Listening Game : 12 : Directions

(1) OK, here is how to get to my house from the train station. Go out of the train station and turn left. Go about half a block and you will see a pub. At that intersection, turn right and go down that street for about three and a half blocks. Go past the post office, and you'll go past a river, and past a hospital and the first road past the hospital, you want to turn right. (2) OK, if I'm not home, then just go to my friends house, so I might be busy at work, so in that case, from my house turn right down the street and go past the gas station and keep going straight until you get to a bookstore. (3) OK, if my friend's not home then just go an wait for me at Miki's Tavern.

How to understand the differences between British and American English Man: Hey! Nice pants! Woman: Excuse me? Man: I said nice pants. Woman: You can’t see my pants, can you? Man: Of course I can. Woman: How can you see my pants? Man: They’re on your legs! Woman: Ha. Man: Oh I er …I er actually just got back from LA! Woman: I know. Man: Yeah, I picked up some of the American words, and now I forget which ones to use! Woman: We call these “trousers” in Britain. Man: Of course we do...you know there are so many things …that’s it’s exactly a completely different language sometimes! Woman: Really? Man: Yeah! Woman: Would you like a crisp? Man: Crisps? Woman: Oh. Man: French fries! Woman: I see. Man: And you know what that is, don’t you? Woman: A fizzy drink. Man: That’s a “soda”! Woman: Hmm… Man: You know the lift over there? Woman: Yeah? Man: That’s an elevator. Woman: Oh really? Man: You know in the States, you don’t go to watch a film... Woman: You “watch a movie”! Man: Exactly! Woman: You walk on the “sidewalk”! Man: You got it! Woman: I’ve watched a lot of films...oops...movies!

3: Directions Useful English Ex. 3: Directions Choose the most appropriate answer. 1. Excuse me! 2. Could you tell me how to get to the History Museum, please? 3. Can you tell me where the bank is , please? 4. Would you mind giving me some directions, please? 5. I am looking for the new children's library. 6. Walk two blocks and turn left at the traffic light . 7. Go past the flower shop, the drugstore, and the supermarket. 8. The library will be on your left. 9. Could you tell me where I can buy some souvenirs, please? 10. There are several souvenir shops on Apple Street, about three blocks from here . Your result: 00% correct.

English Grammar | LearnEnglish | British Council | past simple Forms With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed: call >> called; like >> liked; want >> wanted; work >> worked But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tenses: Use We use the past tense to talk about: something that happened once in the past: I met my wife in 1983. something that happened again and again in the past: When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day. something that was true for some time in the past: I lived abroad for ten years. we often use phrases with ago with the past tense: I met my wife a long time ago. Questions and negatives We use did to make questions with the past tense: When did you meet your wife? But look at these questions: Who discovered penicillin? For more on these questions see question forms We use didn’t (did not) to make negatives with the past tense: They didn’t go to Spain this year.

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