Learn English British English in Three Minutes Asking Where did you go to school
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
someone where they went to school or
university asking someone where they
went to university is a good small talk
question and conversation starter
however you have to be careful not to
offend people if they didn’t go to
university I’ll tell you how to do this
the question is simple if the other
person is over 22 it’s likely they will
have left University already so you ask
using the past tense where did you go to
university the answer to this question
is really easy all you say is I went to
the name of the University in and then
the city I went to Imperial College in
London if the name of the city or town
is part of the university’s name like
Tokyo University or Oxford University
you can add the name of the country
instead I went to Tokyo University in
Japan once you’ve heard the other
person’s answer it’s polite to make some
kind of comment for example wow that’s a
really famous university or just oh
really sometimes when you ask where did
you go to university the other person
might reply I didn’t go to university in
this situation you should be careful how
you reply so as not to appear rude it’s
polite to not act surprised with
instead make a positive comment like oh
really or ask the question like did you
go straight into a job now it’s time for
Gina’s tips a good follow-up question to
keep the conversation going is to ask
the other person what did you study or
what was your major this gives them an
opportunity to talk about something
they’re interested in in the next lesson
you’ll learn how to ask another basic
question about the other person that’s
do you have any brothers or sisters see
you next time
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