Name: English Questions - Asking people where they come from. Basic English Lesson
Uploaded: 2014-07-10T13:22:49.000Z
Duration: 4 min 4 s
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Hello! Welcome to the lesson! We constantly meet new people and make friends in life.

To-infinitive

When we meet someone new, we want to know which place they are from.

So how would you ask that question and how would you  answer it? Today's lesson is all about that.

Listen to all the sample conversations, and also make sure you check out the vocabulary section at the end.

You can practice the lines by pausing the lesson and repeating the dialog anywhere you want!

I have never asked you before but what's your hometown?

Sorry to bother you but which country are you from?

I am from Tokyo. You're from The States, right?

Okay, nice! You seem like you are from The States.

Yeah. Well there isn't a lot of difference you know.

Yes. I was born and brought up in Hawaii.

No. I am from Washington Dc. I've come here to work.

Okay. So were you born and brought up in Washington Dc?

United states of America is commonly referred to as The States, specially inside the United States of America.

The city where you born and brought up in, is the city where you spent your childhood.

you've lived there for a long time and you identify with that place, its culture and its people.

Your hometown is the town where you spent most of your life, specifically your childhood.

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English Questions - Asking people where they come from. Basic English Lesson

place

bring

English

spend