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A1Places in town8 min

Asking for directions in town

Listen to Lena ask a man in the street how to get to a place in town.

Before you listen

Lena is in a town she doesn't know. She is looking for a place in town. She stops a man in the street and asks for help. Listen to the directions.

go straight onphrase
walk forward and do not turnGo straight on for two minutes.
traffic lightsnoun
red, yellow and green lights that tell cars when to stop and goStop at the traffic lights and wait.
oppositepreposition
on the other side of the street from somethingThe school is opposite my house.
on footphrase
walking, not by car or busI go to work on foot.

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Excuse me, is it far?

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Lena: Excuse me. Is there a post office near here?

Man: Yes, there is. It's on Bridge Street.

Lena: Is it far?

Man: No, it's about five minutes on foot. Go straight on and turn left at the traffic lights.

Lena: Turn left at the traffic lights. OK.

Man: Then walk past the bank and the cinema. The post office is on the right, opposite a small park.

Lena: Thank you. Is it open now?

Man: Yes, it is. It's open until five thirty today.

Lena: Great. And is there a bus stop near the post office?

Man: Yes, there's one in front of the park. The number nine bus goes to the station.

Lena: Thanks very much!

Man: You're welcome.

Exercise 1 of 2

Follow the directions

Listen to the conversation. Choose the correct answer.

  1. What is Lena looking for?

  2. What does Lena do at the traffic lights?

  3. What does Lena walk past?

  4. Where is the post office?
  5. What is opposite the post office?

  6. Is the post office open now?
0 of 6 answered

Exercise 2 of 2

Listen for details

Listen again. Type one word, a number or a time in each gap.

  1. The post office is on Street.

  2. The post office is about minutes away on foot.

  3. Today the post office is open until .

  4. Bus number stops near the post office.

  5. That bus goes to the .

0 of 5 answered

Source

Original script by Joy English, read by open-source text-to-speech voices (Kokoro-82M, Apache-2.0).

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