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Under and behind
Connect Primary 1, Term 1: Unit 9 At the beach
GoalAsk Where is it? and answer It's under / behind the … .
New words
under · below somethingbehind · at the back of somethingWhere is it? · a question about a placeIt's · it is
Explanation
More places! The robot is under the umbrella. The dog is behind the tree. Ask: Where is it? Answer: It's under the … . It's behind the … . Use a chair and a toy to show under and behind.
Worked examples
Mariam
Where is it?
Karim
It's under the chair.
Mariam
No. Look! It's behind the door.
Karim
Yes! You are right.
Look. The dog is behind the tree. Ask: Where is it? Say: It's behind the … .
Now you. Put a toy under a chair. Put a toy behind a door. Ask a grown-up: Where is it?
Class activity
Where is it? game. A grown-up hides a toy under a chair, behind a door, in a bag or on a bed. The child asks: Where is it? and guesses: It's under the chair. Play until the child finds the toy.
Practice
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Listen. Where is it?
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Behind the box.
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Look. Where is the cat? Say: It's … the bed.
It's under the bed.
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Look. Where is the rabbit? Say: It's … the tree.
It's behind the tree.
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Which question do we ask: Where is it? or Who is it?
Where is it?
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Writing: copy the word ‘under’.
under