7.2 Actividad
In the next activity, you will learn how to give directions.
| GIVING DIRECTIONS |
| Use the following verbs to give directions: ir ( ‘to go’ ), tomar ( ‘to take’ ), seguir ( ‘to keep (straight) on’), cruzar ( ‘to cross over’ ) and girar ( ‘to turn’ ). |
| • Vaya hasta el final de la calle. (Go to the end of the street.) |
| • Tome la primera a la derecha. (Take the first on the right.) |
| • Siga todo recto. (Keep straight on.) |
| • Cruce la calle. (Cross the street.) |
| • Gire a la izquierda. (Turn left.) |
| Use ordinal numbers (primera, segunda, tercera, etc.) to indicate which street to take. |
| • la primera calle a la derecha |
| • la segundacalle a la derecha |
| • la tercera calle a la izquierda |
| To show whereabouts a building is in a street, you can talk about ‘blocks’: in Spain, the word for this is manzana and in Latin America, cuadra. |
| • La Pedrera está en la tercera manzana. |
| • El Cabildo está a dos cuadras. |
Actividad 7.2
Part 1
Using the map, direct someone to the bank by putting the following sentences in the correct order from 1–5.
Ponga las frases en orden.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 5 items in each list.
-
siga todo recto
-
vaya hasta el final de la calle
-
gire a la izquierda
-
después, tome la primera a la derecha
-
cruce la calle, y está allí
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.3
b.2
c.4
d.5
e.1
- 1 = e,
- 2 = b,
- 3 = a,
- 4 = c,
- 5 = d
Part 2
Let's find a bank in Barcelona. Look at where you are on the map in relation to where the bank is. You are in Calle Fontanella, in front of the Telefónica building facing the Plaza Catalunya. Complete the sentences with the appropriate verbs.
Complete las frases.
Click below to view a larger version of this picture.
Picture 2 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
– ¿Hay un banco por aquí?
– Sí. Hay uno muy cerca. Vaya todo recto. Después (a) __________ la segunda calle a la izquierda, se llama las Ramblas. (b) __________ todo recto, (c) __________ la segunda a la izquierda y hay uno allí.
– ¡Muchas gracias!
Answer
(a) tome
(b) siga
(c) tome