DIRECTION
Learning Objectives:
After
this unit is passed, students have to be able to:
- Understand
the expressions of asking and giving direction
- Asking or giving direction to other people in written or spoken form
1.
Rizal and Heru meet each other at the library.
Rizaldi : Hey
Heru, do you have any plans after the school is over?
Heru : Well,
I need to go to ASUS Service Center to check my laptop. Why do you ask me?
Rizaldi : Ouw.
I thought that you will be free. I want to go the bookstore with you you can
accompany me. Do you know where the nearest bookstore is?
Heru : Hmmmmm…
It’s Kalimas Bookstore at Jl. Diponegoro 41. From here you can go straight to Jl. Ahmad Yani, turn left after the first traffic light. Turn right
at the junction. The bookstore is next to the minimarket.
2.
Fandi stops at a corner of a street to ask someone a
direction.
Fandi : Excuse
me, sir. Could you show me the way to Jl. Kepodang II?
Someone: Yes. From here you turn right at that
junction, go straight around 200 meters. The place you’re looking for is on
your left.
Fandi : Thank
you, Sir. Have a good day.
Someone: You’re
welcome.
3. Luluk is waiting for a bus at the bus stop when someone
asks her a direction.
Someone : Excuse me, miss. Would you please tell me
how to go to Honda Service Center around here?
Luluk : I’m
sorry, Sir. I don’t live here. I don’t know where it is.
Someone : Aw…
That’s okay, then. I’m sorry to disturb you.
Luluk : No
worries, Sir.
4. Rozak is buying some snacks at the grocery store next
to his house when a postman stops in front of the store.
Rozak : Excuse
me, Sir. Is there anything I can help?
Postman : Yeah,
thank you. Could you tell me where Mr. Sarwidi lives?
Rozak : Sure. You can go straight and then
turn left at the end of the street. You’ll find his house on your right.
Postman : Thank
you.
Rozak : No
need to mention it, sir.
Activity 2: Determine the function of the underlined and bold expressions used in dialogue 1, 2, 3, and 4.