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Standard 6 English: Instructions and Directions
Module 1: Listening | Topic 1.2 | Mission: Follow carefully and arrive correctly
🎯 Listen • Follow steps • Use direction words • Complete a task
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Welcome, Direction Detective!

Today you will practise listening to instructions and directions. You will learn how to follow steps in the correct order and how to move from one place to another.

✅ Follow oral instructions for a process
✅ Follow directions from home to school
✅ Follow directions from audio-visual clues
Key idea: Instructions tell us how to do something. Directions tell us how to get somewhere.

Instructions or directions?

Instructions and directions are similar, but they are not exactly the same.

Instructions

Tell us how to do a task or process.

Example: First wash your hands. Then open your book.

Directions

Tell us how to move from one place to another.

Example: Walk straight, turn left, and stop at the gate.

Quick Check: “Turn right at the clinic and walk straight to the school.” Is this an instruction or a direction?

Useful words for directions

Direction words help us know where to go.

straight ahead turn left turn right next to opposite between near past towards at the corner
Question: Which word means “go forward without turning”?
Question: Which word means “on the other side facing something”?

Listen and follow a process

Play the oral instructions. Then answer the question.

Task: How to prepare your desk before a lesson.
Question: What should you do after taking out your English book?

Put the process in order

Tap a step, then tap the correct position. This works better on phones than dragging.

The teacher explained how to borrow a library book, but the steps are mixed up.
Choose a book from the shelf.
Return the book on the due date.
Go to the library counter.
Ask the librarian to record your name.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th

Follow directions on a simple map

Look at the map. Then listen to the directions from home to school.

🏠
Home
🏪
Shop
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Clinic
🏫
School
📚
Library
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⬆️
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Question: What must you do at the shop?

Audio-visual direction challenge

Use both what you hear and what you see on the map.

Visual clue: The library is below the main road. The clinic is on the main road. The school is to the right of the clinic.
Question: Where do you start?
Question: What do you pass before reaching the school?

How to follow oral instructions well

Good listeners do not just hear words. They listen for order and key details.

1. Listen for sequence words

First, next, then, after that, finally.

2. Notice action verbs

Turn, walk, place, open, write, stop.

3. Remember places

Gate, shop, clinic, road, school, library.

4. Ask politely

“Please repeat the last step.”

Question: Which phrase helps you ask for clarification politely?

Write the directions you heard

Listen to the directions, then write them in your own words.

Try to include direction words such as turn right, walk straight, cross carefully, and opposite.

Final Challenge

Listen carefully. Then answer the questions.

1. What should you cut first?
2. What comes after drawing a pattern?
3. Write one full sentence explaining why sequence words are important.
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Lesson Complete!

You have practised how to follow oral instructions and directions.

👂 I can listen for steps.
🧭 I can follow directions on a route.
🗺️ I can use map clues.
✍️ I can write directions I heard.
Exit Ticket: In your notebook, write directions from your classroom to the school gate. Use at least four direction words.



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