This guide is intended to help adult basic education (ABE) teachers teach their students to understand instructions in their daily lives. The 25 learning activities included all develop students' skills in the area of following directions by using basic situations drawn from everyday life. The following activities are included: sequencing pictures (pictures of the steps involved in wallpapering a room and putting up a TV aerial); matching instructions to pictures (washing one's hair); understanding instructions from signs and signals; sequencing written instructions (cooking savory rice and using a packet of cake mix); understanding flowcharts (how to boil an egg and make a cup of tea); following directions; understanding instructions and diagrams (wiring a plug); understanding instructions (when sowing seeds, using a gas station, putting up a shelf, and tiling a wall); understanding instructions on packages and goods; remembering instructions; following a knitting pattern; understanding holiday brochures; and writing instructions (including instructions for a Spanish omelette). (MN)