GRAMMAR DRILL
ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
NAME:
1 Check (3) the questions that ask for directions
to a place.
  1 What do you do every day at the park?
  2 How do I get to Héroes School?
  3 Could you tell me the way to the
art museum?
  4 Does a newsstand sell newspapers
and magazines?
  5 Excuse me, where is Bonn Bakery?
  6 How often does he go to the
electronics store?
  7 How far is the drugstore from here?
2 Write the question from the box you need to get
the information in each sentence.
Where…?   How do I get to…?   How far…?
1 I need the exact location of the drugstore.
2 I want to know if the museum is near.
3 I need to know the distance between the school
and the subway.
4 I want to know the address or part of the city in
which the bakery is.
5 I need directions to get to the supermarket.
6 I want to know if the drugstore is at a walking
distance from here.
7 I need to know the way to the grocery store.
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3 Underline the correct option.
1 Where’s / What’s the bank?
2 How far / long is the beauty salon from here?
3 How do / far we get to the movie theater?
4 Where / How do I are the most expensive
electronics stores in this town?
5 How far / do I get to the supermarket?
6 Where / How far is the supermarket from
the church?
7 Where / How do I is your school, on Juárez
Street or on Rosas Avenue?
4 Circle the mistake in the questions and rewrite
them correctly.
1 How far do I get to the optician’s?
2 Where is Manzano Street from here?
3 How do I get at the hospital?
4 H
 ow far is the Mexican restaurant, on Roble
Street or on Victoria Street?
5 Where do I get to the bookstore?
6 H
 ow is the park from the hotel? About
two blocks?
7 How far is the bakery to the electronics store?
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ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

5 Put the words in order to make questions. B:  You only need to walk a few steps, go
7) the grocery store, and
1 electronics / Where’s / store / the / ?
you are there!

2 here / far / is / the / How / library / from / ? 7 Write the questions you need to ask to get the
answers.
3 do / get / How / we / to / the / grocery store / ?
1 
It’s a five-minute walk from here to Rosas Street.
4 best / Where / schools / the / in this city / are / ? 2 
Walk straight for three blocks and the bakery is
there, next to a newsstand.
5 How / from the bookstore / is / far / the hotel / ?
3 
The grocery store? It’s on the corner of Alameda
6 Where’s / history museum / the / ? Street and Cordillera Avenue.
4 
7 get / I / do / the / movie theater / How / to / ? Turn right here. Then go straight until you get to
Miravalle Street. The bookstore is on the left.

5 
6 Complete the conversation with the necessary It is far. You need to ride the bus to Lincoln
words. Street. It’s about an hour’s ride.
6 
A:  Excuse me. 1) is Pino
The library is next to the concert hall on
Hospital?
Rojo Boulevard.
B:  It’s on Norte Street.
7 
A:  2) is Norte Street from
Walk straight until you get to the park. Walk
here?
across the park and the newsstand is in
B:  It’s near. It’s a five-minute walk. the middle.
A:  3) get there?
8 Write five questions to ask for directions
B:  Walk straight until you get to Flores Street. to places in your town.
Turn right 4) Flores Street
and walk straight for three blocks. There is a 1

supermarket 5) left. Walk 2

to the corner and that is Norte Street. 3
A:  How far is Pino Hospital 6) 4
the supermarket corner?
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