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Landscapes and what we were doing

Week 9 · Unit 4 Looking after our world (A): landscapes, city / town / village, a postcard from Elephantine Island, past continuous · 3 lessons
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City, town or village in Egypt

Connect Primary 5 Term 1, Unit 4: pp. 58–63
GoalTalk about cities, towns and villages in Egypt and compare them.
New words
city · a very big town with many peopletown · bigger than a village, smaller than a cityvillage · a small place in the countryquiet · with little noisebusy · with a lot of people and cars
Explanation

A city is big, with many people, tall buildings and busy roads. Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor are cities. A town is smaller. Dahab and Siwa are towns. A village is small, with fields, farms and a quiet life. There are many villages in the Delta and in Al Fayoum, and the colourful Nubian villages near Aswan are famous. We use there is and there are to describe a place, and we compare with bigger than, smaller than, quieter than and busier than. Every kind of place is special.

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Worked examples
Rania

My city is big and busy. There are many cars and tall buildings.

Amr

My village is smaller and quieter. There are fields and a lot of animals.

Rania

Which place do you like best?

Amr

I like my village, but I enjoy visiting your city.

Listen. Rania lives in Cairo and her cousin Amr lives in a village.

Alexandria is a big city on the Mediterranean Sea. There are many shops, buses and cafés, and the beaches are busy in summer. Dahab is a small town on the Red Sea. It is quieter than Alexandria. Near Aswan there are Nubian villages with bright houses. Egypt has cities, towns and villages for every kind of person.

Read and listen to the text.
cityvillage
Look. A busy city and a quiet village.
Now you. Do you live in a city, a town or a village? Say two things about it.
Class activity

Where I live. Draw your street or village. Write five sentences with There is and There are, and one comparison, for example My street is quieter than the main road. Share it with the grown-up.

Practice
1
Fill in: Cairo is a ___ . (city or village)
2
Fill in: Dahab is a small ___ on the Red Sea. (town or city)
3
Fill in: A village is usually ___ than a city. (quieter or busier)
4
Look. Is this picture a city or a village?
5
Listen. What is the place?

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