SPEAKING: GIVING DIRECTIONS

 

Directions

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

Excuse me, where's the library?
                       can you tell me the way to the library?
                       how can I get to the library?
                       Is there a library near here?

Go straight on.
Walk along Main Street.

ROUNDABOUT

Go past the traffic lights
Go straight on until you get at the roundabout.
Turn right/left at (the cinema)
Turn left into Main Street
Take the first turning on the right/left
It's on your right/left
It's opposite/next to (the theatre)

It's at the end of the street.

How far is it?

It's about five-minute walk.

You can't miss it.

I don't know. I'm a stranger myself.

GIVE DIRECTIONS. Start from the point marked X on the map and direct people to:

1. the cinema
2. the shoe shop
3. the record shop
4. the book shop
5. the chemist’s

Fill in the words below correctly. (Use the map for orientation.)

continue, end, excuse, get, left (2x), next, opposite, right, second, straight on, thank, turn, welcome

1. me, how do I to the cinema?
2. Go .
3. Turn at the corner.
4. Then take the road on your .
5. to the of the road.
6. left there.
7. The cinema is on your , the castle.
8. you very much.
9. You're .

SHOPS-VOCABULARY

Prepositions of place

 

 

 

 

 

Transportes en inglés + preposiciones 

Vamos a explicar las preposiciones que utilizamos con los transportes en inglés. Veamos.

• by: con cualquier medio de transporte, cuando hablamos de una manera generalizada (cómo viajo o voy a algún sitio)

Examples: I go to work by car     I like travelling by train

• on + train/ bus/ plane/ bike/ motorbike: cuando hablamos de forma más específica. 

Examples: I was on the bus when my mother phoned me    


Compara:

1. Peter always goes to work by bus as he hates driving = decimos cómo va Peter a trabajar (sentido general)
2. Peter always listens to music when he is on the bus to work (es una situación específica, cuando Peter se encuentra en el bus)

Common mistakes:
by my car
by the train
by a car
Por tanto veis que la preposición "by" va directamente seguida del medio de transporte, sin posesivo y sin artículo. 

• on + foot = a pie, caminando

Example:  My children go to school on foot.
Para expresar que vamos a un sitio andando, lo podemos hacer con “on foot” o de la siguiente manera:
I walk to work every day = voy andando a trabajar todos los días
My children walk to school with their friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete with the correct preposition

 

 

Listening: Lottie talking about her last summer holiday.

 

 

a. Where did she go?

 

b. When did she go there?

 

c. Who did she go with?

 

d. How did she get there?

 

e. Where did she stay?

 

f. How long did she stay?

 

g. What did she do all day?

 

h. What did she do in the evening?