GIVING
DIRECTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Watch this clip:
The following vocabulary words + prepositions, will help you to
organize your ideas and give better instructions in English.
USEFUL QUESTIONS/PHRASES TO USE IF YOU NEED HELP
1 Excuse me... where is the restaurant? 6 ¡Idea
Do you know how to get to the
genial!
gallery?
2 How can I get to the shopping mall?
7 How do I find the Thai
restaurant?
3 Where can I find a bookshop?
8 I’m lost. I’m looking for the Sydney Opera
House.
4 Is there a hospital near here? 9 I am looking for this address, am I in the right
place?
5 Could you tell me where the bakery is? 1 What’s the best way to the theater?
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PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE VOCABULARY
• Between • Into /in TURN LEFT
GO ALONG
• Next to TURN RIGHT
AT THE
INTERSECTION
GO STRAIGHT ON
• Behind
ON THE CORNER
TAKE THE FIRST LEFT ----------------
• in front of
A ROUNDABOUT
TAKE THE FIRST
• Across / opposite RIGHT
B
TRAFFIC LIGHT
GO UP
• Under
ZEBRA CROSSING
• Over GO DOWN
LET’
S
PRACTICE
Where is the man?
Where is the man?
Where is the man?
PALM ST
RICH
S T.
Use this map to practice some instructions to go to places
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