Giving

directions

VOCABULARY

LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE

Beginner A1_2055V_EN English
Goals

■ Can ask for and

understand very simple
directions.

■ Can use prepositions to

describe the location of a
place in very simple terms.

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Follow the road less travelled…
and take a left!

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 straight

Go straight ahead.

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 right

Turn right at the end of the street.

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 left

Turn left after 500 metres.

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 to follow

Follow the motorway for 25 kilometres.

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Where is it?

It’s on the left.

It’s on the right.

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How do I get to the park?

Go straight to the end of the street.

Turn left at the supermarket.

Follow the path for 100 metres.

It’s on the right!

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Which is the odd one out?

left right

straight follow

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Complete the directions

1. _______________ the road for 3 kilometres.

2. Turn _______________ onto the highway.

3. Go _______________ until you reach

Santiago.

4. The _______________ is on the right.

left straight

hotel Follow

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Make a sentence with each word

kilometre straight

turn follow

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 to cross a street

Be careful when you cross the street.

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 intersection

Turn right at the intersection.

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 through

Walk through the field.

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 on the corner

The shop is on the corner.

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 across from

My office is across from the park.

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Which way?

Follow the road through the

park.

Go straight through the

intersection.

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Following directions

Use the zebra crossing when you cross

a street.

The hotel is across from the railway

station.

I’m on the corner of West 36th Street

and Seventh Avenue.

The bus goes through the mountains.

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Describe the directions

A B

C D

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Use the words to complete the dialogue

straight from enjoy get turn corner

Hi! How do I _______________ to the Italian restaurant?

Go _______________ to the end of the street and _______________ right.

It’s on the _______________.

Is it across _______________ the cinema?

Yes, that’s right! _______________ your meal.

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 far

How far is the beach?

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 close

It’s very close! Just follow the road for 50 metres.

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 next to

The town is next to the sea.

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 behind

Stand behind the white line.

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 between

I live between Colchester and Chelmsford.

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Talking about places

How far is the coast?

It’s close to the city.

We live next to the railway station.

The Eiffel Tower is behind them!

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Talk about the picture

next to close between behind

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Giving directions

Describe the journey you can see in the picture.

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Giving directions

Write down directions from your house to these places.

supermarket

park

post office

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Asking for directions

Ask a classmate for directions to places from the previous

activity.
Use the questions below to help you.

How do I get to _______________ ?

Excuse me, where is the _______________ ?

Could you tell me the way to _______________ ?

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Reflect on the goals

Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check

if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

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Reflect on this lesson

Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.

What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________
If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again

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Exercise p.10
follow
Exercise p.11
1. Follow – 2. left – 3. straight – 4. hotel
Exercise p.20
A – straight – B – on the corner – C – follow – D – right
Exercise p.21
get – straight – turn – corner – from – Enjoy
Answer key
Word scramble answer key

E C L O S E V R O
Find the words!
S B L E F T A A N
1. STRAIGHT T L H L N I B C T
2. LEFT R F M V C U E L H
3. RIGHT A D R I G H T W E
4. CLOSE I R K B Y X W F C
5. FAR G P N E I N E R O
6. NEXT TO H M H H L G E P R
7. BETWEEN T P U I J V N A N
8. ON THE CORNER E T O N K F A R E
9. BEHIND E Y N D L A C M R
N E X T T O T S A

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Homework

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Match the sentences

1. Go… a. left.

2. Turn… b. far?

3. Take c. very close.

4. Is it… d. straight.

5. It’s… e. a right.

6. The hotel… f. office is across from the park.

7. My… g. is next to the beach.

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Word scramble

X C L O S E Y C O
Find the corrected words!
S V L E F T H W N
1. STRGAHTI T B P A D T B R T
2. FTLE R L D F F D E G H
3. HTRGI A K R I G H T N E
4. OCSLE I J S B G J W T C
5. AFR G U C E W G E R O
6. XNTE OT H W R H V T E L R
7. EWBTENE T Q D I E F N D N
8. NO HTE RNCROE M Z G N T F A R E
9. DHBNEI L H V D G S U J R
N E X T T O V X X

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Vocabulary lists

Check the last five words of the lesson.

Sort them into two lists.
Give your lists a name.

List 1: _____________ List 2: _____________

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Vocabulary lists

Check the words of this lesson again: are there more nouns,
verbs, adjectives or adverbs?
Can you find three words for each list?

Nouns Verbs Adjectives or adverbs

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My favourite words

Choose five words from the lesson and note them in

your list of My favourite words.

Word one

Word two

Word three

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My favourite words

Write a sentence for each word you have

just written in your list of My favourite Words.

• Word one:

Sentence one

• Word two:

Sentence two

•…

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Sentences about myself

Choose five example sentences from this lesson.

Copy them and write them about yourself.

Examples:

Hello! My name is …

→ Hello! My name is John.

I like apples

→ I like bananas

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Exercise p.38
1. d – 2. a – 3. e – 4. b – 5. c – 6. g – 7. f
Homework answer key
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