UNIT 4: GIVING DIRECTION
Exercise 1: Look at the map and complete the sentences with the words below.
between corner left next to opposite
1. The police station is ____________________ the bus station.
2. The library is ____________________ the café and the hotel.
3. The restaurant is ____________________the fire station.
4. The gym is on the ____________________, next to the bank.
5. Go down William Street. The department store is on your ____________________, near the tra c lights.
Exercise 2 :Listen and look at the map. Write the places and complete the sentences.
1 supermarket. It’s _______________________ the bank.
2 ____________________ . It’s _________________ the gym.
3 ____________________ . It’s _________________ opposite the café.
4 ____________________ . It’s _________________ the bus station and the swimming pool.
5 ____________________ . It’s next to __________________.
6 ____________________. It’s on the corner, _________________ the car park.
Exercise 3: Complete the key phrases with the words below. Then match them with the
pictures.
along at end first past over straight under
1. Go ________________________ on.
2. Go ________________________ King’s Rd.
3. Take the ________________________ left.
4. Go to the ________________________ of the road.
5. Go ________________________ the bank.
6. Turn right ________________________ the crossroads.
7. Go ________________________ the bridge.
8. Go ________________________ the bridge.
Exercise 3: Listen to the directions. Start from ‘You are here’ on the map. Where do the
people want to go? Mark the routes on the map.
1. ____________________________ 2.___________________________
3.______________________________ 4._____________________________
Exercise 4: Read the Strategy. Then complete the directions with the imperative form of the
verbs below. You can use the verbs more than once.
cross go take turn
1. ________________ past the hospital.
2. ________________ left at the crossroads.
3. ________________ the road.
4. ________________ over the bridge.
5. ________________ straight on.
6. ________________ the second right.
7. ________________ along Princess Street.
8. ________________ to the end of the road.
Exercise 5 : Prepare a dialogue giving directions from ‘You are here’ to these places. Make
notes.
1 The police station:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 The restaurant:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 The library:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
THERE IS / THERE ARE
There is a pen on the table. There aren’t any pens on the table.
There aren’t (two) pens on the table.
There are (two) pens on the table
There are (three) pens on the table.
Is there a pen on the table? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Are there (two) pens on the table? Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences.
1. _______________________ a library next to the park.
2. All the students went home. _______________________ students in the classroom.
3. _______________________ 50 states in the United States.
4. No, _______________________ polar bears at the South Pole.
5. A: _____________________ a message for me? B: No, ______________________.
6. Why _______________________ so many cars in the parking lot?
7. A: I’m hungry. B: _______________________ a restaurant across the street.
8. How many days _______________________ in March, thirty or thirty-one?
9. _______________________ a few things I have to do this afternoon.
10. A: _______________________ a post office nearby? B: I’m sorry, I don’t know.
11. _______________________ something I can help you with?
12. No, _______________________ public holidays next month.
13. How many countries _______________________ in the world?
14. _______________________ a woman in the picture. She is smiling.
15. _______________________ only three more days before the exam. Let’s study!
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Grammar Focus There is / There are
Level Beginner to Elementary
ANSWER KEY My Notes
1. There is 9. There are
2. There aren’t any 10. Is there
3. There are 11. Is there
4. There aren’t any 12. there aren’t any
5. Is there / there isn’t 13. are there
6. are there 14. There is
7. There is 15. There are
8. are there
Grades as
percentages
15 / 15 = 100%
14 / 15 = 93
13 / 15 = 87
12 / 15 = 80
11 / 15 = 73
10 / 15 = 67
9 / 15 = 60
8 / 15 = 53
7 / 15 = 47 Grammar Note:
6 / 15 = 40
5 / 15 = 33 “There isn’t a pen on the table” is also
4 / 15 = 27 possible. However, “There aren’t any pens
3 / 15 = 20 on the table” is much more commonly used.
2 / 15 = 13
1 / 15 = 7
0 / 15 = 0%
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