Listening skills practice: Giving directions –
exercises
Do the preparation exercise first. Then look at the map and listen to the directions while you do
the exercises.
Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.
take the second
turn left roundabout next to go past
left
take the second
turn right opposite traffic lights go straight on
right
roundabout take the second right next to turn right go past
take the second left traffic lights go straight on opposite turn left
1. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you
listen.
A. The speaker gives directions to the _______post office________
B. The speaker gives directions to the _______underground station________
C. The speaker gives directions to the _______cinema________
D. The speaker gives directions to the_______bus station________
2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the box.
take past on
At second
straight
Go
1.
Go ______ straight_________ on.
2.
______go_________ past the traffic lights.
3.
It’s the building next to the library _______on________ the left.
4.
______At_________ the roundabout turn left.
5.
Then _______take________ the first left on to Green Street.
6.
Go _______past________ the traffic lights and take the _______second________ right on to
King’s Road.
Wha t do you do when you get lost in a town or city?
I will ask the locals and ask him to take me to the place I am going, or I will use the Google Maps
application
Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.
1. Go Straight on
2. Roundabout
3. Take the second right
4. Take the first left
5. Go past