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Finding Your Way: Directions in Town
Students learn imperatives and prepositions of place to give simple directions in town, then write a message telling a friend how to find their home.
Imperatives · Directions · Prepositions of place · Places in town · Town
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use imperatives accurately
- Use common prepositions of place and time accurately
- Learn and use 12 words and phrases in 2 sets: Giving directions, Where is it?
- Read for detail: How to find the café
- Writing task: Directions to my home
Stages · 40 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about prepositions of place and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 10 minControlled practice: Ex. 2–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Imperatives: giving directions
- Use the verb with no subject: Turn left. Go straight on. Cross the road.
- Negative: Don't + verb → Don't turn here. Don't cross the road here.
- turn left / turn right (not turn to the left) · go past the bank (not go past of)
Where is it?
- on the left / on the right (not at the left)
- next to the bank (not next the bank) · opposite the park (not opposite to) · between the bank and the café
- Asking: Is there a bank near here? How do I get to the station?
Study tips
- Draw a simple map of your street and practise directions with a partner.
- Learn direction phrases as chunks: turn left at the lights, go straight on, it's on the right.
Glossary
- Giving directions6 items
- Where is it?6 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Which way?
Choose the correct direction.
- a
Don't turn left at the church. ___ there.
- b
The station is on this side, on your left. ___ here.
- c
Don't turn. ___ for 200 metres.
- d
You can see the bank, but the museum is after it. ___ the bank.
- e
Wait for the green man and then ___.
2
Where is it?
Choose the correct words.
- a
The café is ___ the bank and the park. The bank is on its left and the park is on its right.
- b
The bank is ___ the pharmacy. There is nothing between them.
- c
The school is ___ the park, on the other side of the street.
- d
Walk down the street. The museum is ___, on the same side as your left hand.
- e
The hotel is ___, after the bank, on the same side as your right hand.
- f
Excuse me, is there a supermarket ___?
3
Imperatives
Choose the correct words.
- a
___ the road here. It's dangerous.
- b
___ left at the traffic lights.
- c
___ the first street on the right.
- d
___ right here — it's a one-way street.
- e
Please ___ quiet in the library.
- f
Excuse me, ___ do I get to the station?
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
- j
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: How to find the café
Read the message. Then choose the correct answer.
Hi Sam! Here's the way to the café from the station. Go out of the station and turn right. Go straight on for about five minutes. Go past the supermarket and cross the road at the traffic lights. Then turn left into Park Street. The café is on the right, between the bank and the bookshop. It's opposite the park. Don't go into the park — it's a long way round! See you at ten. Lina
- a
Which way does Sam go out of the station?
- b
Where does Sam cross the road?
- c
Which street is the café in?
- d
What is next to the café?
- e
What is opposite the café?
6
Write: Directions to my home
Write directions for a friend.
A friend is at the bus stop or station near your home. Write a message: how do they get to your home? Use: turn left · turn right · go straight on · go past · cross the road · on the left · on the right · next to · opposite · between Start: Hi! Go out of the station and…
Suggested minimum: 50 words
0 words · aim for at least 50
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Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 12 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 2 sets.
Giving directions
- turn left
- go to the left
- turn right
- go to the right
- go straight on
- keep going the same way
- go past
- go by a place and not stop
- cross the road
- go to the other side of the road
- traffic lights
- red, yellow and green lights on a road. Green means go.
Where is it?
- on the left
- on your left side
- on the right
- on your right side
- next to
- at the side of
- opposite
- on the other side, in front of you
- between
- in the middle of two things
- near here
- not far from this place
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