Name Date

UNIT 3
Sitcom: Don’t take the train!
✓ the locations you hear in the video episode.
A. Check ❏
❏ bank ❏ café ❏ bus station ❏ taxi stand ❏ train station
❏ bookstore ❏ pharmacy ❏ newsstand ❏ police station ❏ post office
✓ each statement True or False.
B. Check ❏
True False
1. Mr. Evans says, “Don’t take the train.” ❏ ❏
2. The Red Café is in the train station. ❏ ❏
3. The Red Café is next to the bookstore. ❏ ❏
4. The Red Café is next to a pharmacy. ❏ ❏

C. Complete Mr.Evans’s directions with the words from the box. Then
watch the episode again and put them in the order he said them. Use
numbers 1–6.

Next to left blocks Around across Next to

a. “Go through the station and the street to the bookstore.”

b. “Go two and turn right.”
c. “ the pharmacy is the Red Café.”
d. “ the corner is the train station.”
e. “Go to the corner and turn .” 1
f. “ the bookstore is a pharmacy.”
Name Date

UNIT 3
Interview: Is there a bank near here?

A. Which place did the interviewer ask each person about? Match the
person with the place.

a. b. c. d. e.
1. bank 3. restaurant 5. train station
2. newsstand 4. taxi stand

B. Read what the interviewer said. Then circle the person’s response you
hear on the video.
1. “Is there a bank near here?” a. “No, there aren’t any.” b. “Actually, there are several.”
2. “Is there a newsstand nearby?” a. “Yes, there is.” b. “No, there isn’t.”
3. “Is there a restaurant nearby?” a. “Yes.” b. “No.”
4. “Is there a taxi stand nearby?” a. “Yes, there is.” b. “No, there isn’t.”

C. Complete each sentence.

1. “There’s one on the corner up here, and one right behind us,
the street, and then one diagonal.”

2. “There’s one right down the street, two blocks, make a , go

one block, and it’s right on the right-hand side.”

3. “Just walk straight down this street for about blocks and
you’ll run right into it.”

34 Top Notch TV Fundamentals, Second Edition Activity Worksheet 3