Do you know how to give indirect instructions in English?

Welcome to three-step English practice by English Class 101.com.

In this lesson, you will practice how to give indirect instructions in English.

Let's look at the main dialogue.

Two people are having a conversation. Tell the driver to go to 10,000 lanes.

10,000 lanes? Is he even going to know how to get there?

Ask him to take you to Times Square. We can walk from there.

In this dialogue, two people are discussing how to get a taxi driver to take one of them to a meeting place.

This character tells this character to tell the driver to go to 10,000 lanes, the name of the place they want to meet.

This is an indirect instruction. The character is passing on directions to the other character as to what the taxi driver

should do, not the second person herself.

When asked by her whether the taxi driver would be able to follow the instructions, he says,

Ask him to take you to Times Square.

This is another indirect instruction.

It's formed with a verb, ask, followed by the object, him,

followed by the infinitive verb phrase to take you to time square.

Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

Ready?

Ask him, you to the Chrysler building.

Ask him, you to the Chrysler building.

To take.

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