HOW DO I GET THERE?
HOW DO I GET THERE?
Here we teach how to tell which places to go and how to give directions, by the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and apply prepositions accurately when describing the location of places, constructing meaningful sentences, and following spatial cues in practical contexts.
Do you know this?
Being lost in a city can be a problem, sometimes we need help finding street addresses or you know what is in the place, today we bring you activities that can help you learn more about places and how to get to them.
Did you know what i know?
Activity 1.- In order to go somewhere we must know how to identify the places that exist and why they exist.
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Activity 2.-Now that you know places, let's practice a little, you will hear a situation where you will have to answer some questions to see your progress.
Lest practice a real situation.
let's go out together.
Activity 3.-Now if you would like to practice your listening skills more, here we have a conversation between two guys who want to go somewhere, you can listen and follow them on the map to know where they are going:
Girl.-So what plans do we have for tonight?
Boy.-I was thinking we could go to the movies, the new one near the restaurant.
Girl.-oh that sounds fantastic, but I was also thinking that we could go to the library to look up that novel I was telling you about the other day.
Boy.-It's a plan, but where that bookstore is?, I don't remember.
Girl.-Or I'll explain to you, do you remember Alison's house, well from there you just have to turn left and on the first street go to the right and continue straight there you will find the bookstore, easy right?
Boy.-How could I forget, thank you, then let's go there and then to the cinema.
Girl.-okay let's go.
Now it is your turn to make a similar dialogue, try to create your own dialogue giving directions to the place shown in the image, let us see how you can give directions
How loud does it sound?
Activity 4.-Let's practice the pronunciation a little, an audio is played in the following link where you can repeat the words and see where is the stress in the words.
Grammar section
Throughout this page you may not have known some words, so we will explain how to give directions, in the vocabulary expressions like these are used
on
across from
on the corner of
next to
between
It is used to give more specific directions to a place, for example:
1. The house you are looking for is on the second floor.
2. It's across from the buildings.
3. The church is located on the corner of the street.
4. The car is next to the house.
5. The tree is between the houses.