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📧 An Email from San Francisco

Level 3 3rd Grade RL.3.1 Letter 162 words

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Hi Lucas,

Thanks for your long email and the photos of the snow in Toronto! It looks so beautiful. Here in San Francisco it almost never snows. In winter it rains, but most days are mild enough to walk around in a sweater.

You asked me about my city, so here are some facts. San Francisco is built on more than forty hills, right next to the ocean and the bay. Because of the hills, many streets are very steep, and there are even public staircases instead of roads. San Francisco also has cable cars, little trolleys that a cable under the street pulls up the hills. They are the last cable cars of their kind in the world!

My favorite place is the Golden Gate Bridge. It is painted a bright orange-red and is almost two miles long. From the hill next to it, you can see the whole bay.

What do you do after school in Canada? Do you play ice hockey? Write soon! Your friend, Sofia

Questions

  1. What is the weather like in San Francisco in winter?

  2. Why are there public staircases in San Francisco?

  3. What is a cable car?

  4. What can you see from the hill next to the bridge?

Questions

  1. What is the weather like in San Francisco in winter?

    1. It snows every day.
    2. It is very hot.
    3. It is always cloudy.
    4. It rains, but most days are mild.

  2. Why are there public staircases in San Francisco?

    1. Because the city is built on steep hills.
    2. Because there are no cars.
    3. Because of the snow.
    4. Because of the bridge.

  3. What is a cable car?

    1. a garden
    2. a little trolley pulled up the hills by a cable
    3. a beach
    4. a school

  4. What can you see from the hill next to the bridge?

    1. Toronto
    2. the desert
    3. the whole bay
    4. Mount Everest

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