1. Complete the names of these places and match them with the pictures (a-h) below.
1 t__wn h__ll …e…
2 c__r p__rk ……..
3 __ __rp__rt ……..
4 f__r__st__t__ __n ……..
5 g__m ……..
6 sq__ __r__ ……..
7 sw__mm_ng p__ __l ……..
8 b__s st__t__ __n ……..
Answer
2 car park d 3 airport a 4 fire station g 5 gym c
6 square b 7 swimming pool f 8 bus station h
2. Match the sentences with the places in town below.
bank cinema hospital hotel library museum park
police station post office shopping centre train station zoo
1 ‘Hello. I’m Doctor Langton. How is your arm today?’
…………………………..
2 ‘Excuse me. I’m looking for a book about the rainforest.’
…………………………..
3 ‘The 9.35 from London to York is arriving at platform four.’
…………………………..
4 ‘I need to report a crime.’
…………………………..
5 ‘Can I have a room for three nights, please?’
…………………………..
6 ‘I need to send this letter to Canada, by air.’
…………………………..
7 ‘Excuse me. Where are the lions and tigers?’
…………………………..
8 ‘Look at that Greek plate. It’s 3,000 years old!’
…………………………..
9 ‘I’d like to change some money into euros, please.’
…………………………..
10 ‘Be quiet! The film is starting!’
…………………………..
11 ‘Let’s play football, then have a picnic.’
…………………………..
12 ‘You can stay here in the café. I need to go to the clothes shop and then the bookshop.’
…………………………..
Answer
1 hospital 2 library 3 train station 4 police station
5 hotel 6 post office 7 zoo 8 museum 9 bank
10 cinema 11 park 12 shopping centre
3. Look at the pictures and listen to the sentences. Are the sentences true or false? Tick the correct answer.
1 a True ◻ False ◻
b True ◻ False ◻
c True ◻ False ◻
2 a True ◻ False ◻
b True ◻ False ◻
c True ◻ False ◻
3 a True ◻ False ◻
b True ◻ False ◻
c True ◻ False ◻
Answer
1 a F b T c T 2 a T b T c F 3 a T b T c F
Transcript
1
a The hospital is between the car park and the cinema. True or false?
b The park is behind the hospital. True or false?
c The car park is next to the cinema. True or false?
2
a The man with the hat is in front of the hotel. True or false?
b The hotel is opposite the train station. True or false?
c The bank is next to the train station. True or false?
3
a The swimming pool is in the park. True or false?
b The town hall is behind the park. True or false?
c The bus station is behind the town hall. True or false?
Extra exercises
1. Match words 1-6 with words a-f to make places in towns and cities.
1 bus
2 car
3 post
4 shopping
5 swimming
6 town
a centre
b hall
c office
d park
e pool
f station
Answer
1 F 2 D 3 C 4 A 5 E 6 B
2. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions of place.
1 There’s a bank o…………………… the cinema. You have to cross the road to take some money out.
2 The library is b…………………… the museum and the supermarket.
3 The train station is n…………………… my house. It’s a ten-minute walk.
4 There’s a gym i…………………… the hotel. It’s free for guests.
5 There’s a park n…………………… t…………………… the hospital, on the left.
Answer
1 opposite 2 between 3 near 4 inside 5 next to
3. Complete the definitions.
1 a big area of water with land all around it ……………………
2 a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain ……………………
3 a lot of people together ……………………
4 a piece of land used for animals or growing crops ……………………
5 a big group of trees ……………………
Answer
1 lake 2 hill 3 crowd 4 field 5 wood
4. Choose the correct answers.
1 My grandparents usually fly to Spain on holiday. They go by coach / plane / train.
2 We often ride to the park at the weekend. We go by motorbike / ship / plane.
3 My dad always drives to work. He goes by bus / car / underground.
4 My sister sometimes stays out late on Saturday nights, so she goes home by plane / ship / taxi.
5 There’s always a lot of traffic on the roads in the morning, so we go to school by car / coach / underground.
Answer
1 plane 2 motorbike 3 car 4 taxi 5 underground
5. Complete the sentences with the words below.
Africa Asia east Europe North America south
1 France is in ……………………
2 Marseille is in the …………………… of France and Paris is in the north.
3 Kenya is in ……………………
4 China is in ……………………
5 Berlin is in the …………………… of Germany and Düsseldorf is in the west.
6 Canada is in ……………………
Answer
1 Europe 2 south 3 Africa 4 Asia 5 east 6 North America
6. Complete the directions with the verbs below. You can use one verb more than once.
go take turn
1 …………………… over the bridge.
2 …………………… the first left.
3 …………………… past the fire station.
4 …………………… straight on.
5 …………………… left at the crossroads.
6 …………………… along Station Road.
Answer
1 Go 2 Take 3 Go 4 Go 5 Turn 6 Go
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