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Asking for and Giving Directions

Asking for and Giving Directions

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Warm-up Questions

When you travel, what places do you often need directions to (for example: hotel, ATM, hospital)?
What phrases do you already know for asking for directions?
Do you prefer using a map/app or asking a person for directions? Why?

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Asking for and Giving Directions

Checking in and finding the room (00:00 – 01:12)

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1. Where is the hotel room located?

On the third floor
On the first floor
In the basement
On the second floor

2. Which lift should they take?

The stairs at the back
The lift on the left
The lift on the right
The lift near the restaurant

3. After getting off the lift, what should they do first?

Go straight ahead
Turn left
Go down the stairs
Turn right

Asking for and Giving Directions

Directions to places in town (pharmacy, ATM, post office, meeting point) (01:12 – 04:16)

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1. Where is the pharmacy?

On the right, next to the bakery
On the left, next to the bank
Behind the park
Opposite the museum

2. Where is the ATM located?

At the post office
In the park
In the sweet shop
In the bank next to the park

3. How do you get to the post office from the hotel?

Go straight ahead to the museum; it is behind the museum
Cross the road and go past the bus stop; it is next to the cinema
Turn right at the corner and go two blocks; it is on the corner of the third block
Turn left and go one block; it is on the second block

Asking for and Giving Directions

Amusement park, shopping mall, restroom, and ending (04:16 – 06:42)

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1. Where is the speaker waiting at the amusement park?

At the bus stop
Inside the restaurant next to the post office
On a bench near the fountain
Near the cinema

2. Where is the shopping mall?

On your right, opposite the museum
At the end of the hall to the right
On your left, next to the cinema
Next to the bakery

3. Where is the restroom?

On the second floor, at the end of the corridor
On the corner of the third block
Across the road next to the park
At the end of the hall to the right

Asking for and Giving Directions

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1. Which phrase is used to start a polite question when asking for directions in the video?

I already know.
Move out of the way.
Excuse me…
Give me directions now.

2. Which instruction means 'continue in the same direction'?

Turn left
Go straight ahead
Stop at the corner
Turn right

3. If something is 'opposite the museum', where is it?

Across from the museum
Inside the museum
Behind the museum
Next to the museum

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Asking for and Giving Directions

Which place in the video would be easiest to find (pharmacy, ATM, post office, shopping mall, restroom)? Why?
What directions would you give from your home to the nearest supermarket or bus stop?
Do you think it is easier to give directions using landmarks (like “next to the bakery”) or using blocks/streets? Explain.
What can you say if you don’t know the directions, like in the hospital example?

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