Ask for directions
🎯 Try it
From station A1, go east two blocks and north one. Where are you?
Face the same direction as your partner. Try left, right, straight, and stop.
🔎 Worked example
Speaking card: “Excuse me, how do I get to the …?” → “Go … blocks. Turn …” → “Do you mean …?” → “Yes. / No, …”
Route cards: A: station → park, facing east. B: café → hotel, facing east. C: hotel → station, facing south. D: park → bank, facing north. Partners take turns giving directions; the listener traces the route.
Use this fictional grid: columns A, B, C run west to east; rows 1, 2, 3 run south to north. Station A1; café B1; park B2; bank C2; hotel C3. Roads connect neighboring grid points. Model from station to park: Go east one block to the café. Turn left and go north one block. The park is there. Start every route by naming the facing direction.
✏️ Practice
💭 Your answer
What is a useful clarification?
📝 Use it in a real conversation
Use this five-minute exchange within independent practice, replacing one of the written tasks. The listener traces the route without looking at the speaker’s card.
Visitor: “Excuse me, how do I get to the park?” Helper: “Go straight one block. Turn left and go one block.” Visitor: “Do you mean left at the café?” Helper: “Yes, left at the café.” Visitor: “Thank you.”
Start at the station facing east. For the second attempt, ask for the bank instead. The helper must change the route; the visitor repeats the uncertain turn. A partner checks the traced destination. This is speaking practice with text support, not automated speech assessment.
✅ Quick check
Facing north at B2, which turn points east?
🔑 Answers
🔑 Practice answers
💡 Hint and challenge
💡 Hint: Trace the route with a finger before speaking. Keep left/right gestures visible.
⭐ Challenge: Give two routes to the hotel and compare their number of blocks.
🔎 Challenge answer
From A1 facing east: east two blocks then north two; or east one, north two, east one. Both total four blocks. Turn directions depend on the direction you face.