10 Questions
Which term refers to a public road inside a city with buildings on one or both sides?
Street
What type of street has narrow streets within residential blocks?
Lane
Which term refers to a very wide street with several lanes on each side, where cars usually go fast?
Highway
What type of word is used to describe the location of a building or place in relation to others?
Preposition
To ask for directions from strangers, use which type of questions?
Indirect questions
What type of street is a general term for a way that connects two places for walking, driving, or riding?
Road
What type of word is used to describe the location of a building or place in relation to others?
Preposition
Which term refers to a wide and important street in a city with an island filled with grass, flowers, or trees?
Boulevard
Which term refers to a very wide street with several lanes on each side, where cars usually go fast?
Highway
Which term refers to a wide street, usually in a city, with an island in the middle?
Avenue
Study Notes
- Maddie is a teacher from POC English, explaining how to ask for and give directions in English.
- Road is a general term for a way that connects two places for walking, driving, or riding. Can be paved or unpaved.
- Street is a public road inside a city with buildings on one or both sides.
- Avenue is a wide street, usually in a city, with an island in the middle.
- Lanes and ways are narrow streets within residential blocks.
- Boulevard is a wide and important street in a city with an island filled with grass, flowers, or trees.
- Highway is a very wide street with several lanes on each side, where cars usually go fast.
- Different prepositions (next to, across from, opposite, between, on the corner of) are used to describe the location of a building or place in relation to others.
- To ask for directions from strangers, use indirect questions: "Can you tell me where...?" or "Do you know where..." instead of "Where is..." or "How can I get to...".
- To give directions, use phrases like "go straight on," "go along the road," "take the second left," etc.
- Roundabouts have multiple exits, and to give directions, use phrases like "take the first exit at the roundabout," or "turn right/left at the roundabout."
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- The teacher challenges viewers to give directions from point A to the hospital on a map in the comments section.
Learn how to ask for and give directions in English, covering terms like road, street, avenue, and highway, as well as prepositions for describing locations. Discover indirect questioning and common phrases for giving directions. Test your knowledge by providing directions on a map in the comments section.
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