Learn English British English in Three Minutes Getting Contact Details
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 some ways
to get in touch with someone after
you’ve met them once already in a lot of
textbooks you’ve probably seen the
question what’s your phone number it’s a
very useful question but there are two
problems with it firstly it can sound a
little too direct especially when
talking to members of the opposite sex
and secondly people use a phone a lot
less these days than they used to
instead they might prefer to connect by
email or on a social network like
Facebook to start with though a simple
variation on what’s your phone number
that sounds a little less direct is
could I get your number could I get your
number we start the sentence with could
which softens a request next say I then
get and finally your number which is
short for your phone number this
question is slightly casual but it can
be used in almost any situation these
days many people prefer to use email
rather than the phone to communicate
asking someone for his or her email
address is also a little less direct
than asking for their phone number could
I get your email address could I get
your email address
we just took could I get your number and
replaced number with email address it’s
that simple could I get your email
address if someone asks you either of
these questions you can reply by saying
of course my phone number is of course
my phone number is or of course my email
addresses of course my email address is
all of course it’s and then say your
phone number or email address at the end
recently many people have started to use
social networks like Facebook or
LinkedIn or online chat services like
Skype to communicate people might ask
you about these especially if they are
younger if someone wants to connect with
you through one of these services they
may simply ask are you on followed by
the name of the service are you on
Facebook are you on Facebook are you on
LinkedIn are you on linked-in are you on
skype are you on skype to answer you can
simply say yes I am or no I’m not if you
respond with yes I am the other person
may ask how they can connect with you on
one of these services but if you answer
with now I’m not they won’t be able to
contact you if you still would like to
stay in touch with the person you can
say no but my email address is or no but
my phone number is and then say your
email address or phone number by telling
the other person a different way they
can contact you you’ll show them that
you want to hear from them now it’s time
for
tips if you ask someone for their phone
number their email address or some other
form of contact information they will
usually give it to you if you’ve gotten
to know them a little beforehand if you
ask them too early in the conversation
though they may be hesitant about
sharing that information the key is to
make sure you talk for some time before
requesting this kind of personal
information in this lesson we learned
how to ask for a person’s contact
information in the next British English
in three minutes lesson you’ll learn
another good way to get to know a person
see you next time