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Left and right
Learner’s Book 1: Unit 16, pp. 237–238
GoalTell left from right and use the words to say where things are.
New words
left · the side of your body where your left hand isright · the other side, where your right hand isturn · change the way you are facing
Explanation
Look at your hands. Your left hand and your right hand are different. A trick: hold up both hands with your palms facing away from you and your thumbs and first fingers stretched out. The hand that makes a proper letter L is your left hand. When we say left or right, we say it from the person’s own side. In a picture, left is the side near the left edge of the page. When you turn right, you turn towards your right hand.
| cat | hen | dog |
Worked examples
Look at the row in the picture above: cat, hen, dog. The cat is on the left. The dog is on the right. The hen is between them.
| tree | house | pond |
| bus | car | bike |
| boat | kite | ball |
Start at the arrow, facing up. Go forward 2 squares, then turn right. Go forward 1 square. Now you are facing right, and you are in the second column.
Class activity
Left and right game: stand in a line with a friend. One of you gives a command such as ‘touch your left ear’ or ‘hop on your right foot’. Then try ‘turn left, then turn right’ with your eyes open. Give each other 5 commands.
Practice
1
Which animal is on the left? Which is on the right?
| fox | cow | pig |
fox is on the left, pig is on the right
2
What is on the left of the kite?
| tree | house | pond |
| bus | car | bike |
| boat | kite | ball |
the boat
3
Put your left hand on your head. Which hand did you use?
The left hand, the one on the left side of your body.
4
Start at the arrow, facing up. Go forward 1, turn right, go forward 2. What do you reach?
the pond