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TEACHER’S NOTES
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Activity Type
Introduction
Listening and speaking activity, pairwork
This useful worksheet activity helps to teach students how to ask for and give directions.
Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into pairs (A and B).
Asking for and giving directions
Give each student a corresponding A or B worksheet.
Aim
Tell the students not to show their worksheet to their partner.
To ask for and give directions to places on a map.
Draw the students' attention to the 'Useful language' box on the worksheet and review the language for asking for and giving directions with the class.
Preparation
Next, tell the students that they are going to give directions from the 'start' position located at the bottom of the map.
Make one copy of the two worksheets for each pair of students.
Students then take it in turns to ask their partner for directions to the places shown on their worksheet.
Level Elementary
Time
When a student has found the place, they mark the location on the map. When both students have been given directions to all nine places, they compare their maps and see if they have marked the locations correctly.
20 minutes
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ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Student A
CAFE RAILWAY STATION
SHOE SHOP
CINEMA
TAXI RANK
BANK
COFFEE SHOP
Ask your partner for directions to: a. the pet shop
BOOK SHOP
PARK
Useful language Excuse me, where's the...?
b. the pub
How do I get to...?
c. the school
Go straight...
d. the zoo
Turn left/right at the junction/traffic lights Go past…
e. the hotel
Go over the junction…
f. the town hall
Walk/Go along the road until…
g. the post office
The… is on your left/right.
h. the gym
It's opposite…
j. the library
It's next to…
Mark the location of each place on your map.
It's in between… and…
Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Student B
TOWN HALL
SCHOOL
POST OFFICE
LIBRARY
Ask your partner for directions to: a. the railway station
PUB
GYM
HOTEL
PET SHOP
ZOO
Useful language Excuse me, where's the...?
b. the book shop
How do I get to...?
c. the taxi rank
Go straight...
d. the coffee shop
Turn left/right at the junction/traffic lights Go past…
e. the bank
Go over the junction…
f. the cinema
Walk/Go along the road until…
g. the café
The… is on your left/right.
h. the park
It's opposite…
j. the shoe shop
It's next to…
Mark the location of each place on your map.
It's in between… and…
Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Activity Type
Introduction
Listening and speaking activity, pairwork
This useful worksheet activity helps to teach students how to ask for and give directions.
Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into pairs (A and B).
Asking for and giving directions
Give each student a corresponding A or B worksheet.
Aim
Tell the students not to show their worksheet to their partner.
To ask for and give directions to places on a map.
Draw the students' attention to the 'Useful language' box on the worksheet and review the language for asking for and giving directions with the class.
Preparation
Next, tell the students that they are going to give directions from the 'start' position located at the bottom of the map.
Make one copy of the two worksheets for each pair of students.
Students then take it in turns to ask their partner for directions to the places shown on their worksheet.
Level Elementary
Time
When a student has found the place, they mark the location on the map. When both students have been given directions to all nine places, they compare their maps and see if they have marked the locations correctly.
20 minutes
Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Student A
CAFE RAILWAY STATION
SHOE SHOP
CINEMA
TAXI RANK
BANK
COFFEE SHOP
Ask your partner for directions to: a. the pet shop
BOOK SHOP
PARK
Useful language Excuse me, where's the...?
b. the pub
How do I get to...?
c. the school
Go straight...
d. the zoo
Turn left/right at the junction/traffic lights Go past…
e. the hotel
Go over the junction…
f. the town hall
Walk/Go along the road until…
g. the post office
The… is on your left/right.
h. the gym
It's opposite…
j. the library
It's next to…
Mark the location of each place on your map.
It's in between… and…
Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS
Giving Directions
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Student B
TOWN HALL
SCHOOL
POST OFFICE
LIBRARY
Ask your partner for directions to: a. the railway station
PUB
GYM
HOTEL
PET SHOP
ZOO
Useful language Excuse me, where's the...?
b. the book shop
How do I get to...?
c. the taxi rank
Go straight...
d. the coffee shop
Turn left/right at the junction/traffic lights Go past…
e. the bank
Go over the junction…
f. the cinema
Walk/Go along the road until…
g. the café
The… is on your left/right.
h. the park
It's opposite…
j. the shoe shop
It's next to…
Mark the location of each place on your map.
It's in between… and…
Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
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