Listening skills practice: Giving directions – exercises

WORKSHOP 6: Do the preparation exercise first. Then look at the map and listen to the directions while
you do theexercises.

Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.

take the second

turn left roundabout next to go past
left
take the second
turn right opposite traffic lights go straight on
right

”
roundabout Take the second right next to turn right go past

take the traffic lights go straight on opposite turn left

second
left
1. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen.

A. The speaker gives directions to the post office

B. The speaker gives directions to the underground station

C. The speaker gives directions to the cinema

D. The speaker gives directions to the bus station

2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

1. Go straight on.

2. Go past the traffic lights.

3. It’s the building next to the library on the left.

4. At the roundabout turn left

5. Then take the first left on to Green Street.

6. Go past the traffic lights and take the second right on to King’s Road.

I always ask for directions to find the place that I want to go

Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

Traffic lights
Roundabout
Go straight on