ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

Exercise 1 – Vocabulary

nearby (kinjo no) close to (ni chikai)

exhausted (tsukareta) post office (yuubinkyoku)

Exercise 2 – Discussion

1. Is it hard to ask directions in English?

2. Would you be comfortable with giving directions in English?
3. Have you ever tried being lost?
4. Which one do you like more, using a map or asking strangers for directions?
5. If you got lost in a foreign country, what would you do?

Exercise 3 – Useful Expressions

 May I ask you something? (Chotto ukagatte mo iidesu ka?)

 Can you tell me the way, please? (Houhou o oshietekudasai.)
 That’s a relief. (Sore wa anshindesu.)

Exercise 4 – Dialogue Practice

Read the dialogue with your teacher.

Police Officer Hiyori

Excuse me. May I ask you something?
Sure. How can I help?
I want to buy something. Where can I find
a convenience store?
There are three convenience stores
nearby: 7 Eleven, Lawson, and Family
Mart. Which of the three is the nearest? I’m a
 bit exhausted from walking around?

Family Mart is the closest. Can you tell me the way, please?

It is close to the post office. It’s about 50

meters from here. Oh, that’s a relief. Which direction should
I go?
This way. Just go down the street and you
will find it on the right-hand side. You
can’t miss it. It has a big sign.
Okay. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome.

Exercise 5 – Role play

 You are lost in a foreign country.

 Ask your teacher for directions to go to the ...
a. Station
A: Excuse me. May I ask you something?
B: Sure. How can I help?
A: ____________________
b. bank
c. bakery
d. butcher/meat shop
e. fruit shop
f. fish shop
g. restaurant
 Look at the map and answer the questions, using the preposition of place in
brackets.

1. Where is the bowling alley? __________________

2. Where is the library? __________________

3. Where is the hotel? __________________

4. Where is the zoo? __________________

 Look at the map from exercise 2 and complete the sentences with the correct
preposition.

1. The hospital is ____________________________ the bookshop.

2. The school is _________________________ the bus station.
3. The bar is __________________ the bank.
4. The bus station is ___________________ the school and the art
gallery.
5. The city hall is __________________ the library.