What is a community?
Cambridge Primary English Grade 5 · Unit 2: Our community · Lesson 4 · Term 1 · Marshall Cavendish
Also known as: Adverbs of degree · Prepositions of place
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Lesson idea
We read about urban, suburban and rural communities and all the others we belong to, and we learn prepositions of place and adverbs of degree.
Lesson vocabulary: community: a place and the people who live in it · urban: having to do with a city · suburban: in an area close to the outer edge of a city · rural: of the countryside · high-rise: a tall building found mostly in cities · village: a small group of houses · countryside: land outside the towns
Key points
- We use in, at, by and on when talking about places, and of to link nouns.
- We use adverbs of degree to express how much: fairly quiet, extremely important.
- Communities are most successful when everyone works together.
Lesson questions (15)
- What is a community?
Answer: A group who live and do things together - What does the size of a community depend on?
Answer: How many people and how big the area - What type of community is a city community?
Answer: Urban - Which is the busiest type of community?
Answer: Urban - Where do most people live in urban communities?
Answer: In high-rise apartment buildings - Where are suburban communities always found?
Answer: Near big cities - What do people often have in the suburbs?
Answer: Their own piece of land - What surrounds a village in a rural community?
Answer: Farms - What are global communities made up of?
Answer: Different nations solving world problems - Why are families and friends also communities?
Answer: They share ideas and beliefs - Complete: Some people live ___ rural communities.
Answer: in - Complete: Some homes are ___ rivers.
Answer: by - Complete: Communities play an ___ important part in our lives.
Answer: extremely - Complete: Unit comes from the Latin word ___, which is one.
Answer: unus - Which sentence is about being fairly quiet?
Answer: It is not completely quiet but mostly quiet.
About this lesson
“What is a community?” is from Cambridge Primary English Grade 5 (Unit 2: Our community) and has 15 questions with answers. Sample questions: “What does the size of a community depend on?”. Every question can be played in any Hessa Play game or activity.
How to use it in class
- Show the question on the board and let students think before the options appear.
- Split the class into two teams; every correct answer earns a point.
- Display it on the smart board, send it as homework by link, or play it solo or in two teams.
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Questions about this lesson
What are adverbs of degree?
Words that show how much of an adjective: fairly quiet, extremely important.
How do we use in, at, by and on for place?
in means inside a place, at means at a point, by means beside, and on means on a surface.
What types of community are there?
urban, suburban and rural.
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