Map

labeling
Listening skill
 01
Prepositions
In front of Behind
Across from/ Opposite
 Between … and
Between 2 … (plural N) …
On the left of
the girl On the right of
the box

Next to
At the corner of…
 Top

Left hand Right hand

Bottom

On the top/at the bottom of… On the left/right hand of…

On the top of right-hand corner

At the bottom of right-hand corner

Near Far
Go straight
Turn left
Turn right
Go past
 Check-up

Across
Next to from/opposite
Between .. and..
 Check-up

Go straight
Turn left At the corner of
 Check-up

Go past Behind Turn right

In front of
 Check-up

Near – Far On the top of right-hand corner

At the bottom of right-hand corner
Exercise 1. Match the prepositions to the sentences to complete the description of
the house’s position.
in front of
behind
next to
between
near
on the left of
on the right of
opposite
 in front of
near behind
on the left of
on the next to
right of
between
near
on the left of
on the right of
opposite
in front of opposite
next to
behind
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the prepositions above.
opposite
1. The department store is __________ the bus station.
2. The square is ___________ the bus station and the
castle. between

3. The hotel is to the ___________ of the bank.

4. The museum is _____________ leftto the train station.
5. The park is ___________ the
next
restaurant and department store.
6. The sports centre is on the
___________ of the bus behind
station.

left
 Exercise 3. Listen to a presenter speaking about a new shopping centre. Match
letters A-E to places 1-5. (u.7.2)

Brainstorming
1. Where is A, B, C, D, and E? (What
prepositions might be used in the recording?)
2. Is there anything special about the size of
the places?
Exercise 3. Listen to a presenter speaking about a new shopping centre. Match
letters A-E to places 1-5. (u.7.2)

1. supermarket C

2. department store A

3. pharmacy E

4. bookstore B

5. mobile phone shop D

 02
Cardinal
directions
Exercise 1. Write the cardinal directions of the compass.

1. n _ _ _ _ North
2. e _ _ _ East
3. s _ _ _ _ South
4. w _ _ _ West

Critical thinking: What do you call the direction between 1 and 2, 2

and 3, 3 and 4, 4 and 1?
Exercise 2. Label N, E, S and W on the compass and complete the sentences with
the cardinal directions.

east of the
1. The rowboats are ________
campfire.
2. The camping trailers are ________north
of the
tents.
west of the
3. The cabins are ________
tents.
south
4. The campfire is ________ of the
camping trailers.
east of the cabins.
5. The island ________
 03
IELTS Listening part 2:
Map labeling
 Exercise 1. Look at the map below. Describe the location of each building using the
prepositions and the cardinal directions (N, E, S and W)?

NOTE: the speaker often uses

fountain bridge
roads, geographical features (the
sea, rivers,
mountains, hills, etc.) and small
objects (houses,
trees, etc.) to describe the position
of a place.
Exercise 2. Listen to a boy describing his hometown. Write A-I for places 1-8.
(u.7.3)

1. town hall
2. library
3. art gallery
4. cinema
5. shopping mall
6. harbour
7. stadium
8. swimming pool
Audio script
Boy: Well, I live in a small town in the north of my country. It has quite a few interesting
places to visit. For example, in the centre of town, on the north side of the square we
have the historic town hall, which was built in 1895. In front of it, there's a beautiful
fountain.
Opposite the town hall there's the library. Then if you go over the bridge, we have the
art gallery, a big modern building, which often has interesting exhibitions. The art
gallery is actually between the cinema (to the north) and a big shopping mall, where I
often meet up with my friends.
To the south of the town, there's a harbour, where you can take a boat to the islands.
And then next to the harbour is the stadium, where people go to watch our local
football team. And just behind it is the public swimming pool. It's an outdoor pool -
lovely in summer, but very chilly the rest of the year.
Exercise 2. Listen to a boy describing his hometown. Write A-I for places 1-8.
(u.7.3)

1. town hall H
2. library G

3. art gallery B
4. cinema A
5. shopping mall C
6. harbour D
7. stadium E
8. swimming pool F
Exercise 3. Questions 1-8 (u.7.4). Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-M, next to questions 1-8

Pine Woods Centre

1 café
2 picnic field
3 barbecue area
4 Tree Tops Challenge
5 playground for young children
6 indoor play area
7 sheep
8 goats
Audio script
Good morning. I'd like to thank the council for agreeing to this meeting and for welcoming us here
today to explain to you our plans for Pine Woods Centre. Our aim is to make Pine Woods a place
where people of all ages can come and enjoy their free time. The centre will feature our Tree Tops
Challenge - only for the brave and fearless! For the less brave, and for families with children, there
will be adventure playgrounds, indoor and outdoor, and a feeding area for farm animals and we will
also offer cycle trails through the woods.
I'll give you an overview of Pine Woods first and then tell you more about each area in more detail.
This first slide shows the overall layout of the centre and where all the activities will be situated. As
you can see from the map, the entrance to this attraction will be on the south side. As visitors enter
from the car park, they will walk along this path leading them to the cafe and gift shop. The gift
near the entrance
shop will be where tickets are on sale and therefore needs to be ……………………….…. So this
on the right
building here …………………. will be the cafe and the building ………….………..will
on the left be the gift
behind
shop. There will also be a picnic field ……………. the cafe for the warmer months. It's the area just
right-hand corner
to the right of the cafe as you look at the map. And in the bottom ………………………….of the
picnic field we're planning to have a barbecue area, where people can hire a barbecue and bring
their own food to cook. It'll be great for parties. In summer we plan to have bands performing here
in the evenings.
Audio script
west of the gift shop is where the Tree Tops Challenge will take place. There's a path
To the ………….
here winding through the forest, and up in the trees there will be all sorts of high-level adventure
apparatus- rope swings, awesome rope bridges and tunnels, and zip wires where you can fly way
above the forest floor. This adventure experience will only be open to those aged 15 and over.
Beyond the Tree Tops Challenge there will be an adventure playground. To get to it, you go along
…………..
this path from the entrance until you reach the ………………………crossroads left The
, then you turn ……...
young children's playground will have a ……………….fence around it, making it safer and keeping them
away from the lake. The indoor play area, only for the very young, will be on the ………….. east side of
inside
the farm, near the cafe and just …………… the picnic area.
And finally, let's turn our attention back to this area here, where the paths meet and form a
east end
crossroads. This path leading to the ………………………of the farm will take our visitors to the
area which houses the farm animals. Children will be able to watch the animals being fed and cared
for, and in some instances they will be able to feed the animals themselves. The sheep will be in this
first
……………... area on the right here, directly opposite the pigs, and the goats will go at the
…………………there.
very end
We haven't quite decided on the other areas yet. So those are our plans. We hope they will be
approved, and we look forward to welcoming you back in the not too distant future to see the final
result.
Exercise 3. Questions 1-8 (u.7.4). Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-M, next to questions 1-8

Pine Woods Centre

1 café K

2 picnic field L

3 barbecue area M

4 Tree Tops Challenge I

5 playground for young children B
6 indoor play area F
7 sheep G

8 goats E