Community Vocabulary
This is the elected person who represents your area on city council. Who is a councillor?
Who is a councillor?
This word means writing or drawings on walls or buildings without permission.
What is graffiti?
Fact or opinion? “There were 8 prisoners who escaped in Canada last year.”
What is a fact?
In the sentence “Children could suffocate if a snowplow collapses their snow fort,” what is the cause?
What is “a snowplow collapses their snow fort”?
Fill in the missing word: “I am writing to ______ my concerns about the new city project.”
What is “express”?
(Accept other logical responses such as: state or issue)
This word means a local rule made by a city, for example “no overnight street parking.”
What is a by-law?
This word means damaging or destroying property on purpose.
What is vandalism?
Fact or opinion? “Halfway houses are too dangerous for neighbourhoods.”
What is an opinion?
Name one common word or phrase that shows cause and effect, as in “It was icy, ___ there were many accidents.”
What is “so”?
(Accept: “therefore,” “as a result,” etc.)
In a formal email, what is a good single-word closing to write before your name?
What is “Sincerely”?
Accept "Regards"
This type of home is for people who have left prison and are re-entering the community.
What is a halfway house?
This word describes when people stand or wait in a public place for a long time without a clear reason, often making others uncomfortable.
What is loitering?
In the winter article, fact or opinion? “There is more snow than in other years.”
What is a fact?
Complete the conditional: “If drivers text while they are driving, ______.” (Give any logical negative result.)
What is “they may cause accidents / the roads become more dangerous,” or another logical effect?
What is one problem with starting an email to a councillor like this: “Hi, how are things? It has been a great summer, hasn’t it?”
It is too informal and uses small talk instead of stating the purpose of the message.
This word means a formal request that many people sign to show they support a change.
What is a petition?
This word means improving an area by building new things or changing how it is used.
What is redevelopment?
Fact or opinion? “Having a prison will give the community a bad reputation.”
What is an opinion?
Join these sentences using because: “The city banned plastic bags. They were bad for the environment.”
What is “The city banned plastic bags because they were bad for the environment”?
Change this into a more formal request: “Please do something right away.” Begin with “I would appreciate it if…”.
What is “I would appreciate it if you could look into this matter / increase police patrols / take action on this issue”?
This word describes a danger or risk, for example children playing on high snowbanks near the road.
What is a safety hazard?
This word means a meeting or process where the government asks residents for their opinions about a new project.
What is a public consultation?
This word means a number that shows a fact, such as “8 people escaped from prison last year.”
What is a statistic?
In the prison dialogue, name one possible effect that the neighbour mentions if a prison is built near their town.
What is “property values will go down / there will be more drugs / people won’t feel safe because ex-prisoners might live there”?
What grammar structure do we use to talk about possible results, as in “If they ban overnight parking, people will have to find other places to leave their cars”?
What is a conditional sentence (If + present, will + base verb)?