Lets talk about directions! This section has 48 worksheets devoted to directions and since other teachers have used them successfully, you can too. This directions worksheet is for students who are learning directions for the first time. First you will have to introduce the names of various places but once your vocabulary introduction and practice has been completed, you can use the worksheet to practice giving directions. Do not forget to test comprehension by giving students directions without telling them the destination and then asking them where they were directed to. Being able to follow directions is just as important as being able to give them. The first time you do this exercise, it is likely that a variety of answers will be sent your way so be prepared for a quick review too. There are lots of other directions worksheets available if you think your students require a different type of practice activity.
Directions can be challenging for ESL students to learn so the most important thing you can do in class is explain words and phrases thoroughly and then allow students to practice, practice, practice. When starting out, have phrases organized clearly on the board so that students can easily compose responses to questions. As students improve, remove this reference from the board and allow them to continuing practicing. Directions is a topic that will take several class periods to cover and one which also requires plenty of review time before exams so make sure your students have a good handle on the material before moving on to another topic.
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This A5 booklet for adult beginners and elementary students is about helping to make appointments or phone emergency numbers. Instructional, it can be used for role-playing, with student ...
This worksheet can be used to practice 'how to introduce yourself' and 'giving personal information' in a role play or just as a speaking activity. It contains 5 tables were your students can fil ...
A map with shops,schools, etc. marked on. You can teach about the shops, school, services or directions. A list is provided with activities held at each venue. This is made up of Australian Englis ...
This ppt is a good game for your students to review past simple and directions. Divide your class into 2 teams. Students are going to choose letters by chance. Each question has got a point and if ...
This ppt is based on English Result textbook (pre-intermediate, student's book, Oxford University Press). The aim is to teach students how to describe routes, what words to use (prepositions of di ...
This worksheet is for pupils of different ages. Your ss revise their knowledge of the cardinal numbers and animals, and directions. Your pupils need paper that has squares on it. You dictate the ...
This PowerPoint Presentation is for the basic understanding of asking and giving directions. It includes basic vocabulary, prepositions of directions, conversations and common usages. There are al ...
This power-point presentation is useful for introducing some places around the city like: bookstore, newsstand, pharmacy, and it helps the student to get to the places.
This is a ppt to help students to understand how to give and ask for directions. It has grammar points about how to ask for direction and how to answer to these questions, location expressions, st ...
This worksheet is appropriate for reviewing and practicing how to ask for transport information. It includes two parts- put words in order and gap filling. This worksheet is based on unit 29 of Ox ...
This is a worksheet for following a direction and finding the destination. The direction is given in code. Each code letter represents the letter that comes before it in the alphabet, for example ...
It was created to use with basic students. It has a map and conversation cards with things that they need. E.g.: one student says: "I need to eat" and the other has to answer "you need to go ...
Here is a two-page worksheet for ESL learners at a basic level learning the names of places around the town. There are three different activities. First, students are asked to look at the pictures ...
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This a matching exercise to review the names of 18 places commonly found in a town. Students read definitions and match them with the places being defined. Its purpose is to be used before student ...
I use this worksheet to practise giving directions and using prepositions of place, to revise the names of places in a town or city. I have designed a map that can be used for pair work, asking ea ...
This is a map of Manchester Piccadilly Station from English Result Student’s book, Elementary level and a worksheet for students to ask directions for different places. Instruction: divide t ...
In this workseet, students will have a chance to create their own convesations about giving directions in town; it can be used to guide them to create a real conversation in their own cities. Here ...
This worksheet contains extra practice when it comes to dealing with things inside the house, prepositions of place, as well as buildings and places outside the house, asking for directions etc. S ...
This is a teaching tool that can be printed and laminated to keep for a useful resource. It includes a town map with streets (colour names), and shops, school etc. It has simple quiz cards to be u ...
Students should look at the map of a town and describe it using the right prepositions of place: on the left/right of ..., near, opposite, in front of, behind, between, in. This worksheet may be u ...
This PPT will help you to demonstrate some well-known places of interest to start a new unit about London and its historical centre the City. It can be used to train some speaking skills about the ...
It is a pair work activity. Student A has to face the picture and explain it. Student B faces back to the picture projected, listens to the explanations and draws. Allow max 3 min to do the task. ...
Worksheet for beginners to understand the use of 'when' & 'where' questions to get around. Simple exercises of time and place to encourage confidence in asking for help/understanding answers a ...
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