To ask about someone's country, say Where are you from? To answer, say I'm from and then the country.
Where you are from
Try it: Sofia: Where are you from? Student: ___ Canada. Choose the best way for the student to answer. (I'm from / My name is / How old are you?) Answer: I'm from — The question asks about a country, so the student answers I'm from Canada.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
Where are you from?
Where are you from?
I'm from
I'm from Canada.
Contact details
To ask how to reach someone, say What's your phone number? or What's your email address? To ask where they live, say What's your address?
Try it: Farid: ___ Man: It is 8 Moffen Street. Choose the question that the man is answering. (What's your address? / What's your phone number? / What's your name?) Answer: What's your address? — A street and a number together are an address. A phone number has no street in it.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
What's your phone number?
What's your phone number? It is 555-1234.
What's your email address?
What's your email address? Here it is.
What's your address?
What's your address? It is 12 Moffen Street.
First name and last name
In English, your first name comes first and your last name comes after it: Amina Okafor.
Try it: Rosa Brandt is at the park office. Brandt is her ___. (first name / last name / zip code) Answer: last name — Brandt comes after Rosa, so it is her last name. Rosa is the first name, the one that comes first.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
first name
/ˈfɝːst neɪm/
Amina is her first name.
last name
/ˈlæst neɪm/
Okafor is her last name.
zip code
A zip code is the group of numbers for one part of a city. It comes at the end of an address.
Try it: Lars: What is your address? Woman: 5 Moffen Street. Lars: And the ___? Woman: 40312. Choose the words Lars needs. (zip code / last name / phone number) Answer: zip code — The woman answers with the numbers that come after the street, so Lars asked for the zip code. A last name is a word, and a phone number is not part of an address.