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SECTIONS:

I. VOCABULARY

II. LISTENING SKILL

III. SPEAKING SKILL

IV. READING SKILL

V. WRITING SKILL

VI. FURTHER EXERCISES

SOURCE MATERIALS / REFERENCES:

TEXTS

WEBS
-www.saberingles.com.ar
-www.eslgold.com
-www.englishexercises.org
-www.esl-lab.com
-www.bbc.co.uk
-www,englishlanguageworld.com
-blog.myhappyenglish.com
-www.esl.about.com

AUDIOS

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I. VOCABULARY

EX. 1 Location & Directions - part I

Giving directions around town is related to talking about location, so let’s talk about location
first! Have a look at the map above and then read today’s lesson:

In the USA, every street no matter how big or small has a name. Each building on the street is
given a number, and the numbers go in order. The odd numbers (211, 213, etc) are on one side
of the street, and the even numbers (212, 214, etc) are on the other side of the street. So as
you can see in the map, the address of the bank is 212 57th Street. We use at when we talk
about the whole address, and on when we just mention the street:

At / On

• The bank is at 212 57th Street.

• The bank is on 57th Street.

When you want to talk about the location without saying the address, you can do it this way:

On the corner of

• The bank is on the corner of 57th Street and 6th Ave.

• The book store is also on the corner of 57th Street and 6th Ave.
• The supermarket is on the corner of 57th Street and Broadway.

Next to

• The book store is next to the shoe store.

• The shoe store is next to the pet shop.
• The supermarket is next to the bank.

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Between [B] is between [A] and [C]

• The shoe store is between the book store and the pet shop.
• The parking lot is between the bank and the supermarket.

Across from (or) Across the street from

• The book store is across from the bank

• The supermarket is across the street from the bank

Down the block from

• The book store is down the block from the pet shop.

For practice, using as many of the ways above, to describe location, write at least five
sentences to describe where the pet shop is.

EX. 2 Location & Directions - part II

We will continue with the next part of this topic: giving directions around town. Have a look at
the map above and then read today’s lesson:

When you give directions, there are two things you need to do. First, say the directions and
then, say the location. For example:

If you are at X and want to go to the supermarket you should:

• Go straight on 6th Ave to 57th Street.

• Turn right on 57th Street, and walk 1 block.
• The super market is on the left side, on the corner of 57th Street and Broadway.
• Here are some common expressions used in giving directions:
• Go straight on street name → Go straight on 57th Street
• Turn right on street name → Turn right on 57th Street
• Turn left on street name → Turn left on Broadway

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If you can remember these key expressions, you will always be able to find your way around
town or help someone else find their way.

For practice, using as many of the ways above, to describe location, write at least five
sentences to describe where the supermarket is.

EX. 3 Asking for and Giving Directions

Word List

• How do I get to …? • Near

• What's the best way to …? • Next to
• Where is …? • Between
• Go straight on (until you come to …). • At the end (of)
• Turn back./Go back. • On/at the corner
• Turn left/right (into …-street). • Behind
• Go along … • In front of
• Cross … • (Just) around the corner
• Take the first/second road on the • Traffic lights
left/right • Crossroads, junction
• It's on the left/right. • Signpost
• Straight on
• Opposite

Phrases and expressions

Here are some sample phrases and expressions to use in giving directions.

• (First,) go down this street (for ____ blocks).

• (Then,) turn left/right at the traffic light.
• (After that,) go straight on _____ Street until you get to the ______.
• (When you get to the _____,) turn left/right again.
• (Then,) stay on_______Avenue for about _______ yards/meters.
• It's on your left, next to the __________. You can't miss it!
• Where is (the) . . . ? (This is also used in asking about location).
• How do you get to (the) . . . (from here)?
• How do I get to (the) . . . ?
• Can you tell me how to get to (the) . . . ?
• Can you give me directions to (the) . . . ?
• What's the best way to get to (the) . . . ?

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EX. 4 For each question choose the correct answer:

1. If you go up to the fifth floor, you’ll find 4. You……….his house, it’s painted bright
his office……….your right as you come out pink.
the elevator.
A. can’t find
A. on B. can’t miss
B. in C. can’t lose
C. by
5. Go...........on to the end of the road.
2. Go to the end of the road and……….left
by the traffic lights. A. Straight
B. Near
A. bend C. Towards
B. turn
C. twist

3. ……….a right just after the supermarket.

A. Have
B. Take
C. Give

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II. LISTENING SKILL

EX. 1 Giving directions. Listen and answer the following questions.

1. Where is the grocery store?

2. Which building is next to Tanner’s Leather Shop?
3. Explain how to get to the bank.

TAPESCRIPT

1. Excuse me. Is there a grocery store Yeah. There's one right across the street.
around here?
Sorry. I don't live around here.
2. Can you tell me how to get to
Phoenix?
It's on the corner of Holly and Vine. Next to
3. Where's Tanner's Leather Shop? the library.

4. How do you get to the bank? Go straight down this street for two blocks.
Turn left when you get to Maple Street. Stay
on Maple for half a block. It's on the left
hand side.

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EX. 2 Asking about places/locations. Are these sentences true or false?

1. The bank is between the bakery and the post office.

2. Lagoon is nine miles north of Salt Lake City.
th
3. If you want to get to the sporting goods store on foot, just turn right when you get to 4
South.
4. If you want to get to the sporting goods store by car, stay on 4th South for about three
blocks.
5. Getting to my house in Lehi is very easy, just get off the freeway, make a right turn at
the stop sign and follow the road 14th West for five blocks.

TAPESCRIPT
Where is the bank?

It's on Main Street.

It's next to the post office.
It's between the bakery and the barber shop.
It's on the corner of Ninth Street and Pine (Street).

Where's Lagoon?

It's in Davis County, near Kaysville.

It's on I-15, between Farmington and Kaysville.
It's ten miles north of Salt Lake City.

DIRECTIONS

How do you get to the sporting goods store?

(on foot)
First, go down State Street until you get to 4th South.
Then, turn left.
Then, go down 4th South for three blocks.
It's on the right side of the street next to Wendy's.
(by car)
Take State Street to 4th South.
At 4th South, turn left.
Stay on 4th South for about three blocks.
The sporting goods store will be on the right, next to Wendy's.

How do you get to (your house in) Lehi?

Take I-15 south about 20 miles.

After you cross the mountain, watch for the signs to Lehi.
Take the first Lehi exit.
When you get off the freeway, make a right turn at the stop sign.
Follow the road (15th East) for five blocks.
Make a left turn on Royal Drive.
Continue on Royal Drive until you see the big oak tree.
My house is on the left hand side.
It's a two-story, red brick house with a large front yard.
You can't miss it!

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EX. 3 Listen and answer the following questions.

1. Where is the airport?

2. Is the train station to your right?
3. What can you find straight ahead of the train station?
4. Where is the hospital?

TRANSCRIPT

• You are in the middle of the piece of paper.

• Straight ahead is the church.
• The airport is to the right of the church.
• The train station is to your left.
• Straight ahead of the train station is the school.
• Between the school and the church is the hospital.

EX. 4 Some people are asking where items are. Listen and check the
correct picture

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EX. 5 Pat is helping Tom decorate his new apartment. Listen and write
the number in the location she suggest

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EX. 6 Listen and answer

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 TAPESCRIPTS EX-5
TAPESCRIPTS EX-4
1.
1.
A: Do you think I should put the magazine rack
A: Mom, have you seen my magazine?
next to the window?
B: I think it’s in the living room on top of the
B: No. Not next to the window. I’d put it in the
TV.
corner next to the sofa. It will look nice there.
2.
2.
A: Now where’s today’s newspaper? I can’t
A: Where do you think I should put the coffee
find it anywhere.
table? Should I put it next to the sofa?
B: Oh, I was reading it. It’s on the sofa,
B: I think it will be better in front of the sofa. It’ll
between the cushions.
be more useful there, I think.
3.
3.
A: Do you know where the remote control is?
A: What about the plant stand? It might be nice
B: Look in the living room. I think I saw it in
next to the window.
front of the TV.
B: Yes, next to the window, either on the left or
A: Oh, yeah.
on the right.
A: I think I’ll put it on the right.
4.
A: Where’s my tennis racket? Did Dad
4.
borrow it again? I wish he’d ask me.
A: Now what about the bookshelf? It’s so big!
B: I saw it in your bedroom, under your bed.
B: Hmmm, What do you think?
A: Oh, yah. That’s right.
A: How about next to the door, against the wall?
B: To the left of the door?

5.
A: Now I need to find a place for this old chair
that my mom gave me.
B: How about over there?
A: You mean in front of the window?

6.
A: We still have to find a place for this end table.
B: Yes, where can we put it?
A: How about next to the sofa, in the corner
near the door?
B: Yes, good. Is that okay now?

7.
A: Where is a good place for the TV?
B: How about in the far left corner, to the left of
the window?
A: Yeah, that sounds good. I’ll put it there.
There. How does it look?

8.
A: What about the dinner table?
B: Maybe we can put the dinner table against
the wall, across from the sofa. In the middle of
the wall.
A: Across from the sofa, against the wall. Is that
what you mean?

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 TAPESCRIPTS EX-6

1.
A: Do these magazines go on the bookshelf?
B: Yes. Put them on the bookshelf, please. On the top is fine
A: Should I put them beside the dictionary?
B: Yes, next to the dictionary will be fine.
A: I’d like to read these magazines later. They look interesting.

2.
A: What about the remote control for the TV?
B: Put it beside the TV.
A: There’s a magazine there, the TV program guide. Should I put it on the TV program
guide?
A: That’s fine. And remind me to get a new battery for the remote when we go
downtown.
A: Okay

3.
A: These look like your car keys. Where do you usually keep them?
B: They’re my extra apartment keys, actually. Just put them in one of the drawers in
the desk.
A: The top two drawers are already full of stuff, so I’ll put them in the bottom drawer for
you. They’ll be inside an empty box.
B: Okay.

4.
A: Do you want me to put this baseball cap away?
B: Yeah, Just put it behind the door.
A: Where? Should I hang it on the doorknob?
B: No, on the hook behind the door. It will be fine there, thanks.
A: I didn’t know you wore a baseball cap.
B: It’s not mine. It’s my brother’s.

5.
A: Do you need these glasses?
B: Not right now. I only use them for reading. Do you see the case they go in?
A: I don’t see it.
B: oh, never mind. Leave them on the coffee table, next to those sheets of paper.
A: Okay.

6.
A: There’s a belt lying on the floor here.
B: Oh yes, that’s my brother’s. He leaves his clothes everywhere. It drives me crazy.
A: Should I put it somewhere?
B: Leave it on the chair. He always sits there.
A: Okay. The chair next to the window?
B: That’s right.

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III. SPEAKING SKILL

EX. 1 Describing how to get to a city location: using the map below
practice giving directions and asking for locations with
expressions from the chart.

Language for giving directions

Left
go left
turn left
it's on the left
take a left
take the second (turning) on the left
Right
go right
turn right
it's on the right
take a right
take the second (turning) on the right
Ahead
go ahead
go straight ahead
go straight on

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IV. READING SKILL

EX. 1 Read the text and answer the questions.

Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world. The
airport is the United Kingdom's busiest airport, as well as being Europe's busiest airport for
passenger traffic and the airport with the highest international passenger traffic in the
world. The airport is owned and operated by BAA which is owned by the Spanish Ferrovial
Group. The airport is also a primary hub of British Airways and a major hub for rivals BMI
and Virgin Atlantic

The airport is located towards the southern end of the London Borough of Hillingdon, 24
km (15 miles) west of Central London, England. It is one of two international London
airports to be located within the boundary of the Greater London Area, the other being
London City Airport. To the north, Heathrow is surrounded by the built-up areas of
Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and Cranford, to the east are Hounslow and Hatton,
and to the south are East Bedfont and Stanwell. To the west, the M25 motorway separates
the airport from Colnbrook in Berkshire

Heathrow has two parallel main runways running east-west and four terminals. A new
terminal, Terminal 5, is under construction and will open in March 2008. There are plans to
redevelop or rebuild other terminals and add extra runways. Beginning in 2008 and
finishing by 2012, the construction of Heathrow East will replace Terminal 2 and The
Queens Building

Heathrow Airport has a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use
Aerodrome Licence (Number P527) that allows flights for the public transport of
passengers or for flying instruction.

1. It's the airport with the highest 3. A new terminal is under development.
international passenger traffic in the world.
A. True
A. True B. False
B. False C. We don’t know
C. We don’t know
4. By 2012 the airport will be closed.

A. True
2. The airport is located 24km from central B. False
London. C. We don’t know

A. True 5. Flying instruction is given at the airport.

B. False
C. We don’t know A. True
B. False
C. We don’t know

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EX. 2 Read the text and answer the questions.

Suddenly she saw the house, tucked away behind the trees almost in the shadow of the
hill. It was a bare earth house in the traditional style; brown mud walls, a few glassless
windows, with a knee-height wall around the yard. A previous owner, a long time ago, had
painted designs on the wall, but neglect and the years had scaled them off and only their
ghosts remained … She opened the door and eased herself out of the van. The sun was
riding high; its light prickled at her skin. They were too far west here, too close to the
Kalahari Desert, and her unease increased. This was not the comforting land she had
grown up with; this was the merciless Africa, the waterless land.

1. Choose three words or phrases that suggest that the house and its surroundings were
unwelcoming and hostile. Give reasons for your choice.
2. Explain the effects of the sun on the woman in the passage.
3. What was it that she did not like about this part of the Kalahari Desert?

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EX. 3 Read the text and answer the questions.

Lake District
The Lake District National Park is one of fourteen National parks in the United Kingdom. It
lies entirely within Cumbria, and is one of England's few mountainous regions. All the land
in England higher than three thousand feet above sea level lies within the Park. The
Lakes, as the region is also called, were made famous during the early 19th century by
the poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the Lake Poets.

The Lake District is about 34 miles (55 km) across (north-to-south or west-to-east). Its
features are a result of periods of glaciations, the most recent of which ended some
15000 years ago. The ice carved wide U-shaped valleys, many of which are now filled
with the lakes that give the park its name. The upper regions contain a number of glacial
cirques, which are typically filled with tarns. The higher fells are rocky, with lower fells
being open moorland, notable for its wide bracken and heather coverage. Below the tree
line native oak woodlands sit alongside nineteenth century pine plantations. Much of the
land is often boggy, due to the high rainfall.

1. There are 14 national parks in the UK. 3. The latest glaciation period was 15000
years ago.
A. True.
B. False. A. True.
C. We don’t know. B. False.
C. We don’t know.

4. The ice formed the valleys, which then

2. The Lake District is about... became lakes.

A. 34 miles wide. A. True.

B. 19 miles long. B. False.
C. We don’t know. C. We don’t know.

5. It doesn't rain too much in the area.

A. True.
B. False.
C. We don’t know.

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V. WRITING SKILL

EX. 1 Describing how to get to a city location: using the map below,
write one sentence each for the directions to get to the jewelry
store, the police station, the book store, the toy store, the bar,
the Chinese restaurant and the movie theater. You are situated
at the train station.

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VI. FURTHER EXERCISES

WRITTING

EX. 1 Using the map below write or explain how to get to different
locations.

EX. 2 Draw a neighborhood map of the area where you live (or a place
you know well like a school or your work). Write the names of
buildings and stores in the area. Then, talk about the map.
Another idea is to find a map of a famous area or place in your
city and tell a partner how to get there from other locations (for
example, your home).

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 READING

EX. 1 Read the text and answer the questions.

Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, mainly spanning
Derbyshire, but also covering bits of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire and
South and West Yorkshire. Most of the area became the first national park in the nation. It
is conventionally split into the northern Dark Peak, where most of the moorland is found,
and the southern White Peak, where most of the population lives. The park's controlling
authority claims it to be the world's second most popular national park.

The White Peak is underlain with early Carboniferous limestone, which produces
numerous caves - this is sometimes known as Karst topography. Under the Dark Peak lie
shales and sandstones of the late Carboniferous millstone grit. Much of the Peak, and its
adjacent areas, approximates to the structure of an eroded dome. The coal measures of
the carboniferous lie just outside the district, especially on the eastern edge. Then,
moving inwards, come the gritstone edges, the shales, and in the central region the
limestone of the White Peak.

1. The Peak District is located in the south 4. Much of the Peak has the form of an
of England. eroded dome.

A. True A. True
B. False B. False
C. We don’t know C. We don’t know

5. Coal can be found inside the Peak

district.
2. The White Peak is the most populated
part of the district D. True
E. False
A. True F. We don’t know
B. False
C. We don’t know

3. The Peak District is considered the

second most popular national park in the
world.

A. True
B. False
C. We don’t know

ANSWER KEY

1 B, 2 A, 3 A, 4 A, 5 E

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EX. 2 Look at the map. Are the sentences true or false?

You are here •

1. The jewelry store is behind the Italian restaurant
2. The bar is on Second Avenue
3. The police station is on the left from Fire Department
4. The toy store is across from the Chinese restaurant
5. The movie theater is opposite the Book store
6. The sporting goods store is behind the Furniture store
7. The bar is next to the Chinese restaurant

EX. 3 Look at the map. Choose the correct name of the building!

1. Take the first street on the left. Take the next street on the right. Go straight on
and cross the road. It's on the left.

2. Take the first street on the left. Go down the street. Turn on the right. Take the
next street on the right. Go straight on and cross the road. Go straight on. It's in
front of you on the other side of the road.

3. Take the first street on the left. Take the next street on the right. Take the next
street on the right. Pass the Fire Department. It's on your left.

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EX. 4 Fill in the missing preposition.

1. The Women's wear is the Jewelry Store.

2. The Movie Theater is the Book Store.
3. The Women's wear is the Jewelry Store and the Bar.
4. The Toy store is of Main Street and Forest Street.
5. The Jewelry Store is the Italian Restaurant.

ANSWER KEY EX 2, 3 Y 4

1-true; 2-false; 3-false; 4-true; 5-true; 6-false; 7-true.

1-furniture; 2-Italian restaurant; 3-Police station
1-next to; 2-opposite; 3-between; 4-on the corner; 5-behind.

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 LISTENING

EX. 1 Listen to the directions and find which building on the map is the
Post Office.

TAPESCRIPT

A: Hello, excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the nearest Post
Office?
B: Erm, yeah, sure –you go straight up this street. Take the second
turn on the right. Keep going along there, across one junction, and it’s
right there on your left.
A: Thanks
B: Oh, no, hang on; wait a minute, there’s a closer one. Walk up this
street, take the first left and there’s a Post Office on your right at the
next junction, sorry, I forgot about that one.
A: Thanks again.

ANSWER KEY

There are two Post Offices; one is building F but the nearest is building N.

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