watch this video if you want to get better at giving directions or more
importantly understanding directions in English hey friends Teacher Prix here
to help you talk to anyone anywhere in time in English thanks for watching
lesson 2 of this guide part 2 you know today we have GPS today everybody has
a phone everybody has internet so it's easier to get to destinations however
learning directions is still relevant you never know when you are going to
need it okay a few years ago I was in New York and I was lost so the thing is
learning this vocabulary is really relevant especially if you are walking
around you know for tourism for fun and maybe you don't have a phone with you
and this is the moment when you realize that it's a good idea to know a few
expressions or two what do you need to know basically if you don't have
vocabulary you can't do it okay so in this first part I will show you a
picture with the most relevant expressions and why am i showing you a
picture because here you need to see what I am talking about it'll be easier
for you to understand to have afeeling of what I am showing you the expression
that you need to speak or listen to in conversations when you travel or
whenever you need all right so take a look so the first one we have here is
turn left then we have turn right after that we have go straight ahead keep
going continue going in the same direction straight ahead after that we
have go past and then we say a place a building a reference you will go past the
library go past the house you were walking and in your direction you pass
by a place cross as you can see in the picture cross
across from is the preposition here I'm not really giving you an action so
across from the church there is a bank all right next to another
preposition on at the corner here I'm also indicating location and here in this
picture imagine these are streets so that is the exact location of on or at
the corner of and then the name of the street and the corner of James Street
turn left after that we can also say take the first right or if you are
walking straight ahead you can say take the second right or the firth right and
another thing that is very common in gps's or Google Maps or other apps is to
use the verbahead the idea of the verb head is not it's not the member of your
body okay it's a verb head it means go okay head south and they usually give
you a direction north south east west so head south on Parker Street that's a
very common language in GPS and other apps
alright good so the first part is done you know the words now how do we do this
how do we give directions to someone on the street and how do we pay attention
to them let's talk about this when you're giving directions to someone you
are going to use imperative language go do stop turn left turn right this is
what we call imperative what is an imperative form it's like a command okay
and when you give a command in English you use the verb no to no conjugation
nothing you just say the word go stop that's a command okay so after you use
the verb go you should give a direction go straight ahead go go straight ahead
for two blocks for ten minutes you need to guide the person towards they place
you want them to go so it's also important to give references names of
the streets or popular buildings so you will use imperative go turn go straight
ahead stop stop at the traffic light okay
names of streets names of buildings all of these things help you give directions
in English now I want to help you understand this so what am I gonna do
here is a map as you can see you cannot see me anymore you can see a map of
Times Square area in New York, have you ever been there
I hope so it's awesome what are we gonna do we're gonna practice giving
directions okay we are here at Cassa hotel we're here okay and I'm gonna give
you three places of where you're going to go great so here we are at Cassa hotel on
45th Street in New York so what are we gonna do you are going to head as I told
you remember you're gonna go you're gonna head north west GPSs do that all
the time they always give instructions like head northwest so head northwest
on what street 45th Street toward what is toward in the direction of so
you are going in the direction of 6th Avenue and keep going go straight ahead
then turn left on 7th Avenue after that turn right on 44th Street you will see
the restaurant on your left great so see here I gave you real directions I used
head instead of go but you can say go straight ahead on 6th Avenue then this
is the word to give sequence then turn left on 7th Avenue after that sequence
ok turn right on 44th Street when I want to finish my explanation I can
say you will see future you will see the restaurant on the left or on your right
this is a good way to give directions are you enjoying the video I hope so
so help me spread the word by sharing this video with your friends you're
gonna be helping other people learn anyways back to the directions shall we
you are still at Cassa hotel so you wanna get to Times Square station on 41st
Street let's take a look at the instructions together so here you are at Cassa hotel
on 45th street head Northwest in the direction toward sixth Avenue then
remember the sequence then then turn left on 6th Avenue here you can say go
straight ahead okay go past the the DVD store and then
at the corner of 6th Avenue and 41st Street turn right so here I can use more
words more expressions to talk about directions so for example here on 6th
Avenue at the corner of 6th Avenue and 41st Street turn right or if I just want
to say go straight ahead then turn right on 41st Street no problems ok you can it
all comes down to what you remember and what you want to use you will see the
station on your left or on your right now final destination here we go
we are going from Casa hotel on 45th Street to Madame Tussauds
on 42nd Street now for the final destination I want to see your
directions in the comments that's homework my friends I hope you enjoyed
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helping this community grow thank you so much friends and I'll see you next time
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