Asking the way
In a city Active Vocabulary
city, town |
город |
school |
школа |
road |
дорога |
shop |
магазин |
street |
улица |
square |
площадь |
market |
рынок |
airport |
аэропорт |
avenue |
проспект |
supermarket |
универсам |
traffic light |
светофор |
department store |
универмаг |
crossing |
перекресток |
library |
библиотека |
roundabout |
кольцевая дорога |
bank |
банк |
turning |
поворот |
hotel |
гостиница |
underground |
метро |
restaurant |
ресторан |
bus-stop |
автобусная остановка |
address |
адрес |
bridge |
мост |
building |
здание |
café |
кафе |
monument |
памятник |
kindergarten |
детский сад |
barber’s |
парикмахерская (мужская) |
museum |
музей |
hairdresser’s |
парикмахерская (женская) |
cemetery |
кладбище |
park |
парк |
theatre |
театр |
hospital |
больница |
cinema |
кинотеатр |
plant |
завод |
church |
церковь |
factory |
фабрика |
post-office |
почта |
railway station |
железнодорожный вокзал |
river terminal |
речной вокзал |
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Directions
to straight to go along past across up down to walk |
по направлению к прямо идти, ехать вдоль мимо через вверх вниз идти пешком |
to go by bus (car) |
ехать на автобусе (машине) |
to take a bus (taxi) |
сесть на автобус (такси) |
to get off a train (bus) |
сойти с поезда (автобуса) |
to cross |
переходить (пересекать) |
to turn right (left) |
поворачивать направо (налево) |
Exercises
1. Tell your address.
Eg.: My address is 8, Sadovaya Street, Samara.
2. What district do you live in? What is situated near your house?
Eg.: There is a hospital, a school and a cinema nearby. But there is no post-office nearby.
3. Ask the way how to go to:
school, b) the department store, c) the cinema, d) church, e) central library, f) hospital, g) theatre, h) barber’s, i) railway station.
Eg.: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the post-office?
4. Look at the plan of the city. We are in place marked by a cross. Where can we get if we follow the arrows?
5. Insert the necessary words.
1. Go to the traffic light. Turn right and go straight on to the crossing. 2. Cross the street. You are in front of the … .
3. Go to the traffic light. Cross the street and go straight on. Turn right. Go along the street and then turn left. The … is on the left.
4. Go to the traffic light. Turn left. Take the second street on the left. 5. Go along the street. The … is on the left.
6. Go to the traffic light. Cross the street and turn right. Go past the church and turn left. Then turn right and go to the square. At the square turn right. The … is the second building on the right.
6. Make up a dialogue according to the situation.
Your friend is coming. He is already at the railway station and he is phoning you. Explain the way how to get to your house. Here is a beginning of a phone talk:
- Hello.
- Hello, Peter. This is Ben.
- Oh, hello, Ben. Where are you?
- I am at the railway station.
-…
7. Read the dialogues and dramatize them.