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Hello, I'm Alex, thanks for clicking, and w

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elcome to this lesson on 30 Perfect English

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Questions and How to Answer Them.

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All of the questions that you see in this video are from my book, Perfect English

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Questions

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and How to Answer Them.

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You can get it in PDF, e-book, or physical

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format, just please check the link that is

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attached to the video.

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So, in this video, you will practice as

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king questions and answering questions.

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We will start with some simple, personal details, and we will talk about work and

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other topics

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as well.

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So, let's begin with, "What's your name?"

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Now, of course, if someone asks you, "Hey, what's your name?"

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you can just say your name, "Alex", "It's A

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lex", "My name is Alex", "I'm Alex" is also

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possible.

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So, tell me, "What's your na

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me?", "Oh, and how old are y

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ou?", "Okay", and this is not

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my age, but let's...

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Let's pretend.

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So, when you talk about your age, rememb

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er, you say, "I am", not "I have", okay?

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"I am".

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So, "I am 33", "I am 33"

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, yes, I wish I were 33.

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With my current knowledge, that would be great.

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Okay, "When is your birthday?

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", so for me, it's March 14th.

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"My birthday is March 14th", so let me a

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sk you, and make sure you use the ordinal

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number,

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so remember, first, second, third, 12th

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, 13th, 14th, 15th, 21st, "When is your

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birthday?"

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You can also write it in the comments if you would like.

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Next, "Where were you born?" means, you know, where...

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Where did your mom give birth to you, basically?

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So, me, I was born in Poland.

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The correct sentence is "I was born", and we always say "I was" because I was born in

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the past.

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Right?

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I can just say "Poland" or I can say "I was born in Poland".

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Next, "Where do you live?"

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So now, I live in Quebec, Canada.

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Quebec is a province in Canada.

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Let me ask you first this question.

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"Where were you born?"

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and "Where do you live?"

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Okay.

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And the next question, "Are you married?"

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This is a very common question that you might see on a form, a legal form, for

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example.

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The opposite of "married" is "single", so "Are you married?" or "single?"

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So in my case, yes, I'm married.

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So, how about you?

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"Are you married?"

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Okay, my voice was very worried for a second.

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I don't know why.

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So, "Do you have any siblings?"

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"Siblings" means brothers or sisters.

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So, for me, yes, I have two younger sisters.

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Now, you tell me about you.

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"Do you have any siblings?"

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"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

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If the answer is no, you can

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say, "No, I'm an only child."

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"Only", "an only child", okay?

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All right.

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And finally here, personal details.

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"What's your email address?"

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You might hear this when you go to a receptionist somewhere at a clinic or something

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like that.

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So, I can say, "Oh, my email addre

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ss, it's Alex at englishalex.com."

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So, in English, this is "at", and

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