This document provides examples of how to ask for and give directions. It includes common phrases used when asking for directions such as "How do I get to..." and when giving directions it recommends using terms like "go straight", "turn left/right", and "take the first/second road on the left/right". It also includes an exercise where words are missing from directions and the user must fill them in correctly. Finally, it provides a dialogue example of asking for and receiving directions with blanks to fill in using the appropriate directional terms.

1. ASKING FOR AND GIVING
DIRECTIONS
●
ASKING FOR
DIRECTIONS
How do
I get to...?
How
can I get to...?
Can
you tell me the way
to...?
Where
is...?

2. GO STRAIGHT ON

3. TURN LEFT

4. TURN RIGHT

5. GO UP/ ALONG THE STREET

6. TAKE THE SECOND
ON THE RIGHT

7. TAKE THE FIRST
ON THE LEFT

8. GO PAST THE
BANK

9. AT THE CROSSROADS
TURN LEFT

10. ASKING FOR AND GIVING
DIRECTIONS
●
GIVING DIRECTIONS
●
GIVING DIRECTIONS
Go straight
on
opp
osite
Turn left/right
(into … street).
Go along /up
/ down … street
Take the
first/second road on the
left/right
nea
r
nex
t to
bet
ween
It's on the
left/right.
at
the end (of)

11. WHAT WORDS ARE MISSING?
GO _______
THE STREET
TAKE THE
FIRST ON THE
_______
GO _________
ON
TAKE THE
FIRST ON THE
________
GO ____ THE
STREET
TURN______
TURN
_________
THE CORNER
TURN _______

12. WHAT WORDS ARE MISSING? Check your answers
GO _along_____
THE STREET
TAKE THE
FIRST ON THE
_left_____
GO _straight_
ON
TAKE THE
FIRST ON THE
right_____
GO _up___
THE STREET
TURN_right
TURN
_around_ THE
CORNER
TURN
_left_____

13. DIALOGUE
Fill in the gaps:
-Excuse me, Can you _________ me the
way to the post office?
- Sure, go __________ this street and
___________ left at the crossroads. The post
office is ______ the left.
-Thank you!
-You're welcome!

14. DIALOGUE Check!
Fill in the gaps:
-Excuse me, Can you ___tell______ me the
way to the post office?
- Sure, go ___along_______ this street and
_____turn______ left at the crossroads. The
post office is __on____ the left.
-Thank you!
-You're welcome!

15. FILL THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS PROVIDED:
can / excuse / welcome / opposite / along / right / turn / take / straight / end
A- __________ me, how ________ I get to the castle?
B- Go __________ this road, then ___________ left and continue for about
100 metres. Then____________ the second turning on the ____________.
Go ______________ on for about 150 metres. The castle is at the _______ of
the road, __________ the cinema.
A- Thank you very much.
B- You're ____________.

16. FILL THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS PROVIDED: Check!
A- ___excuse _______ me, how __can______ I get to the castle?
B- Go ___along______ this road, then _turn_______ left and continue for
about 100 metres. Then___take_________ the second turning on the
__right__________. Go ___straight_________ on for about 150 metres.
The castle is at the _end______ of the road, __ opposite________ the
cinema.
A- Thank you very much.
B- You're __welcome__________.