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Big letters for names
Connect Primary 1, Term 1: Unit 9 At the beach
GoalStart names of people and places with a big letter.
New words
name · what we call a person or a placebig letter · a capital letter, like A or ICairo · a big city in EgyptEgypt · our country
Explanation
Names of people and places start with a big letter. Iman. Ismail. Uncle Adel. Cairo. Egypt. Say each name and write the first letter big. The rest of the letters are small.
| Name | Big letter |
|---|---|
| Iman | I |
| Uncle Adel | U |
| Cairo | C |
| Egypt | E |
Worked examples
Teacher
What's your name?
Iman
My name is Iman.
Teacher
Where do you live?
Iman
I live in Cairo.
Listen and say the names of places in Egypt.
Now you. Write your name. Make the first letter big. Then write the name of your city.
Class activity
Name cards. Write the names of your family on small cards. Make the first letter big. Then say each name and where each person is: Mum is in the kitchen. Dad is in the garden. Put the cards in the right rooms.
Practice
1
Which is right: cairo or Cairo?
Cairo.
2
Which name starts with a big letter: uncle Adel or Uncle Adel?
Uncle Adel.
3
Look. Where is the ball? Say: It's … the box.
It's behind the box.
4
Listen. Where is it?
…
Under the chair.
5
Writing: copy the word ‘Egypt’ with a big E.
Egypt