Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson is designed for A2-level ESL students to practice asking for and giving directions. This English class material uses a variety of interactive exercises to teach essential vocabulary, prepositions, and imperative verbs for navigating a town or city.
This lesson helps elementary students build confidence in real-world communication scenarios. Activities include a warm-up discussion, a listening gap-fill exercise, and a vocabulary matching game. Students will also practice grammar through multiple-choice questions on prepositions and a fill-in-the-blanks exercise on imperatives. The lesson concludes with a reading comprehension task and a role-playing activity to solidify their learning.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion where students share their experiences with asking for and giving directions, activating prior knowledge.
- A listening comprehension exercise in which students fill in the gaps while listening to a short audio clip about giving directions.
- A drag-and-drop vocabulary matching game to learn essential terms like "intersection," "roundabout," and "landmark."
- A grammar exercise focusing on prepositions of place and movement, such as "between," "opposite," and "on the corner of."
- A grammar practice activity on using imperative verbs (e.g., "Go," "Turn," "Walk") to give clear instructions.
- A reading task where students read a short blog post about getting lost and fill in missing words from the context.
- A guided role-play activity for students to practice asking for and giving directions to each other in pairs.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces practical words for getting around a city. Key terms include intersection, roundabout, landmark, pedestrian, sidewalk, and opposite. Students learn these terms through a matching exercise to ensure comprehension.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on two main grammatical points. The first is prepositions of place and movement, such as on, next to, between, opposite, go straight, and walk past. The second focus is on using imperative verbs like Go, Turn, Walk, and Cross to give clear and simple directions.
