Page 40 - English for Construction 1

Directions

Listening 1 Listen to a driver asking for directions from Sparky's Electrical Supplies
and follow the route on the map.

2 Complete these expressions for giving directions with the words in the box.
Then listen again and check your answers.

exit miss on past tell

1 Can you me where Mill Street is?
2 Take he first
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3 Then drive the hospital.
4 Mill Street is the second street the left after the tunnel.
5 You can't the entrance to the construction site.
3 Look at the map in 1. Read these directions rom Mill Street construction site to
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Brigg's Timber Yard and put the directions n the correct order.
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^] Go under the railway bridge.
Q Go through the tunnel.
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• It's on he left.
3 Turn right.
|T| Go down Mill Street to the main road.
t
I | Turn left at he roundabout.
4 Look at the map in 1 again. You're at Brigg's Timber Yard. Listen to the
directions. Are they correct or incorrect? Correct the directions as necessary.
Example: / incorrect - The hospital is on your left.
S p e a k i n g 5 Work n pairs. Practise giving directions using the map in 1. Start at the city hall.
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A: Can you tell me where the supermarket is?
B: Yes. Go past the police station. Turn right. Go past Sam s Paint Shop and it's on
your right.

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