TASKS AND CHALLENGES

You are now going to do different tasks and challenges in order to learn how to give and ask for directions.

Remember these basic expressions:

TASK 1: PLACES IN A TOWN

We are going to learn the names for different places in a town or city. In order to do so, we will watch videos and do activities. Let's get started!

Watch these videos to revise the names of different places in a town or a city.

Now you can read and complete the following document. Click here to download the PDF with all the activities.

Let's talk! This is a pair work activity, you will have to work with a classmate. Take turns asking for the location of the services and places listed and find them in your map, then write each name in its correct place. Click here to download the PDF document with the activity.

We will work now our READING SKILLS. For this activity you will read lots of information about Liverpool from a flyer. Click here to go to the 'British Council (Learn English Teens): My city' page. You have to read all the information carefully and then do all the activities to check your comprehension. You can also download all the activities here.

As we have seen in the previous document, a flyer is a good way of promoting a city. Now you and your partner will be the editors of a flyer for your city. First of all, you have to gather the information you are going to include in it. Then you can take pictures of the city or look for them on the Internet, these pictures will be shown with the information. You can use the tools in this web www.canva.com to create your own personal Alicante flyer. Have fun!

TASK 2: GIVING DIRECTIONS

We are going to learn now how to ask for and give directions in a town or city.

Let's start. In this READING activity you have to read the directions and write the name of the places in the blanks. Click here to download the PDF document with the exercise.

Now we will do a LISTENING activity. Click here to go to the 'British Council (Learn English Teens): Giving directions' page. You have to listen to the recording carefully and then do all the activities. You can also download all the exercises here.

Well, it is time to start speaking. In this document you will find lists of expressions to use, maps and dialogue samples. Then you will be able to practise how to give and ask for directions with your classmate. Click here to download the PDF document.

This LISTENING activity is optional, it is a little more difficult. Click here to go to the 'BBC World Service Learning English' page. You have to listen to the recording carefully and then do the activities.

Many of the activities on this page are based on educational materials published by the Canadian Forces for their English Language Curriculum.

The exercises in the PREPOSITIONS 2 FILE and the first activity in TASK 2 come from the webpage https://www.englishwsheets.com/.