Learn how to ask and answer "Where do you live?"
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| Hey everyone, I’m Gina! | |
| In this series, we’re going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English. It’s really useful, and it only takes three minutes! | |
| In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to ask and say where you live. | |
| Usually, someone will ask you where you live as a polite question after they’ve asked you your name, where you’re from, and what you do for a living. | |
| They’ll say: | |
| “So where do you live?” | |
| This is inviting you to keep making conversation. | |
| There are lots of ways you could answer this question, but here are some of the most common. | |
| You could say: | |
| “Do you know...? and then the name of the area you live in. | |
| “Do you know County Down?” | |
| Or, you could mention a local landmark. Like: | |
| “Near the library.” or | |
| “Near the movie theatre.” | |
| You could also answer by telling the person what train line you live on, if your city has a train network. Or what station is the nearest to your house. | |
| “On the Central Line.” or | |
| “Near Piccadilly” | |
| So as you can see, there are lots of possible ways to answer the question “Where do you live?” | |
| Once you’ve told them, the other person might respond in one of the following ways: | |
| “Oh, yeah, I know it!” or | |
| “I live near there!” | |
| Or maybe: | |
| “I’m afraid I don’t know it.” | |
| The other person is just being polite by showing interest, so you can reply by saying something like “Oh, really?” | |
| Since the other person is asking you this question to be polite, a good way to continue the conversation is to ask them the same question in return. | |
| You can just say: | |
| “How about you?” | |
| Or: | |
| “Where do you live?” | |
| Put some stress on the you: “Where do you live?” | |
| Now it’s time for Gina’s Tips! | |
| Asking where someone lives is a way to try to find something you have in common with the person you’re talking to - so if you’re familiar with the area the other person lives in, make some comments about it! “That’s a really nice area”, or “The park there is really pretty”. Anything is fine - as long as you don’t say anything negative that could be taken as offensive, like “That area has a high crime rate”, or “I hear that area’s really dangerous”...! | |
| Do you know how to ask which school someone goes to? | |
| Find out next time in the eighth English in 3 Minutes Lesson! See you next time! |
11 Comments
HideHi everyone! Where do you live? Can you describe it?
Hi Jose,
Venezuela sounds like a tough but beautiful place to live. Thanks for telling us about it!
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Hi, I'm jose from Venezuela, where contrast is everywhere, a paradise with the most dangerous city in the world... Sad but true...
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Hi everyone! I live in Vietnam. My country have many beautiful places.
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Hi I live in Iran, I think it's not a bad place but there is a lot of economic problems these days.:sob:
Someone here needs to behave and respect the class rule
porfavor quisiera saver mas acerca de ingles y sus metodos ayudenme quisiera andar sus metodos en mi celular:flushed:
Hi.... you know what !!! you are the most beautiful woman i have ever seen :wink: i live in Iraq / Baghdad... by the way the security situation in Iraq is getting worse