Navigate the City: A Directions Speaking Game
Adults navigate a virtual city by giving and receiving directions. Players land on spaces requiring them to describe routes, ask clarification questions, explain navigation challenges, and collaborate on real-world direction-giving scenarios. Designed for B2 learners to practise complex spatial language, conditionals, and negotiation.
A free Board Game for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Giving directions .
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner how they would describe the route from your school to the nearest train station.
- Describe the most confusing intersection near your home and explain why visitors often get lost there.
- Your team must agree on the best route to a popular tourist destination in your city and explain why.
- Act out giving directions to someone using only hand gestures and body language — your partner guesses the destination.
- Ask your partner what landmarks they use to navigate their neighbourhood and why those landmarks are memorable.
- You have 60 seconds to convince the class that public transport directions are clearer than driving directions.
- Explain how you would direct someone to a place you visit regularly without using street names or numbers.
- Stand up and mime walking through a busy market or shopping district — your team guesses where you are going.
- Ask your partner how they would handle giving directions if they were not allowed to point or use maps.
- Compare two different routes to the same destination and discuss which one is safer or more efficient.
- Your team must agree on three features that make directions easy to follow and explain each one clearly.
- Describe a time when you gave someone directions and they misunderstood — what went wrong and why?
- You have 30 seconds to present a set of directions to an imaginary tourist visiting your city for the first time.
- Act out asking a stranger for directions while showing confusion and asking for clarification questions.
- Explain how GPS technology has changed the way people give and receive directions in the past decade.
- Ask your partner what directions would be like in a city without street signs or address numbers.
- Discuss with your group whether traditional maps or GPS apps are more reliable for unfamiliar neighbourhoods.
- Describe the route you would take to escape a building during an emergency and explain your reasoning.
- Stand up and show with your hands how you would explain a complex turn or roundabout to someone verbally.
- Compare directions you might give to a local person versus a tourist visiting your area for the first time.
- Explain what information you would need if someone asked you to give directions to a place you have never visited.
- Your team must agree on the five most important words or phrases for giving clear directions in English.
- Ask your partner how they would describe their ideal neighbourhood and why they would recommend it to others.
- You have 60 seconds to present directions to a hidden location using only descriptive language and no landmarks.