8.

4 Practical English
Vocabulary
Aims
• Learn to ask for and give directions.
• Identify true and false sentences about places on a map using
prepositions of place.
• Follow directions and identify destinations.

Warm-up
• Ask students whether people ever ask them for directions in
their town. If so, how good are they at giving directions? How
good are they at reading maps? Do their parents use maps
when they drive or do they have satnavs?

Exercise 1
• Give students plenty of time to study the map. Remind them
that we use prepositions of place to say where things are in
relation to other things. They used behind, between, in front of,
next to, in, on and under in the Starter unit on page 6, but it
might be worth having a quick revision session, asking them
to identify the relative positions of objects in the classroom.
Teach opposite if they don’t already know it.
• Ask students to read the sentences and decide if they are
true or false. Then ask them to correct the false ones in their
notebooks.
• Allow students to compare their answers in pairs before
checking with the class.
ANSWERS
1 False. The bakery is next to the post office.
2 False. The car park is behind the library.
3 False. The bookshop is opposite the takeaway.
4 True.
5 True.

Exercise 2 
• Go through the directions with the class and ask them to
match them with the pictures.
• Check answers with the class.
ANSWERS
1  A  ​2  D  ​3  B  ​4  E  ​5  C  ​6  F

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 Exercise 3  Language in action
• Ask students to follow the directions and name each place.
• Check answers with the class. Aim
• Practise asking and giving directions.
ANSWERS
1 the department store Exercise 8
2 the restaurant • Remind students of the conversations they heard in exercise 5.
3 the park Tell them that they are now going to have conversations in
Vocabulary practice which they ask for and give directions.
• Interactive vocabulary task. • Go through the instructions and the Functional language
box with the class. Make sure they understand that they are
Exercise 4 Learn it! standing outside the train station. Get them to find this on
• Focus attention on the Learn it! box. Explain that some English the map.
words may look like words in students’ own language but • Divide the class into pairs to take turns asking for and giving
have different meanings. directions to different places.
• Ask students how they say these words in their own language. • Go round giving help and encouragement as students
• Check answers with the class. have their conversations. Take note of any particularly good
dialogues and invite those students to perform them to
Listening the class.

Aims
• Listen to and follow directions on a map.
• Find a mystery object by following directions.
• Practise consonant clusters with s.
Listening preparation
• Interactive task to practise asking for and giving directions.
Exercise 5  $ 3•14  Audio script ppT142–143
• Remind students that they learned about orienteering in Unit
2. Ask them to look at the map and find the school.
• Play the recording for students to listen and follow the
directions they hear. They should make a note of the three
places they go to, as well as the final destination.
• Check answers with the class.
ANSWERS
The bank, the café and the library are mentioned.
The final destination is 33 Queen Street.
Exercise 6
• Ask students to use the final letter of the three places to find
the mystery object.
ANSWER
1 key
Exercise 7  $ 3•15  Say It!
• Demonstrate the sounds in isolation and make sure students
can produce them accurately.
• Then ask students to look at the words in the Say it! box and
encourage them to say the words aloud to themselves or
in pairs.
• Play the recording for students to listen and repeat the words.
Ask for individual repetition around the class.
Exercise 9
• Focus attention on the text message and go through the
instructions with the class. Make sure they understand that
they are to choose a place and give the aunt directions to
come to that place from the shopping centre.
• Students work individually to write their directions. Go round
monitoring and giving assistance where necessary.
• Choose some students to read out their directions. Get the
other students to follow the directions from the shopping
centre and see if they arrive at the right place.
Exercise 10
• Play the video for students to watch episode 8.
Interactive video Riverpark Mystery
• Duration: 5.18 minutes
• Topic: The big chase.
• Task: ‘Your turn’ – ask the man for directions. Interactive –
select the correct directions on the map.
• Video scripts are available in the iPack Resources tab.
Dialogue practice
• Students can work in pairs or small groups to practise the
conversation.
Further practice
Pronunciation, Student’s Book page 134
Functional language, Vocabulary reference, Workbook page 114
Riverpark Mystery scripts, Tests and Resources Multi-ROM
Communication: Pairwork, Tests and Resources Multi-ROM

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