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ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

Today, we'll learn and revise how to ask and give directions. We'll work with different types of activities so we can practice all the skills.

Firstly, let's revise basic vocabulary:

Now, watch the following video explaining the different ways to indicate directions:

Practice with the following exercises:

Click HERE to do the exercises.

HERE you can practice with some listening activities.

More listening activities.

READING ACTIVITY

Look at the map:

Then, answer the following comprehension questions:

1. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes. It's on Long Avenue between McDab's and the Parking Lot.
   1.   City Elementary School
   2.   Video Store
   3.   Court House
   4.   Grocery Store
2. Excuse me, I need a prescription filled. Can you tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes. The da-da-da is on Short Avenue across the street from the Library, between the Fire Station and the Bakery.
   1.   Drug Store
   2.   Grocery Store
   3.   Fire Station
   4.   Bakery
3. Can you help me? I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where it is?
   
   Sure, it's located across from the grocery store next to the Elementary School.
   1.   City Middle School
   2.   City Park
   3.   Video Store
   4.   Bakery
4. Hello. Could you tell me where the da-da-da is?
   
   Yes, the da-da-da is across the street from the City Park and next to the City Clinic.
   1.   Grocery Store
   2.   Day Care Center
   3.   City Middle School
   4.   Bakery
5. Can you please help me? I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where it is?
   
   Why, sure. The da-da-da is on Back Street, just south of the Elementary and Middle Schools.
   1.   Court House
   2.   City Park
   3.   City High School
   4.   Barber Shop
6. Can you help me? I am looking for the da-da-da?
   
   Sure. You can find the da-da-da on Back Street, between the Barber Shop and The Day Care Center.
   1.   Court House
   2.   Police Station
   3.   Beauty Shop
   4.   City High School
7. Pardon me, but I'm looking for the nearest da-da-da. Can you help me?
   
   Umm. . . I think the da-da-da is on Front Street across the street from the Elementary and Middle Schools.
   1.   Video Store
   2.   Bakery
   3.   City High School
   4.   Grocery Store
8. Excuse me, where is the da-da-da located?
   
   The da-da-da is located across the street from the parking lot on Long Avenue.
   1.   Bank
   2.   Library
   3.   Video Store
   4.   Mc Dab
9. Could you please help me? My car is missing. Where is the da-da-da?
   
   The da-da-da is on the southwest corner of Long Avenue and Back Street.
   1.   Police Station
   2.   City High School
   3.   Court House
   4.   Barber Shop
10. Excuse me, I am looking for the da-da-da. Do you know where I could find it?
    
    Yes. The da-da-da is on Short Avenue, across the street from the library.
    1.   Grocery Store
    2.   Fire Station
    3.   Bank
    4.   Bakery
11. Hi. I have a bad cough. Could you please tell me where the da-da-da is?
    
    Sorry to hear about that. You will find the da-da-da on the northwest corner of Border Avenue and Front Street.
    1.   City Park
    2.   Grocery Store
    3.   Bakery
    4.   City Clinic
12. My friend asked me to return these to the da-da-da, but I don’t know where it is.
    
    Oh, the da-da-da is on Short Avenue, across the street from the fire station.
    1.   Bakery
    2.   Library
    3.   Grocery Store
    4.   Drug Store

For more information about asking and giving direction CLICK HERE

4th Yr Oral Presentation

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES THROUGH SONGS

Conditional Clauses are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are four types of Conditional Clauses.

THE ZERO CONDITIONAL

FORM:

USES:

1. For things that are always true.

Ex.: If you heat water, it boils.

2. For habits or things that usually happen, we can also use the present continuous in the if clause. In this case you can replace 'if' with 'when' and the meaning is the same.

Ex.: When I'm feeling sick, I go to the doctor.

3. To give instructions or invitations which depend on certain conditions we use the present simple + imperative.

Ex.: If you want to pass the exam, study hard.

Now CLICK HERE to do some exercises.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

FORM:

Listen to this song by Bruno Mars and find the different First Conditional Clauses.

USES:

This type of conditional is used to talk about future possibilities. 'Will' is a modal verb, but you can use other modal verbs, for example 'might' and 'could' in the result clause.

Ex.: If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, I'll sail the world to find you.

Sometimes you can use 'if' to introduce a condition and 'whether' in the following cases:

1. To present two alternatives.

Ex.: Tell me whether you're coming to the concert or not.

2. After prepositions.

Ex.: Let's talk about whether Bruno Mars is a good singer.

3. Before infinitives.

Ex.: I don't know whether to go to the cinema.

4. When it starts the subject clause.

Ex.: Whether you love or hate him is none of my business.

When we use the first conditional clauses, we can also use 'unless'. This means 'except if' and is the negative of 'if'.

Ex.: Unless you study hard, you won't pass the exams.

CLICK HERE to practice the first conditional.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

FORM:

Find Second Conditional Clauses in the following song by Beyonce:

USES:

This type is used for hypothetical situations in the present:

Ex.: If I were a boy even just for a day, I'd roll out of bed in the morning.

The order of the 'if' and the result clause is flexible, but if the 'if' clause is in the second place, the comma disappears.

Ex.: I'd roll out of bed in the morning if I were a boy even just for a day.

You can also use the past continuous + conditional with would.

Ex.: If you were looking at me in heaven, would you recognise me?

To do some exercises CLICK HERE.

THIRD CONDITIONAL

FORM:

Firstly, it's important to remember how the Past Perfect and the past conditional is formed:

WOULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Now, we put together the two tenses and we get the 3rd Conditional:

Next, try to find examples of this structure in the following song by Taylor Swift:

USES:

3rd Conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past. 

Ex.: If you had called me, you would have visited me.

CLICK HERE to practice with the 3rd Conditional.

Practice now with all the conditionals:

 CLICK HERE

Finish the following sentences with a clause in the correct conditional:

If it is sunny  tomorrow .......................

If you sit in the sun too long ..............

If I were you .........

If she had studied harder ............

If I won the lottery ...........

If I hadn't gone to bed so late .......

If I hadn't come to London .......

If she hadn't stayed at home ........

If I go out tonight ......

If I were on holiday today ......

If I had listened to my mother .....

If it rains later .....

If I have enough money ....

If you don't wear a coat in the winter .......

If you want to learn more about advanced conditionals CLICK HERE