25 – 30 words).

To write compare & contrast essays you should have.
1. A brief introduction about the two things you are going to compare and contrast (in 3 to 4 sentences).
2. In the second paragraph you have to write at least 3 similarities of these two things.
3. In the third paragraph you have to write at least 3 differences about them.
4. In the last paragraph which is the conclusion you have to write which one you prefer and why.

The UAE & Brunei

Many people like to visit the UAE and Brunei because they are beautiful countries. Now I am going to compare and contrast the two countries.

Firstly, I’m going to write about the similarities. Both are Islamic countries and both have hereditary monarchies. In addition to that, both countries are very rich because of large-scale natural resources of oil and gas. Furthermore, both countries have national airlines, modern airports and well-developed infrastructures.

However, there are a number of differences. The first and most obvious is the geographical location. The UAE is in the Middle East whereas Brunei is a tropical country in the Far East. Another difference is the climate. The UAE has winter and summer, but in Brunei the weather is largely the same all year round. It also rains a lot more in Brunei and, as a result, the tradition is to build houses on stilts. Another difference is the currency, as dirhams are in the UAE and ringgits in Brunei. Furthermore, people drive on the right in the UAE but on the left in Brunei. Secondary education is single-sex in the UAE but co-educational in Brunei. A final difference is dress; people in Brunei do not wear dishdashas or ubayas.

Although there are many differences between UAE and Brunei they are beautiful countries. At the end I will say that I liked Brunei from what I have read about it especially the jungle and the weather there so I can't wait to go there and discover this beautiful country by myself.

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How olive oil is made

Producing olive oil is a long and difficult process but if you follow these steps correctly in the right order you will produce good quality oil.

First, between September and December, the olives are harvested by hand or with sticks and rakes. Then they are collected on nets beneath the trees. After that, leaves and small stones are removed and the olives are run through a washer to remove any impurities before crushing. Next within 24-36 hours of picking, the olives are crushed by granite millstones. The step after that is that the olive paste obtained is layered on mats which are put under pressure from a screw or hydraulic press. Then the liquid produced is collected and put through a centrifugal separator to separate the water and impurities from the oil. Finally, after centrifugation, the oil is obtained.

As you can see producing olive oil is a long and difficult process, but if you want to produce a good quality you have to follow the steps one by one.

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