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Lesson 2:
How to Give Instructions
in English

Do you know how to give instructions in English? What sort of instructions can you give someone?

How to make a cup of coffee?
How to search for a topic on google?
How to make a call on your cell phone? Or listen to your voice mail?

There are two parts to giving instructions. What we call Sequencers and then the actions.


sequencers are the words that help order your instructions

It is like the 1, 2, 3, 4 of your actions.

The most common are

First(ly)... Then... Next... After that... Finally...


The second part,

instructions

do one of three things.

1) Tell people what is necessary
2) what is wrong
3) what is not necessary

So now that you know the basics...here is an example:

How to Make a Cup of Coffee

First you need to buy some coffee and a coffee maker.

Then you have to put the water into the bottom of the coffee maker.

You needn't boil the water, cold water is fine.

Next you have to put the coffee in the coffee compartment and screw the top of coffee maker on.

After that you need to put the coffee pot onto the stove.

Then turn the stove on hight and wait. You don't have to move the coffee pot.

When the water boils and goes into the upper part of the pot you then have to remove the pot from the heat.

Finally you pour some coffee into a cup, add sugar and milk and enjoy.

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