Introduction
Match the places to the activities.
bank - department store - Italian restaurant - post office - station
post office | buy stamps post letters get a TV license | ![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1.png) |
| buy a gift eat in a café do window shopping | ![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2.png) |
| put money in take money out use a cash machine | ![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3.png) |
| buy a ticket meet a friend catch a train | ![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4.png) |
| eat pasta drink wine fall in love | ![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/5.png) |
2 Name one thing people do in each of these other places.
![around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Picture6-150x150.png)
Cinema: eat popcorn , ________________
Hotel: ________________
Bookshop: ________________
School: ________________
Pet shop: ________________
b
Choose the correct option
Reply It’s _____ of Century Road. It’s _______ the pet shop and the school
b-
Choose the correct option
Reply It’s not far. It’s _____ of Alexander Street. It’s ______ the bookshop.
b-
Choose the correct option
Reply It’s ____ of North Street and Alexander Street. It’s _____ the post office.
Language Focus
We can ask where places are in different ways.
(Excuse me…) Is the station near here?
(Excuse me…) I’m looking for the City Hotel.
We can use the expressions below to say where places are.
Map | Preposition | Example |
![around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-19.png) | On + Name of a street | The bank is on North Street. |
![around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-20.png) | on the corner of + Name of a street | The bank is on the corner of North Street and King’s Road. |
![around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-21.png) | next to + Place ( cinema , shop , library etc.. ) | The bank is next to the cinema. |
![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-22.png) | between + Two place ( place 1 + place 2 ) | The bank is between the hotel and the bookshop. |
![Around the town](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-23.png) | Opposite + Place ( Pet shop , school , restaurant etc.. ) | The bank is opposite the post office. |
Time to Talk
Look at the map and make three questions about the following place .
![around the city](https://thespeakingcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-18-2.png)
1- Shoe Shop 2- Bookshop 3- Department Store
1- Excuse me , __________________. ?
2- ________________________ ?
3- ________________________?
Answer your questions.
1- It's on _______________.
2- ____________________.
3- ___________________.