Giving Directions in English

1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, 3rd Avenue, Martin Road, park, museum, bank, drug store, school, café, taxi stand, train station.

Hello and welcome to how to give directions in English. Now generally grammar that you'll need is;
go straight, turn left, turn right, onto … what street.

Ok so let's just have a few examples here. So we're starting out here, is where we are, and we ask somebody, "excuse me can you tell me how to get to the train station, which is here.
You could say; go down 2nd Avenue, then turn left onto Long Road and it's on the right, it's on the right. Ok? Or we could just say go down 2nd Avenue for one, two, three streets, three roads, and it's on the left. Ok?

How do we get to the taxi stand?
Ok we could go down A Street, take the first right onto 1st Avenue, go down 1st Avenue, it's between Smith Street and Long Road on the right, and we call this a block, it's in the middle of the block. Ok? Another way, we could go down 2nd Avenue, turn left onto Smith Street, go down Smith Street, then turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's in the middle of the block on the right. Ok?

Now, how do we get to  the park?
We could go down A Street, turn left onto 3rd Avenue, go down 3rd Avenue, it's just past Martin Road, on the right. Or we could say go down 2nd Avenue take your, one two, third right onto Long Road, it's at the end of the road. Ok?

How do we get to the library?
We go down 2nd Avenue, take your first, second right onto Smith Street, it's at the end of the street. Or, we could go down A Street take a left onto 3rd Avenue, it's in the middle of the second, first second block on the right. Right, left on the right.

Excuse me how do I get to the museum?
Go down 2nd Avenue, turn right onto Long Road, it's in the middle of the block on the right. Ok?

Excuse me how do I get to the taxi stand?
Go down 2nd Avenue turn left onto Smith Street, turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's on the right, in the middle of the block.

How do I get to the café?
I can turn left here and go down A Street, turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's at the end of the second block, first, second block on the right. Or I go down 2nd Avenue, turn left onto Smith Street, it's at the end of the block on the left. Left, right.

Excuse me how do I get to the drug store?
Go down A Street, take the first left onto 3rd Avenue, it's on the left in the middle of the block.

And how do I get to the museum?
I can either go down 2nd Avenue, take the one two third right onto Long Road, it's between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue in the middle of the block on the right. Or I can just go down 2nd Avenue, turn right onto Long Road, it's in the middle of the block on the right.

How do I get to the train station?
It's, one two three four, it's the fourth block on the left. Go down 2nd Avenue, you'll see it fourth block, one two three four. Fourth block on the left.

How do I get to the school?
Go down A Street, take your first right onto 1st Avenue. It's in the middle of the block on the right.

How do I get to the bank?
Just go straight down 2nd Avenue. It's between Flower Road and Smith Street on the right.
Or, how do I get to the bank?
It's the second block, first, second block on the right? Ok?

How do I get to the café?
Go down A Street, it's at the end of the first, second block on the right.
Ok? So good luck with giving directions in English.

A Closer look.

How do I get to the school?
Go down A Street, turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's in the middle of the block on the right.

How do I get to the café?
Go down 2nd Avenue, turn left onto Smith Street, it's at the end of the block on the left.

How do I get to the park? Which is up here.
Ok. I go down 2nd Avenue, all the way down to Long Road, turn right onto Long Road. It's at the end of the road.
Or, I could say go down A Street, turn left onto 3rd Avenue, go down 3rd Avenue, you'll see it between Smith Street and Long Road on the right. Or it's between Martin Road and Long Road on the right.

How do I get to the library?
Go down A Street, turn left onto 3rd Avenue, it's in the middle of the 1st, 2nd block on the right.

How do I get to the museum?
I could say, go down 2nd Avenue, turn right onto Long Road, it's in the middle of the block on the right.

How do I get to the train station?
Go down 2nd Avenue, it's just after Long Road on the left.
How do I get to the train station? How do I get to the train station, which is here.
I could say, go down 2nd Avenue, it's just past Long Road on the left.

How do I get to the café?
I could either go down A Street, turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's between Flower Road and Smith Street on the right, at the end of the block.

How do I get to the library?
I could go down 2nd Avenue, then turn right onto Smith Street. It's at the end of the street. Or, I could go down A Street, turn left onto 3rd Avenue, it's in the middle of the block between Flower Road and Martin Road. Or, it's at the end of Smith Street in the middle of the block.

How do I get to the taxi stand?
I could go down A Street, turn right onto 1st Avenue, it's in the middle of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd block on the right.

How do I get to the drug store?
Go down A Street, turn left onto 3rd Avenue, you'll see it in the middle of the block on the left.

Ok, good luck with teaching directions in English.

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