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The New Neighbour

الجار الجديد

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💡 Tap or hover over the highlighted words to see their Arabic meaning. اضغط على الكلمات الملونة لمعرفة معناها.

Last month, a new family the next to ours. On the first day, we heard a lot of . They were carrying boxes and furniture up the .

My mother decided to visit them. She made a of ma'amoul and we on their door. A woman opened it. Her name was Mrs Hana, and she was from Jordan.

Mrs Hana was very happy to see us. She invited us in and made Arabic coffee. She told us that her husband was an engineer and they had a son called Adam. Adam was nine, the same age as me.

Now Adam and I are good friends. We play football in the evenings and sometimes we do our homework together. I'm our new neighbours moved in.

Key words · كلمات مهمة

  • moved intoانتقل للسكن في
  • flatشقة
  • noiseضجيج
  • stairsدرج، سلالم
  • plateطبق
  • knockedطرقنا
  • gladمسرور

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  1. 1.Why was there a lot of noise on the first day?

  2. 2.What did the writer's mother take to the neighbours?

  3. 3.Where was Mrs Hana from?

  4. 4.What do Adam and the writer do together?

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