LISTENING LESSON 3

LABELING A MAP OR A PLAN

 LABELING A MAP OR A PLAN

You will identify places on the map or plan, using words and/or a number from a box of options.
The parts to be labelled will have an arrow and the question number beside them.
Alternatively, places may already be identified on the map with letters. You match these letters
to the information in the numbered questions.

Task 1. What steps should we take when we do this kind of questions?

- Look at the map or plan to form a general idea of the content.
- Look at the parts of the map or plan you need to label and decide what kinds of words are needed.
- Use the words already provided in the map or plan to guide your listening.
- When you listen, pay particular attention to expressions of location such as in the middle, on the
corner, next to, above/below, straight ahead, etc. as the answer may depend on your understanding these
words.
- As you listen, choose the correct answers.

Task 2. Questions 16 – 19
Label the street plan below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE words for each answer.

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EXERCISE 1. Questions 15 – 20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-H, next to the questions 15-20.

15. hotel

16. transport hub

17. cinema

18. fitness centre

19. shops

20. restaurant

EXERCISE 2. Questions 11 – 15
Label the map below.
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-H next to questions 11-15.

A biography
B fiction
C magazines
D newspapers
E non-fiction
F photocopiers
G reference books
H study area

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EXERCISE 3. Questions 6 – 8
Listen to the conversation and match the places in questions 6-8 to the appreciate letters A – F on the map.
Example: Fees Office B

6. Student Lounge
7. Key Room
8. Box Room

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EXERCISE 4. Questions 11 – 16
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

11. Diners can eat inside the restaurant or in the .

12. Visitors can put on their swimsuits and play in the .
13. The Historic Cottage houses a museum, cinema room, and .
14. The Garden Nursery is the place to buy plants, pots, garden sculptures and ornaments including
.
15. The Wood Crafting Shed is a great place to buy wooden products, especially
for the children.
16. The avocado fruit that is grown at Summerland is picked by .

Questions 17 – 20
Label the plan below.
Choose your answers from the box below and write the letter A-H next to questions 17-20.

A. Avocado Packing Shed

B. Car Park

C. Cartoon Manufacturing Shed

D. Cool Room

E. Gift Shop

F. Garden Shop

G. Macadamia Dehusking Shed

H. Museum

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EXERCISE 5. Questions 17 – 20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 17-20.

14. bird hire

15. dog-walking area

16. flower garden

17. wooded area

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EXERCISE 6.

Task 1. Look at the diagram below and listen to the directions. As you listen, follow the directions
and then write the appropriate number beside the name of each place.

the university library

the supermarket

the hotel

the best bookshop

The Lloyds Bank

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Task 2. Look carefully at the street plan below, follow the sets of directions and then answer the
questions at the end of each set of directions.

1. What’s the building on your left?

2. What’s the building on your right?

3. What’s the building on your right?

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Task 3. Look at the map of Maple Town. You will hear five separate sets of directions to
particular place on the map. As you listen, follow directions carefully and write the letter beside
the name of place. Find the station at the bottom left first. Listen carefully to the directions.

1. the bookshop

2. the coffee bar

3. the chemist’s

4. the hotel

5. the art museum

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Task 4. Look at the map below. You will hear six separate sets of directions to a certain place on
the street plan. As you listen, follow directions carefully and write the appropriate letter beside
the name of place below. The first one starts at the car park.

1. the post office

2. the bank

3. the Windsor Hotel

4. the Chinese restaurant

5. the newsagent’s

6. the grocer’s

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Task 5. You will hear a dialogue between two students. One of them is describing a route on the
map. Draw a line to show the route taken. If the student went inside any of that place named on
the map, mark the place with a cross ()

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