10/9/10

Findindg our way around the English world

Directions

  • Is there a post office near here?
  • Is there a police station?
  • Is there a library?
  • Is there a hospital or a doctor surgery?
  • Is there a school?
  • How many schools are there?
  • How many libraries are there?
  • Is there a fishmonger’s near here?
  • Is there a baker’s?
  • Is there a newsagent’s?
  • Is there a butcher’s?
  • Is there a chemist’s?
  • Is there a bank?
  • Is there a furniture shop?
  • Is there a clothes shop?
  • Where is the nearest supermarket?
  • Is there a park?
  • How many parks are there?
  • Is there a bookshop?
  • Is there a bus station?
  • Is there a railway station?
  • How many railway stations are there?
  • How can we get to the nearest park?
  • How can we get to the nearest newsagent’s?
  • How can we get to the nearest bank?
  • How can we get to the nearest chemist’s?
  • How can we get to the library?
  • How can we get to your house?

Now, let's take a map of Dublin.

In Dublin

· Find: the National Library, Trinity College, a park, a cathedral, the river Liffey, the Temple Bar, the General Post Office (GPO), a railway station, Dublin Tourist Centre, O’Connell Monument, Dublin Castle, James Joyce Centre, Guiness Storehouse, a shopping centre, the Garden of Remembrance, the Grand Canal Docks.

You are at Trinity College:

· How can we get to St Stephen’s Green?

· How can we get to Tara Station?

· How can we get to the City Hall and Dublin Castle?

· How can we get to Temple Bar?

· How can we get to the National Museum?

· How can we get to Merrion Square?

· How can we get to Custom House?

· How can we get to the GPO?

· How can we get to Jervis Shopping Centre?

· Where would you like to go? Why?

· What means of transport would you prefer: train, bus, tram, or, maybe, your own feet?

· Would you vist the Writers’ Museum?

· Would you visit Guiness Storehouse?

· Would you visit Phoenix Park?