Giving directions

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 7,8

Giving direction

What are we going to do?

You will learn: 

different places in English and how to give directions.

How are you going to learn that:

through different games and exercises

Match the pictures with the words

Traffic light

Left

First

Third

Straight ahead

Right

Name different places in town. For example: school.

Asking for directions

Instruction Giving directions in English #1

straight / past / along / up / through / over / down / back

Go 

turn

left
/ right / back

Go straight on Main Street 

Take a shortcut to the school going through the park.

Turn left at the supermarket.

If you get to the bridge, you went too far, you'll have to turn back.

Asking for directions

Instruction Giving directions in English #2

There's a nice park behind the parking lot.

around the corner (Om de hoek)

The museum is just around the corner.    

between   (Tussen)

You can find the Supermarket  between the police station and the movie theater.

behind (Achter)

CINEMA

BANK

TOWN HALL

TRAIN STATION

POST OFFICE

CHURCH

LIBRARY

POLICE STATION

PARK

BUS STOP

CONCERT HALL

SPORTS HALL

ART GALLERY

CAR PARK

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE

THEATRE

SHOPPING CENTRE

MUSEUM

Swimming pool

Cinema

Do the same in pairs

Write a place on your erase board. Let the other person ask questions and let him or her guess which place you wrote down. 

I'll give directions in a moment. It's up to you to figure out where I am walking to.

For the next task, it is important to know three words. We will practise these first through a quiz. 

Translate:
across

1. Naast
2. Tegenover
3. Tussen
4. Onder

Translate:
Between

1. Onder
2. Op
3. Naast
4. Tussen

Translate:
next to

1. Op
2. Tegenover
3. Naast
4. Tussen

Translate:
Past

1. Onder
2. Op
3. Naast
4. Voorbij

Translate:
Opposite

1. Naast
2. Tegenover
3. Tussen
4. Onder

How do these two kids get to the stadium?

teken een route op de plattegrond en geef de routebeschrijving in het Engels.