1. Directions

Turn left/right

Go/Walk straight on

Take the first/second/etc. road on the left/right

Take the first/second/etc. turning on the left/right

Turn right/left after the zebra crossing

Go over the bridge

Go past the post office/bank/cinema

2. Prepositions

O

above ð near ð O

between ð O ð next to ð O

ð

among ð O ð opposite |O ð |

ð

in front of ð

O

Exercise 1. Learn the dialogues by heart, and make up similar

dialogues of your own, using the patterns.

I.

A. - Excuse me, could you help me?

B. - Yes, of course. What is it?

A. - I want to catch a 17 bus and I’m trying to find the bus stop.

B. - Go straight on and turn left after the zebra crossing. The bus

stop is just at the corner.

II.

A. - Sorry, can you tell me how to get to Oxford Street?

B. - Certainly, you’d better walk there because the traffic is very

heavy. Take the first turning on the right. Go past the Centre

Point and turn left. Oxford Street is just over there. It’ll take

you about 10 minutes to get there.

III.

A. - Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest post office is?

B. - I have no idea. I’m afraid. I’m a stranger here myself.

Exercise 2. How would you say what you want in these situations?

1. You are in the country and your car breaks down. You must find a telephone. Someone walks past . . .

2. Sylvia is going to a friend’s house. The friend told her to catch a 10 bus, but she doesn’t know where the bus stop is. She decides to ask someone.

3. You are a stranger in London and you have lost your way to the British Museum.

Exercise 3. Give directions from A to B in these pictures:

1. 2.

A

B Bank

A Post Office

B

3. 4.

B

A Bank Post

=

Pub

B

school

river

A