Asking for and Telling Directions

Preposition & to Know Directions

 Asking for Directions
Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to ( the pool)?
How do I find ( StarBucks Coffee Shop)?
Pardon me, Im lost, how do I get to ( the museum)?
Which is the best route to ( Phuket Town)?
Could you direct me to ( the beach)?
Which way do I go to get to ( the Central Park)?
Im wondering if you know how to get to ( the nearest bar)?
Telling Directions
Take this passagewayGo up/down the
steps
On your right/left Turn right/left
Take the elevatorIts on the third
floor
Follow this pathTurn right/left at
the corridor
Its about 50 meters Go above 3
kilometers
Cross the street Its on your
right/left
Its in the middle of the block Its on the corner
 Sample of Dialogue
A is a starving tourist who looks for
a restaurant. A meets B on the street
and asks for directions.

A: Excuse me, madam. Im wondering if you know

how to get to the nearest restaurant? I just got here
and starving.
B: Oh, let me think. First, keep driving west for about
1 km. Youll see a museum on your left. Then, make
a left turn at the second crossroad after you go past
the museum. Soon you will find a nice restaurant on
your right. Its rather noticeable. You cant miss it!
A: Thanks so much!
B: You are welcome.
 Exercise 1
Every student randomly picks one
place card provided by the teacher.
Then one-by-one the students have
to tell and show their friends in front
of the class the way how to get to
the place they got.
 Exercise 2
Make a dialogue with your partner
based on the roll map you got!
Practice your dialogue with your
partner in front of the class!
Homework
Choose one of these
following places and
make a dialogue with
your partner:

a. Jewelry Store
(Start from Beech Way)
b. Movie Theater
(Start from Memorial Drive)
c. Toy Store
(Start from Beech Way)
d. Chinese Restaurant
(Start from Beech Way)
e. Italian Restaurant
(Start from Beech Way)

Next meeting, practice

your dialogue with your
partner in front of the
class!
give more information about something.
I bought a new car. It is very fast.
I bought a new car that is very
fast.
She lives in New York. She likes living in
New York.
She lives in New York, which she
likes.
Defining and Non-defining
A defining relative clause tells which
noun we are talking about:
I like the woman who lives next door.
(If I don't say 'who lives next door', then
we don't know which woman I mean).
relat
ive
use example
pron
oun
I told you about the
subject or object pronoun
who woman who lives
for people
next door.
Do you see the cat
whic subject or object pronoun
which is lying on
h for animals and things
the roof?
whic referring to a whole He couldnt read
h sentence which surprised me.
Do you know the
who possession for people
boy whose mother
se animals and things
is a nurse?
object pronoun for people,
I was invited by the
especially in non-defining
who professor whom I
relative clauses (in
m met at the