General English A1 : Turn Left

  • October 1, 2023
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Introduction

Write the words from the box to make two-word nouns.box
crossing - lights - park - rank - stop - box

1- bus              
2- car               
3- post             
4- taxi              
5- traffic         
6- zebra          

Use the two-word nouns from the previous activity to label the pictures.


1-  
2-  
3-  
4-  
5- Bus stop
6-  

Reading

Look at the maps below and select the correct options to complete the conversation next to each map


Conversation 1
A: Excuse me. How do I 1- ______  the station?
B: Go along here. Keep going until you 2- ____ the traffic lights. Then 3- _____, and it's on your 4- _____, 5- _____ the car park.



Conversation 2
A: Excuse me. Is there a taxi rank near here?
B: Yes. There's one on Partridge Street.
A: How do I 1- _____ ?
B: 2- _____the street and turn left. Take the 3-______  right. 4- ____the bank, and it's on your left, 5- _____ the post office.



Conversation 3
A: Excuse me. Is there a bank near here?
B: Yes, there's one near the station.
A: How 1-_____I get there?
B: Go along this street2- ____ you get to the 3-______. 4- _____ the street, and it's 5-____ .

Listen and check your answers.



Look at the maps and read the conversations in the previous activity , then decide D or S to say if each pair of  words or phrases below has a different (D) or similar (S) meaning.

1-  near / next to

2- keep going / don’t stop

3- until / up to the time when

4- get to (somewhere) / arrive (somewhere)

5- in front of (the station) / opposite (the station)

6- It’s on your right. / It’s right in front of you. 

Language Focus

Write the phrases for the correct pictures.

turn right - take the second left - go along this/the street - cross the street - go past (the bank) - go to the end of the street


1-  
2-  
3-  
4-  
5-  
6-  

Listen and look at the map, then complete each conversation with the words from the box above it.




along - get - going - how - past - left - to - your


Conversation 1

A: Excuse me. How do I  to the museum?
B: Go  London Road. Go   the shopping centre and keep   until you get   the bus stop, then turn   . It's on   left.

Conversation 2

along - do - on - right - take - there - turn - until




A - Excuse me. Is there a car park near here?
B - Yes. There’s one next to the station.
A - How    I get ?
B - Go here and the second . Keep going you get to the traffic lights. right, and it’s your left.

Sounding Natural

Listen. What sound can you hear in the underlined parts of the sentences below?





Time to speak

Draw a map of how you get from the train station (or bus stop) to your home.

Use the map to explain how to get to your home from the station. Who has the shortest journey?
Example Go out of the station and turn left. Keep going until… 

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