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How to Give Directions

How to Give Directions

Asking For and Giving Street Directions English Exercise | Blair English Introduction: Anybody who has travelled to another country or city has got lost. Sometimes maps don't help, so you have to ask somebody for directions. If you're in a country where they don't speak your language, this can be difficult. At other times, you will have to give directions to people visiting your country. In this online exercise, we will look at the essential vocabulary used to both ask for and to give directions in English. Exercise: Receiving directions A visitor to the city of York in the North of England asks a person in the street for directions to the Silk Cottage restaurant. Using both the directions and the map, try to guess what the meaning of the words/phrases in bold are. Visitor:'Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the Silk Cottage restaurant please?' York Resident:'Eh, the Silk Cottage restaurant. You'll then come to a bridge, go over the bridge. Quiz: Street directions in English vocabulary When the answer is correct, two icons will appear next to the question.

Telling the Time - How to tell time in English - English basics During this lesson you will learn to tell the time in English using images and text. The first part of the lesson you wlll have to learn the words that are used in telling the time, followed by a example clocks with times on for you to see what the correct time is. The image below is split into 2 colours, green and yellow. The green side 'to' and the yellow side is 'past'. green hand is the big hand red is the small hand Use the clock on the right to help you Below are 12 clocks with random times The text is above each clock Types of ways of saying the time A.M. = morning It's 6:00 A.M. P.M. = afternoon Evening / night It's 6:00 P.M. It's six o'clock = 6:00 A.M. It's six = 6:00 A.M. It's six-oh-five = 6:05 A.M. It's six (minutes) after five = 6:05 A.M. It's six (minutes) past five = 6:05 A.M. It's six-oh-six = 6:06 A.M. It's six (minutes) after six = 6:06 A.M. It's six (minutes) past six = 6:06 A.M. It's six-oh-ten = 6:10 A.M. Its ten past six A.M. It's ten (minutes) after six = 6:10 A.M. P.M. = afternoon

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