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A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to Lime Street Station?

B: Lime Street Station? Go up Charlotte Street and turn right into Elliot Street.Then turn left. The station is on your right. You cant miss it.

A: Thanks.

A: Excuse me, is the Cavern Club round here?

B: The Cavern Club? Sorry, Im new here. I know The Beatles played therem, but Im

afraid I dont know how to get there. Youd better ask someone else.

A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Cavern Club?

C: Sure, go up Charlotte Street. Turn left into Elliot Street. Take the secondturning, thats Church Street and at the end of Church Street rurn right and thentake the first turning on the left. Turn left again and thats Mathew Street and theCavern Club is on your left.

A: Thanks.

C: You are welcome.

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Vocabulary

way cestaexcuse me promite (pi dosti)turn zahnout

turning odbokaleft lev

right pravmiss minout, zmekatstation ndraround here/near here tady, blzkosorry promite (pi omluv)played hrli (minulas)

better radjichurch kostel

youre welcome nen zaroundabout kruhov objezd

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A:Excuse me, can you tell me the way to...? Promite, mete mi vysvtlit cestu do..?How can I get to....? Jak se dostanu do....?Is this the way to....? Je to cesta do....?

Im looking for ...? Is it near here? Hledm....?Je to tady?Which way is to the...? Kudy vede cesta do....:

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Go down this street. Bte touto ulic. Go straight ahead. Bte rovn. Turn left/right (into ... Street). Zahnte doleva/doprava (do ulice...) Take the first turning on the left. Na prvn odboce doleva. Take the second turning on the right. Na druh odboce doprava. Go straight on for about 100ms. Bte rovn asi 100m.

A: Is it far? Je to daleko?B: No, you can walk there in five minutes. Ne, me tam dojt za pt minut.

It is on the left. Je to nalevo.on the right. napravo.in front of you. ped Vmi.on the corner of.... na rohu ....at the end of.... na konci....

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Vocabulary revision Places in a town Opakovn Msta ve mst

bank bankapolice station policejn stanicelibrary knihovna

hospital nemocnicebridge mostbus station autobusov ndracinema kinoart gallery galerietown hall radnicesupermarket supermarketchurch kostelnewsagent novinov stnekcaf kavrna

Prepositions of place Pedloky s mstnm vznamem

in v, uvniton na (na ploe)at vnear blzkonext to vedle

between mezi (dvma)along podl, pounder podabove nad

opposite naprotiin front of ped

behind za

cv. 1

Write the correct preposition under the diagrams:Napi sprvnou pedloku pod kad obrzek:

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cv. 2

Fill in the dialogue:Doplte rozhovor:

1. Excuse me. How ___________ I get to the station?Go ___________ for about 500 metres and then ___________ left.

2. Excuse me. Is ___________ a park near here?Its ___________ there.

3. Excuse me. ___________ is the theatre near here?Its ___________ the caf.

4. Excuse me. Can you ___________ me the way to a bank?___________ the first on the right and then turn left.

5. Excuse me. Which ___________ is it to the museum.?Go ___________ this street and then turn left.How long ___________ it take?

About 20 minutes.

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Use the map of the city centre.You are outside the Tourist Information Office in Charlotte Street.Ask for and give directions to:

a) the Empire Cinemab) the Playhouse Theatre

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cv. 1

Write the correct preposition under the diagrams:Napi sprvnou p

edloku pod kad obrzek:

in on the left in front of behind under above between

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Fill in the dialogue:Doplte rozhovor:

1. Excuse me. How___can___ I get to the station?Go ____straight____ for about 500 metres and then ____turn____ left.

2. Excuse me. Is ____there____ a park near here?Its ___over____ there.

3. Excuse me. ___Where____ is the theatre near here?Its ___near/next to/opposite___ the caf.

4. Excuse me. Can you ___tell___ me the way to a bank?___Take___ the first on the right and then turn left.

5. Excuse me. Which ___way___ is it to the museum.?Go ___along____ this street and then turn left.How long ___does___ it take?

About 20 minutes.

cv. 3

Use the map of the city centre. You are outside the Tourist Information Officein Charlotte Street. Ask for and give directions to:a) the Empire Cinema

b) the Playhouse TheatreA: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to ....

B: a) Go up Charlotte Street. Turn right into Elliot Street. Take the firstfurning on the left thats Lime Street. The Empire Cinema is on yourright.

b) Go up Charlotte Street. Turn left. Take the first turning on the right.The Playhouse is on your right.