GIVING DIRECTIONS

GIVING DIRECTIONS

  The main purpose of this topic is to give compass direction mainly four cardinal points

         i.e. East, West, North, South

The compass
The compass is instrument for find direction. It has magnetized needle which sits on a face. The face has different directions drawn on it.The needle always points to the magnetic north.The compass sometimes called Magnetic compass.

 Common words include; left, right, straight, crossing, opposite, adjacent, behind, in front of , next to, near by

Asking for and giving directions

Rehema       :         Excuse me could you tell me the way to the pharmacy?

Suzy           :         yes, it’s that the way, just go straight away after two houses

                             turn left, it’s on the corner opposite the post office.

Rehema       :         Thanks, I’ have only been in town for a few days, so I really

                             don’t know my way around yet

Suzy           :         Oh! I know how you feel. I was born in this town so I know

                             where everything is.

-      Interrogative /ways to ask or show directions

-      Can you direct me to ………………  Response direction

-      Turn left/ right go straight to ……… at Zebra crossing take a bus to………………. On your left follow Hanang street then keep right.

 Exercise
Look at the Map below. Imaging your one of the children asking for the direction.Practice asking for and giving directions to:

1 The mosque
2. The dispensary
3. The market
4. The school
5.The agriculture office

Locating places
Discuss the location of the school
            
-Where the school situated in Tanzania?(north,south, East, west or central)
-Is it in town or in the countryside ?
-Are there any houses,shops or offices nearby?
- How many roads lead to the school?
-Do the roads leading to your school have name?


Structure
Comparatives and superlatives
There are three main ways of making comparisons;
(i)  AS + ORDINARY FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE OR ADVERBS + AS
E.g His essay is as long as mine
      
     This book is as interesting as were read last Monday
(ii) COMPARATIVE   FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB +THAN
         E.g That house is bigger than mine
               They did the test more carefully than we did
(iii) LESS + ORDINARY FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB + THAN
          E.g  The tail of the ship is less longer than that dog
                 This news is less interesting than one I read last weekend
There are three main pattern of making superlative .
i.  definite article + superlative form of the adjective  or adverb
          E.g The Giraffe is the tallest of all animals
ii.  One of +definite article + superlative form of adjective
          E.g This novel is one of the most interesting we have ever read
iii.  Definite article + least + ordinary form of Adjective or Adverb
          E.g All the book we have read this one is the least interesting  
 

      Words used to compare things are called COMPARATIVES

Examples:

Big  bigger  biggest

Note:

(i)     er must go with than

Example: An Elephant is the biggest animal

   If a word cannot take –est use most   

Example: Suzy is more beautiful than Rhoda

(ii)     est must go with the

Example: An elephant is the biggest animal

(iii)   If a word cannot take –est use most

Example: Suzy is the most beautiful girl in the class

Exercise

Change the words in the brackets and write the whole sentence correctly!

1. An apple is (small) a pumpkin
2. Air planes are (fast) than cars
3. A snail is (slow) a snake
4. James is (tall) me
5. Miss Tanzania is (beautiful) my sister

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