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Grade 11 · lesson 4 of 4

Ask for the Missing Route Detail

A useful clarification targets the missing part of an instruction.

About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

  • Paper or a browser scratch area; no audio recording, account or private information is needed.
  • The supplied paper-route conversation needs to repeat the direction. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand. Candidate answers: (A) ¿A la derecha? (B) ¿A la izquierda? (C) ¿Dónde está la sala? (D) ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor?
  • The supplied paper-route conversation needs to confirm whether to turn right. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand. Candidate answers: (A) ¿A la derecha? (B) ¿A la izquierda? (C) ¿Dónde está la sala? (D) ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor?

Learn the idea

Location phrases and route instructions connect language with a fictional paper plan. The goal is to preserve spatial relationships and order, using the glosses supplied here; no real-world navigation or outdoor activity is required. A useful clarification targets the missing part of an instruction. Asking where, how many, which side or for repetition addresses different gaps; recognizing a question’s purpose prevents a polite but irrelevant reply.

Read the exact gap named by the fictional scene. Match it to the offered clarification phrase using the provided route vocabulary. Questions such as ¿Cuántas casillas? isolate quantity, while ¿A la derecha? confirms a direction.

A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination. These tasks remain text-only, so identifying a clarification phrase is not evidence of actual listening comprehension.

  1. Copy the supplied example and underline its speaker, noun, time cue or evidence words.
  2. Apply the shown language rule; keep any required ending, accent or paired punctuation.
  3. Solve the changed independent check, then explain why one offered alternative fails.
  4. Complete all three new practice cases and use the model to correct the precise word or meaning.
Worked example

See the method in action

Supplied case: The supplied paper-route conversation needs to repeat the direction. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand. Candidate answers: (A) ¿A la derecha? (B) ¿A la izquierda? (C) ¿Dónde está la sala? (D) ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor? Solution: The missing detail is precisely to repeat the direction. The phrase ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor? requests or confirms that detail. Another courteous phrase can serve a different purpose and therefore leave this specified gap unresolved. Final result: ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor? A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination. These tasks remain text-only, so identifying a clarification phrase is not evidence of actual listening comprehension.

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Helpful tips
  • Read the exact gap named by the fictional scene.
  • A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination.
The supplied paper-route conversation needs to confirm whether to turn right. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand.

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¿A la derecha?

The missing detail is precisely to confirm whether to turn right. The phrase ¿A la derecha? requests or confirms that detail. Another courteous phrase can serve a different purpose and therefore leave this specified gap unresolved.

Take it further

The supplied paper-route conversation needs to confirm the door as the endpoint. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand. Candidate answers: (A) ¿A la derecha? (B) ¿A la izquierda? (C) ¿Hasta la puerta? (D) ¿Puede repetir la dirección, por favor? Expected result: ¿Hasta la puerta? The missing detail is precisely to confirm the door as the endpoint. The phrase ¿Hasta la puerta? requests or confirms that detail. Another courteous phrase can serve a different purpose and therefore leave this specified gap unresolved.

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More practice: try new cases

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More practice: try new cases
1. The supplied paper-route conversation needs to confirm whether to turn left. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand.
Need a hint?
  • Read the exact gap named by the fictional scene.
  • A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination.
2. The supplied paper-route conversation needs to ask where the room is. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand.
Need a hint?
  • Read the exact gap named by the fictional scene.
  • A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination.
3. The supplied paper-route conversation needs to request slower speech. Which offered clarification directly addresses that gap? Glosses: dirección=direction/instruction; cuántas=how many; hasta=up to; puerta=door; no entiendo=I do not understand.
Need a hint?
  • Read the exact gap named by the fictional scene.
  • A request for slower speech is useful only if speed is the named difficulty; it does not itself confirm a destination.

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