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Review: read and write about a village
Connect P2 Term 2: Review
GoalRead a short text and write sentences about it.
New words
village · a small town in the countrysidemarket · a place where people buy and sellafternoon · after lunchsees · looks at something
Explanation
Read the text slowly. Look for the answers in the text. Use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop at the end. Use There is for one thing and There are for more than one. To write about a picture, begin: I can see … .
| Word | Use |
|---|---|
| There is | one thing: There is a farm. |
| There are | more than one: There are five goats. |
| It’s | price: It’s eight pounds. |
Worked examples
Yara visits her cousin in a village near the river. There is a small farm with a donkey and five goats. Yara buys four oranges at the village market. They are eight pounds. In the afternoon the sun comes out and she sees a rainbow.
Answer the questions in a full sentence. How many goats are there?
Put the words in order: farm / is / a / There / big. Say the sentence.
Now you. Write three sentences about your street or a village.
Class activity
Reading and writing. The child reads the text again aloud. Then the grown-up asks: What does Yara buy? How much are the oranges? What does she see? The child answers in a full sentence and writes one answer.
Practice
1
How many goats are there in the text? (five or four)
There are five goats.
2
What does Yara buy? (oranges or apples)
She buys oranges.
3
How much are the oranges? (six pounds or eight pounds)
They are eight pounds.
4
Put the words in order: park / a / is / There / beautiful
There is a beautiful park.
5
Writing: write two sentences with I can see … about the farm.
For example: I can see a donkey. I can see five goats.