Question 1: Look at the map and complete the following dialogues. Then practise them with a partner.
1. A: Can you tell me the way to the post office?
B: ______________________
2. A: ______________________
B: Yes, there is one on Nguyen Du Street. First go straight, then turn left. It's on your right.
3. A: Excuse me, is there a bank near here?
B:
4. A: ______________________ ?
B: First take the second turning on your left. Then keep straight. It's on your left.
5. A: Where can we see a film in this neighbourhood?
B:______________________
6. A:______________________
B: There's an internet café on Le Loi Street. First go past the traffic lights, and then turn left. Go to the end of the street. It's on your right.
Answer:
1. First turn left, then turn right. Go past the bus station. It's on your left.
2. Excuse me, is there a grocery near here?
3. No, there isn't.
4. Where is the bakery (in this neighborhood)? / Can you tell me the way to the bakery?
5. There's a cinema on Bach Lieu Street. Take the second left. / Take the second turning on your left. Go past the traffic lights and then turn left. It's on your left.
6. Where can we check our email? / Where can we have coffee?
Question 2: Complete the following conversations about your neighbourhood. Then practise the conversations with a friend.
1. Stranger. Excuse me, is there a post office near here?
You: ____________________
2. Visitor. Excuse me, where is the bus stop?
You: ____________________
3. Visitor. Excuse me, I need some medicine. Is there a chemist's near here?
You: ____________________
4. Visitor: Excuse me, where is the bakery?
You: ____________________
5. Visitor. Excuse me, I'm lost. Where is the hospital?
You: ____________________
Answer:
1. Yes, it is.
2. It’s that way.
3. It is straight ahead of you.
4. Go straight then turn to the left.
5. At the first cross-road, turn to the left.
Question 3:
a. Make notes of what you like and dislike about your neighbourhood.
Answer:
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What you like: many shops near my house, the friendly neighborhood, the delicious food, there are many trees and flowers here.
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What you dislike: many traffic jams, the hot weather in summer.
b. Work with your friend. Take turns asking and answering about what you like and dislike about your neighbourhood.
You: What do you like about your neighbourhood?
Your friend: ________________________
You: And what do you dislike about it?
Your friend: ________________________
Answer:
1. The people here are very hard-working, friendly and lovely.
2. I dislike the noisy from traffic jams everyday.