2. UNIT 1 LESSON 7 Describing buildings

3. Describing Buildings Look at row 1 in this table: BUILDING MATERIALS WIDTHLENGTHSHAPEHEIGHT Building grey stone9.6 m11 mbox13.8 M1.Al- Kaaba steel, concrete and fibre-glass 340 m750 mtent46 M 2.The Pilgrims terminal iron of the base 120 m A300 M3.The Eiffel Tower

4. Here is the description from the information in row 1: Al-Kaba is a 13.8-metre-high, box shaped building. It is 11 metres long and 9.6 metres wide. It is built of grey stone.

5. Now describe the other buildings in the same way: The Pilgrims ’ Terminal at King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah is a 46 metres high, tent shaped building. It is 750 metres long and 340 metres wide. It is built of steel, concrete and fibre-glass.

6. Present Passive Look at these two sentences: Dammam hotel is built of concrete. The walls are covered with white marble. am is + PAST PARTICIPLE are We use this form of when we don ’ t know who does the thing, or when the persons who do it are not important to us.