Asking for and giving directions

• Discuss these questions

• What do you usually do when you
arrive in a new
town/city/country? Do you do any
of the things below?
Speaking - take a taxi to your destination
- buy a map
- go to the tourist information office
- ask people for directions
• Have you ever got lost in a new
town/city/country?
• Listen and answer the questions

• Where are the people going?

• Grand Hotel
• How many people do they ask for directions?
• Two

• Look at these ways of asking for directions. Listen and complete the gaps.
me
A. Excuse ……. !
Help me
B. Can you …… ……?
looking
C. We’re .…….. For the Grand Hotel
directions
D. Can you give me some ...………, please?
 Listen and match the phrases in the box to the pictures below
Go to the end of the road / turn left at the traffic lights / it’s on your left / go straight an at the traffic lights / on the other
side of the road / go past the cinema / it’s on the corner / cross the road / take the next right / take the second right

Go to the end of Go past the Turn left at the It’s on the

It’s on your left
the road cinema traffic lights corner

Cross the road Go straight on at On the other side Take the second
Take the next right
the traffic lights of the broad right
Match the verbs in A with the appropriate
words/phrases in B
A. B.
1. Catch a. The road
2. Buy b. Right
3. Leave c. At the next stop
4. Turn d. The signs
5. Cross e. A ticket
6. Get off f. A bus
7. Follow g. The airport
Complete the next text with the
words/phrases in the box.
Buy a ticket / on the right / get off / leave the station / opposite / catch the number 8 bus / directions / about 1
hour 40 minutes / follow / take the train

• Hi, sorry I can’t meet you when you arrive next week. I’ve got a job
interview that day! My address is Flat A, 18 Lansdown Road, Bris and
directions to get there from Heathrow. When you leave
here are the 1. ...………..
the airport 2. ……… follow the signs to the Heathrow Express train to Padd
buy a ticket
Station. You don’t have to 3. ……..……… in advance, as there are lost of
tickets machines at the station. From Padd station 4. ………..……… take the train to
Bris. Make sure you get a fast train – the journey takes 5.
………………………………
about 1 hour 40 minutes and the trains run about every 30 minutes.
Let’s continue

• When you get to Temple Meads station in Bris, 6. …………………….. by

the main exit at the front. You’ll see lots of bus stops in front of the
station. From there, 7. ……………….………... to my area. You need to 8.
……….. at the stop called ‘Queen’s Road’. Then, cross the road, and
Lansdown Road is the second 9. ………….. . I live at number 18, which is
just 10. ..………. a small supermarket. I’ll leave the key with my
neighbor, Kim, who lives upstairs in Flat B.
• Looking forward to see you! Kevin.
Look at the map and answer.
•Now, you are in the station, how can you get to the
Fast Save Supermarket?

•Could you help us to arrive to the car park from the

Fast Save Supermarket?

•You are in the cinema; how can you get to the Bank?