Post office shopping centre

Bank

Museum cathedral cinema

Police station swimming-pool

Bus station hospital

Theatre Centre

Tourist Information

Grand Hotel

Castle railway station

English in Use

ASKING THE WAY AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

1. Read the following expressions. Try to remember the new ones:

Excuse me, (can/could) you tell me the way to..., please?

Excuse me, (can/could) you help me to find…?

Excuse me, (can/could) you tell me how to get to…, please?

Excuse me, I’m looking for...

How long does it take (on foot/by car)?

Where is the nearest…?

Is it far from here?

I’ve lost my way. I can’t find …

I didn’t understand. Please, tell me (explain it) again.

Please, draw me a plan of the way.

Please, show me this place on the map.

Go straight (down/along) this road (as far as/past/to) the bank.

Take the (first/second/third) turning on the (right/left).

Turn (left/right) (at/after) the bus station.

(Carry on/keep) going until you get to …

Go straight on.

2. Read the dialogue and fill in the gaps using the expressions given above:

Tom: Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me the … to the post office, please?

Man: Yes. Well … along Loring Road until you get to Park Avenue. … left and go … on until you get to Cross Street.

Tom: Okay.

Man: Then … left into Cross Street and … past the supermarket which is … your left. Cross Mill Street and … going. You’ll see a hotel on one corner, and opposite the hotel is a newsagent’s. The post office is next to the newsagent’s. You can’t miss it.

Tom: Thanks very much.

3. Look at the street map. Imagine you are standing at the point marked with a cross. Where do these directions take you?

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1. Go straight down the road, take the second turning on the left, and it’s on the right.

2. Go along this road, take the third turning on the right, and it’s on the right.

3. Keep straight on until you get to the end of the road, and then turn left, and it’s on the right.

4. Go down as far as the cinema, then turn right, and it’s on the left.

5. Keep straight on, past the cathedral, and then turn left at the bus station, and it’s on the right.

4. You are at the Tourist Information Centre. Working in pairs, use the map to ask each other the way to:

the post office

the castle

the bank

the museum

the Grand Hotel

the railway station

the swimming-pool

Example:

A Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to the post office, please?

B Certainly. Turn left, then take the third turning on the right.

5.Fill in the gaps with the following prepositions:

along down into out of over

past through under up

Robert’s driving lesson

Robert drove __________ the garage, _________ the road, and ________the bridge.

Then he drove __________the pub, _________the hill, and _________ the hill.

Next he drove __________the river, _________the hedge, and ________the lake!

6.Work in pairs:

Student A

Think of a place near your university. Give your partner directions, but don’t say what the place is.

Student B

Listen to the directions. What is this place?

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