Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 11
Places in My Community
Natural, built, near and far
What your child practises
Natural and built features, residential and commercial areas, and describing where places are with relative location words (near, far, beside, across).
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.2–B3.4 · natural and built features, different areas of a community, and where places are using words like near, far and beside
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A busy street with many cars is a…
🚗- tiny garden
- high-traffic area
- quiet pond
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high-traffic area
Hint: Busy roads are high-traffic areas.
Question 2
Natural or built? Tap a feature, then its basket.
Sort into: 🌿 Natural · 🏗️ Built
- 💧lake
- 🌉bridge
- 🏪store
- ⛰️hill
- 🏫school
- 🌲forest
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🌿 Natural: lake, hill, forest · 🏗️ Built: bridge, store, school
Hint: Natural features were not made by people. Built ones were.
Question 3
The fire hall is across the street from the school. It is…
- on the roof
- inside the school
- on the other side of the road
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on the other side of the road
Hint: Across means on the opposite side.
Question 4
Your school is near the park. What does near mean?
- close by
- on the moon
- very far away
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close by
Hint: Near means a short way off.
Question 5
The library is far from the school. What does far mean?
- right beside
- inside
- a long way away
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a long way away
Hint: Far means a long way.
Question 6
Where do people live?
🏘️- a residential area
- the sky
- a farm only
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a residential area
Hint: Homes are in residential areas.