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Asking For and Giving Directions

The document provides useful phrases and questions for asking for directions as well as commonly used terms for giving directions. It includes examples of questions to ask when looking for a location and phrases containing directional terms like go, continue, turn and prepositions of location. Landmarks that could help provide directions are also listed.

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Asking For and Giving Directions

The document provides useful phrases and questions for asking for directions as well as commonly used terms for giving directions. It includes examples of questions to ask when looking for a location and phrases containing directional terms like go, continue, turn and prepositions of location. Landmarks that could help provide directions are also listed.

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ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

-useful phrases and questions-

Asking for directions:


Sometimes we or someone need to find a place. And we need to ask someone else for help. When we’re asking for directions to
someone, we use some phrases. These are given below;

Examples:
Can you give me directions to the …?
Are we on the right road for ….?
How do you get to the ….?
Where is the …?
Where can I find the…?
How do I get to the …?
Is there a … near here?
Where is the nearest …?
Do you know where the … is?
Is there a … around here?
Can you tell me how to get to the … from here?
How can I get to the … ?
What’s the best way to get to the … from here?
What’s the quickest way to get to the … from here?
What’s the easiest way to get to the nearest … from here?
Could you tell me where the nearest … is?
Where are you exactly?
How do you get to the … from here?
I am looking for this address, am I in the right place / how can I get there?
Can you tell me the way to the … ?
Is this the right way for the … ?
Do you have a map?
I am trying to find a/an … . Could you tell me how to get there?
I am trying to get to the … . Can you show me on the map?
Could you help me, please? I’m looking for the … .

* Commonly used verbs for giving directions


a. ‘Go’;
Go straight.
Go along the road.
Go down there.
Go down or walk down the street.
Go up or walk up the street.
Go straight along this road.
Go past the bus stop.
Go toward the church.
Go ahead.
Go straight ahead
Go on ahead.
Go straight on until you come to the crossroad.
Go straight on the left / right.
Go straight at the lights / at the roundabout /at the junction.
Go right / left at the end of the road.
b. ‘Continue’
Continue straight ahead for about a mile.
Continue past the petrol station. ( past the station and continue)
Continue straight on past two traffic lights.
Continue straight ahead for about two kilometres.
c. ‘Keep going’
Keep going for another station.
Keep going down this Street.
Keep going straight ahead you will see it on the right.
Keep on the straight road.
Keep walking ahead.
Take this road.
Walk to the corner.
Follow this street for 300 metres.
Follow the road until you get to the bank.
d. ‘Turn’;
Turn right.
Turn left.
Turn left past the bank. ( pass the bank and then turn left )
Turn back. ( go back)
Turn left after the bridge.
Turn right at the second turning ( turn left when you reach the turning )
Turn right from the first alley.
Turn left on to Daniel Street.
Turn left at the end of the corridor.
Turn right / left at the traffic lights / roundabout, etc.
Turn right on after you pass the market on the right also.
Turn left after you pass the bakery.
Turn left past the phone shop.
Turn left after you pass the bakery.
Take the first right”.
Take the first / second / third street on the left / right.
Take the first left when you enter Steven Road.
You need to take a left / a right at the next traffic lights.
Take a right / left at the junction.
Take the second exit at the T- junction and then turn right at the traffic rights.
When you get to Paris Street, take your next right.

Giving locations:
* Commonly used prepositions for giving locations are colored below.
It is …on the left;… on left; …on the right; … on right side; … on the straight ahead; … on left after the gas station; … straight
ahead on the right; … straight ahead of you; … straight ahead on the left next to the book shop; … opposite; … opposite the
bank; … on opposite side of the Street; … across the road; … near my office; … next to Mall; … behind the hospital; … in
front of the bus station; … between the our office and the supermarket; … on the right in between the pet shop and the grocery
store; … at the end of Paris Street; … on/at the corner of Daniel Road; … over there, near the police station; … just right /
left around the corner; … (just) around the corner; … just around the corner on the left / right side; … left around the corner
next to the market; … left around the corner from the subway; … further down the road on the left; … the biggest / smallest
building on the left; … in the centre of the town.; … the first turning on the right after the bank.

Other useful phrases for giving direction:


It is this way / that way.
You are going to wrong way.
You are going in the wrong direction.
You will pass a bakery on your left.
It will be on your left or right.
You will see the entrance on the left.
You will see the car park in front of you.
You can’t miss it.

Landmarks:
When giving directions we will often use landmarks help the other person understand where to find it: traffic lights, crossroads,
junction, level crossing, signpost, T-junction, dead end, underpass, roundabout, flyover, motorway, railway, railway line, dual
carriageway, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing, stop sign, hospital, police station, shopping centre, garage, petrol station,
Airport, bus stop, station, Bookshop, Building and etc…

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