3
Where is it?
Connect P2 Term 2: Unit 12
GoalSay where a place is and how we go there.
New words
in · inside a placeby · with (by bus, by car)on foot · walkingnear · not farWhere is …? · a question about a place
Explanation
To ask about a place, say: Where is the museum? Answer with It’s in …: It’s in the city. It’s in my street. It’s in Egypt. To say how you go, use by: We go by bus. We go by taxi. We go by plane. When you walk, say on foot: I go to school on foot.
| Ask | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is the museum? | It’s in the city. |
| Where is the beach? | It’s near my village. |
| How do you go? | By bus. / On foot. |
Worked examples
Seif
Where is the school, please?
Woman
It’s in the village. It’s near the river.
Seif
How can I go there?
Woman
You can go on foot. It is not far.
Look at the village by the river. Say where things are.
Karim lives in a small village. The school is in the village. He goes to school on foot. His aunt lives in a big city. He goes to see her by bus. There is a park in her street.
Now you. Tell a friend: My school is in … I go there … .
Class activity
Travel quiz. The grown-up names a place: school, park, beach, museum. The child says where it is and how to go: The beach is near my village. We go by car. Use a map of your town to point and answer.
Practice
1
Where is Egypt? Say: It’s in … (Africa or Asia?).
It’s in Africa. (Part of Egypt is in Asia: the Sinai.)
2
How do you go to the shop near your house? Answer: I go … .
For example: I go on foot.
3
Choose: We go to Alexandria ___ train. (by or on)
by.
4
Look. Where is the boat?
It’s on the river.
5
Writing: copy ‘We go by bus.’
We go by bus.