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FUNCTIONS: English 11
• Describing events happening at the same time in the past Theme 3
• Explaining people’s habits in the past Hard Times 9

L3

1. Read the passage about the traditions in the Ottoman Empire and fill in the gaps in the diagram.

UNIQUE OTTOMAN TRADITIONS
The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299 and fell in 1923.
This empire ruled for over 600 years, and during those
years, its rule covered many continents including Asia,
Africa and Europe. This long period played a huge
role in establishing many unique Ottoman traditions.
In those years, the rich Ottoman class provided
charity without embarrassing the poor people. The
Ottoman people used to check if their guests
were hungry. They used to serve coffee with
a glass of water. When the guest drank the
water before the coffee, it meant the guest
was hungry, and they used to prepare a
nice meal for them.
Another interesting tradition was a bunch of
yellow flowers. They used to put a bunch of
yellow flowers close to the houses of sick
people with the belief that the people
knew the necessity to keep quiet
and avoid any disturbance in or
around the house. Topic of the Passage

Tradition 1 Tradition 2

Purpose of the Tradition 1 Purpose of the Tradition 2

2. Read the passage again and answer the following questions.
1 It can easily be understood from the passage that in the Ottoman culture, ...
a people didn’t use to give respect to the elderly.
b yellow flowers in front of a house meant there was a sick person in the house.

2 In the passage, it is clear that …
a when you saw yellow flowers in front of a house, you couldn’t make noise.
b they used to prepare a meal if the guest was full.
3 According to the passage, …
a the rich people didn’t use to hurt the feelings of the poor while helping them.
b some rich people used to treat the poor people badly.

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