🧭 Make A Left On Valley Road!
Let's give directions like a real navigator! Today you will learn driving directions (go down Oak Street · make a left on Valley Road · it's on the right), the four compass directions (north, south, east, west), blocks, how to repeat directions with So…, more transportation, and how to ask an office for directions on the phone.
Leo Is The Navigator
Leo has a toothache (Lesson 36!). Dad drives him to the dentist, and Leo reads the directions on Mom's phone.
🤔 Can you explain the way from your school to your home?
🚗 Giving Directions
You know go straight, turn left and turn right (Lesson 42). Here are more ways to give directions — with on + the street name.
⬆️ Straight ahead
- Go straight on Pine Avenue.
- Go down Oak Street.
↪️ Turning
- Turn right on Central Boulevard. · Turn left on Valley Road.
- Go right on Central Boulevard.
- Make a left on Valley Road. · Make a right on Terrace Drive.
👉 Which side?
- His house is on the right.
- The building is on the left.
🚙 The Car Navigator
Read the directions and drive the car! Use the buttons. When you think you're there, press 🏁 We're here! 5 trips.
🧭 Compass Directions And Blocks
The four compass directions are north (N), south (S), east (E) and west (W). A block is a section of a street, from one corner to the next.
- Go north on Third Avenue.
- Go down Central Boulevard, and turn east on Clover Street.
- A: Which direction is it? — B: It's west.
- Go down Main Street for three blocks, and then make a right.
- Go south for two blocks, and turn left.
🧭 The Compass Quiz
Look at the little map and answer "Which direction is it?" 8 questions.
🔁 Repeating Directions With So…
Use So, when you repeat directions to check them. The other person says if you understood correctly.
✅ Correct
A: Go down Main Street, and then make a right on Terrace Drive.
B: So, I go down Main and make a right on Terrace.
A: Yes, that's right. / Correct. / Uh-huh.
🔁 Misunderstood
A: Go down Main Street, and then make a right on Terrace Drive.
B: OK. Go down Main and make a left on Terrace.
A: No. Make a right on Terrace.
B: Oh, OK. Go down Main and make a right on Terrace. — A: Correct.
Careful: right is a direction ➡️ AND another way to say correct ✅. A: Make a right on Terrace Drive. — B: OK. I make a right on Terrace. — A: Yes, that's right!
✅ So, Did I Get It?
Listen to the directions and to the repetition. Is it correct? Choose the right answer! 6 rounds.
🚋 Transportation Words
Click a card to hear it. Notice the verbs: ride a bike, take the bus, go by car, go on foot.
☎️ Asking For Directions To A Business
When you call an office, a receptionist answers. Add please to be polite, answer her questions, and don't forget to thank her!
🙋 You ask
- What's your address, please?
- Where's your office, please?
- How do I get to your office, please?
- Can you please tell me how to get there?
- How long does it take?
- Thank you for your help!
☎️ The receptionist says
- Dr. Amel's Dental Clinic. How can I help you?
- Where are you now?
- How are you coming? (by car? by bus? on foot?)
- It takes about 20 to 30 minutes.
📞 Call The Clinic
Mom calls the dentist's office. Choose what she says at each step — the receptionist answers you!
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Be The Navigator
Write the directions from your school to a place in your town (a park, a library, your grandparents' home…). Use go down, make a left / right on, a compass direction, blocks and on the left / right. Then add a short dialogue where someone repeats with So…
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your directions out loud like a GPS voice. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Directions & Compass
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!