Asking and Giving Direction (Meminta dan Memberi Petunjuk)

A. The Vocabulary used.

1. Verbs (Kata Kerja)
Ada beberapa kata kerja yang berkaitan dengan arah dalam bahasa Inggris.
- Turn right = Belok kanan - Go Straight = Lurus
- Turn left = Belok kiri - Cross = menyebrang
2. Prepositions of Place (Kata Depan Penunjuk Tempat)
Selain menggunakan kata kerja, kita juga bisa menggunakan kata depan untuk menunjukkan letak suatu tempat.
- Beside = Di sebelah - in front of = di depan
- Between = Di antara - Across from = di seberang
- Behind = Di belakang - at the corner of = di pojok
B. Cara Menyusun Kalimat
1. Untuk memberikan arah menggunakan kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris, kita bisa langsung menyebutkannya
saja, tanpa harus didahului dengan subjek.
Contoh:
- Go straight forward until you found toilet. (Lurus ke depan sampai kamu menemukan toilet.)
- Go straight for 100 m and then turn left. (Jalan lurus sejauh 100 m lalu belok kiri.)
Namun, jika ingin menunjukkan letak suatu benda menggunakan prepositions of place (beside, between, dan
lain-lain), kita perlu menyusun kalimat menggunakan rumus berikut:
Rumus: Subject + to be + preposition of place + object
Contoh: My school is between the bank and police station.
S Tobe Prep.of Place O
2. Contoh kalimat menggunakan verb dan preposition of place:
- Go straight forward until you found the police station, turn right. My school is beside the police station.
(Lurus saja sampai ketemu kantor polisi, belok kanan. Sekolahku berada di samping kantor polisi.)
- Go straight for about 10 m, turn left until you found the library, my classroom is in front of the field.
(Jalan lurus sekitar 10 m, belok kiri sampai ketemu perpustakaan, kelasku ada di depan lapangan.)
Kate: OK, bye.
Exercise: Answer the following questions! Read the dialogue below (for questions number 1 and 2)

Andrea: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the city hospital?
Grace: Sure, the hospital is on Tenth Street, about 20 minutes away by foot. Go south on this street two blocks
until you come to the stop light.
Andrea: Go south two blocks to the stop light.
Grace: Correct, then, turn left and goes three more blocks, until you come to the end of the road. A park will be
in front of you.
Andrea: Turn left and goes for three blocks to the park.
Grace: Right, then turn right again and go seven blocks, to Lipton Avenue.
Andrea: Turn right and go seven blocks to Lipton Avenue.
Grace: Next, turn left on Lipton Avenue and go two blocks. The hospital is on your left, across from the baseball
stadium.
Andrea: OK, let me see if I’ve got this straight. Go south on this street for two blocks to the stop light. Turn left at
the light and go three blocks to the park. Turn right at the park and go seven blocks to Lipton Avenue. At Lipton
Avenue turns right and…
Grace: No, ________ on Lipton Avenue.
Andrea: OK, turn left on Lipton Avenue, the hospital is two blocks down, on my left.
Grace: You got it.
Andrea: Thanks.

1. The underlined expression expresses ....

A. Asking direction
B. Giving direction
C. Agreement
D. Asking opinion
E. Advice
2. The suitable expression to complete the dialogue is …
A. Turn right
B. Turn left
C. Go straight
D. Go ahead
E. One block

Stranger :Excuse me _______ where the nearest post office?

Carly : Follow this way until second traffict light. It is on your left beside Padang restaurant.
Stranger : Thank you
3. The suitable expression to complete the dialogue is …
A. Can I help you find
B. Could I tell you the way
C. Could you come with me
D. Could you show me
E. Could I show you

Hendry : Can you tell me how to get to the nearest restaurant?

Nadine : _____ may be you can ask the policeman over there.
4. The suitable expression to complete the dialogue is …
A. Yes, there is one across the street
B. Next to library
C. It's this way
D. Behind the hotel
E. I’m sorry. I don’t live here

Juno : Can you tell me where Dony’s house is?

Kate : Just go along Sudirman street.
5. From the dialogue we know that …
A. Nanda knows where Doni’s house is
B. Nanda doesn't know where Doni's house is
C. They will go to Doni’s house
C. Fino knows where Doni’s house
D. Nanda doesn’t know where Doni’s house