4.6 Finding your way Practice

Work in pairs. You are at the bus station. Ask each other the way to:

1. the castle 4 the bank

2. the library 5 the comprehensive school

3. the boat club 6 the swimming pool

Student A begins: Excuse me,

How do I get go ...? can you tell me the way to ...?

Student В finishes: You'll see the ... on your

left. right.

Now imagine you are somewhere else on the map. Choose a place you want to go to, and ask your partner how to get there.

4.7 Your own area Free practice

Work in groups. Tell each other how to get to these places, from where you are now.

1. the nearest Post Office

2. the nearest station

3. the nearest supermarket

4. your house

5. anywhere else you like

4.8 Making puppets Listening

You will hear a woman describe two ways of making puppets, and tell the story of

how she once gave a puppet show.

1. Before you listen,

a ) make sure you know the meaning of the following words and expressions:

to embroider sleeve

to stuff elastic band

cardboard tube frame

b) mark the following on the hand on the right:

thumb

forefinger

middle finger

wrist

2. Listen to what the woman says about the first way of making a puppet.

a) How do you make the head ? the hair ? the eyes?

b) Where do you put the cardboard tube ? Why ?

c) How is the puppet's dress different from an ordinary doll's dress ?

d) How exactly do you put the puppet on your hand ?

3 Listen to what she says about the second way of making a puppet.

a) Make a list of all the materials you need, and what each thing is for.

Material	What it's for

b) Explain how you put the puppet together on your hand. Begin ‘You take the handkerchief, and you put it...’

4. Listen to the story about the puppet show she gave in Cornwall

a) What kind of puppets did she use ?

b) How did she make her theatre ?

c) How did she find an audience ?

Make a matchbox puppet.

Unit 4 Summary of language

In this unit you have learnt how to:

• say what direction things and people move in

• give instructions for making and doing things

• give street directions

KEY POINTS

1. Prepositions of direction in(to), out of;

on(to), off;

up to, towards, away from;

up, down;

along, through, between;

across, round, past, over, under.

2. Expressing sequence in giving instructions

First you put a paper cup under the tap. After that you put your money in the machine, and then you press the button ...

3. Expressions for giving street directions

Turn left/right.

Take the first turning on your left/on your right.

Keep Go

straight on along this road.

Activities

ROOM TO LET

A student sees this advertisement in a newsagent's window, and phones the owner.

Student: Phone the owner, and:

1. ask him/her to describe the room z ask for any more information you need

2. decide to go and see it

3. ask how to get there

Owner: When the student phones you:

1. describe the room

2. answer any more questions about it

3. ask if he/she is coming to see the room

4. tell him/her how to get there

COMPOSITION

Write a short magazine article (100-150 words), entitled 'A day in the life of (your name)'. Include information about:

your job people you come into contact with

the work you do things that often happen to you

breaks for meals travel

SITUATIONS

1. You want to go swimming, but a friend tells you the pool's closed. Decide to do something else.

2. Someone asks you the way to the nearest bank. Give directions.

3. Explain the weekly routine of your English classes to a new student.

4. Explain to someone how to get the milk out of a coconut.

5. You're in a strange town and your bicycle has a puncture. Ask a passer-by about a place that will repair it.

6. Someone you meet at a party asks you to recommend a good place to spend an evening in your town. What do you say to them?

Unit 5 Past events