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Talking about size

To ask about the size of clothes and shoes, I can use the following questions:

"What size are you?" / "What size do you take?" / "What's your size?”

To talk about the size of clothes and shoes, I can say: 

"I take (a) size 34 in shoes." / "I'm a size 36 in clothes."  "The red sweater isn't my size. It doesn't fit. I need a small (S)/medium (M)/large (L)/extra large (XL) size." / "The blue one fits well." - "Have you got these boots in size 37?" / "Does this dress come in size 36?"

To ask about the size of things other than clothes, I use the following question:

"How big is it?" / "What is the size of...?" eg: How big is your bedroom? / It's quite big, about 10 sq. m. (square metres).

 

To ask about someone's weight, I can use the following questions: -

"How much do you weigh?" / "How many kilos do you weigh?"

I weigh 50 kilos.

To talk about the weight of something, I can use the following questions: 

"How heavy is this bag?" / "How much does it weigh?"

It's very heavy. It weighs about 20 kilos. (heavy light)

 

To talk about shape, I can use the following vocabulary:

"What shape is the table?”

The table is oval/circular/rectangular/square/triangular (in shape).

 

To talk about colour, I can use the following vocabulary - "He's wearing a dark blue jacket."  "He's wearing a light blue jacket."

"What colour is it do you want?" / "What's your favourite colour?”

Other colours I need to know: beige; cream; violet; olive green; navy blue (very dark blue); grey.

Giving directions using ordinal numbers

To show the way and give directions to someone, I can use some ordinal numbers:

eg: Can you tell me how to get to Selfridges, please?

Answer: Take the second turning on the left, then the third on the right.

 

Cardinal Numbers	Ordinal Numbers	Abbreviated ordinals
one	the first	Ist
two	the second	2nd
three	the third	3rd
four.....nineteen	... the fourth ... the nineteenth	4th.......... 19th
twenty ... ninety	the twentieth ... the ninetieth	20th ... 90th
one hundred (100)	the hundredth	100th
one thousand (1000)	the thousandth	1000th
one million (1000,000,000)	the millionth	1,000,000th

 

To show the way and give directions to someone, I can use the imperative mode: "Verb (stem/base)"

eg: Is there any post office near here, please?

Go along Oxford Street and then turn left into Regent Street.

I can also use the negative form of the imperative mode: "Do not/Don't + Verb (stem/base)"

eg: Don't turn, Just walk straight ahead/straight on.

Locating places and amenities:

To locate places or amenities, I can use the following vocabulary:

Synonyms

Words left near across from in/at the front of behind at the corner of at the traffic lights next to/close to opposite

Antonyms (Opposites) right far from in front of at the back of

eg: There's a taxi rank in front of the hotel 

(outside, on the same side of the street).

There's a taxi rank opposite/across from the hotel

Taxi rank in London (on the other side of the street).

Turn left at the traffic lights. The butcher's is behind the grocer's.