Learn English British English in Three Minutes Asking Where do you live
welcome to English class 101 coms
British English in three minutes the
fastest easiest and most fun way to
learn English 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 some 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 can 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 Durham all you could
mention a local landmark like near the
library all near the cinema 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
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 all 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 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
where do you live now it’s time for
Gina’s tips asking where someone lives
is a way to try to find out 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 fare 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 is
really dangerous do you know how to ask
which school someone goes to find out in
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