TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Up, Down, Left, Right

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and In this entertaining worksheet activity, students use prepositions
drawing activity, pairwork of place to give instructions on where to draw pictures in a grid.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into pairs (A and B).
Prepositions of place

Imperatives Give each student a corresponding A or B worksheet.

Tell the students not to show their worksheet to their partner.

Aim
To follow instructions and
draw pictures in certain
squares on a grid.
Student A starts by reading a set of instructions to Student B.
Student B follows the instructions and draws pictures in the grid
on the worksheet.

Afterwards, Student B reads instructions for Student A to follow.

Preparation
Make one copy of the two When the students have finished, they check each other's drawings
worksheets for each pair and locations. They do this without showing the answers to their
of students. partner.

If some drawings or locations are wrong, the instructions are

Level repeated.

Elementary As an extension, students can add more pictures to the answer

grid and give their own instructions to their partner.
Time
20 minutes

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 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Up, Down, Left, Right

Student A

A. Read the instructions below to your partner.

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Instructions for your partner Answers

1. Start on the square above the picture of a star. 1 2 3 4 5 6

2. G
 o left 2 squares, then down 2 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square below.
7 8 9 10 11 12

3. G
 o right 4 squares and copy the picture in the
square on your left.
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4. G
 o up 2 squares, then left 1 square. In this square,
copy the picture in the square above.
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5. G
 o left 3 squares, then right 2 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square below.

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6. G
 o down 2 squares, then left 3 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square above.

B. N
 ow, follow your partner’s instructions and draw
pictures in the grid above.

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 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Up, Down, Left, Right

Student B

A. Follow your partner’s instructions and draw pictures in the grid below.

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

B. Now, read the instructions below to your partner.

Instructions for your partner Answers

1. Start on the square below the airplane. 1 2 3 4 5 6

2. G
 o down 2 squares, then left 1 square. In this
square, copy the picture in the square on your left.
7 8 9 10 11 12
3. G
 o left 2 squares, then up 2 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square on your
right. 13 14 15 16 17 18

4. G
 o down 1 square, then right 4 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square on your left.
19 20 21 22 23 24
5. G
 o down 1 square, then left 5 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square above.
25 26 27 28 29 30
6. G
 o up 3 squares, then right 3 squares. In this
square, copy the picture in the square on your left.

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