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Where?

Learn It

 

Simple Directions

right
Right
left
Left
straight ahead
Straight ahead

For example

   
factory
   
    The factory is straight ahead.    
office block
The office block is on the left.

You are here.

red dot

The train station is on the right.
train station

Ask the right question

Question
Answer
Where is the office block please? It's on the left.
Could you tell me where the factory is, please?

It's straight ahead.

Excuse me. Do you know where the train station is? It's on the right.

Where is ... in the town?

church train station school airport hospital
Where is the church?
Where is the train station?
Where is the school?
Where is the airport?
Where is the hospital?
The church is on the far left.

The train station is to the right of the church.

The school is in the middle. The airport is to the left of the hospital. The hospital is on the far right.
or...
The church is next to the train station. The train station is between the church and the school. The school is between the station and the airport. The airport is between the school and the hospital. The hospital is next to the airport.

Pronunciation

between left middle next to right straight ahead

 

Test It

Test what you have learnt -

You need a blank piece of paper and a pencil.
Listen to the text.
I will read out where you, a school, a hospital, a church and a train station are on the piece of paper.

Draw a simple map on the piece of paper according to what I tell you.
Check what you have written.

First Listen - Next - draw the map - Then Check

For homework read parts A and B and do the exercises 38.1 and 38.2 in English Vocabulary in Use (Unit 38 - In the town - pages 80 and 81)

Practise It

On the forum - Describe a street you know well.
Learn some buildings vocabulary

This is a fun song for asking the way


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