Where are you from?
Ask this to learn someone's home town or country.
Day 4 of 365
Where are you from?
1Chunks
Whole phrases to say as one piece.
I am from ___.
Fill the hole with your town or country.
Can you spell that for me?
Ask when a name or word is hard to hear.
Please fill in this form.
What a clerk says when you sign up somewhere.
What is your ___?
Ask for one detail: name, address, or number.
My address is ___.
Give the place where you live.
Just sign here, please.
Said while pointing at the last line of a form.
I live in ___.
Say the town or street where you stay now.
Thank you for waiting.
A polite line after someone waits for you.
Here is your card.
Said while handing something over to a person.
2Sentence patterns
One frame, many sentences. Tap a word to hear it.
I am from ___.
What is your ___?
3Expressions
Natural ways people really talk.
And you?
I am from Medan. And you?
Take your time.
No hurry. Take your time.
No rush at all.
Fill it in slowly. No rush at all.
Here you are.
Here you are — the form and a pen.
That's everything.
Sign here, and that's everything.
Welcome aboard.
You are a member now. Welcome aboard!
4Q&A
Read both parts aloud. Hide the answers to test yourself.
Where are you from?
I am from Medan.
What is your full name?
My name is Dian Siregar.
Can you spell that for me?
S-I-R-E-G-A-R.
Do I sign here?
Yes, just sign here, please.
Is the form finished?
Yes. Here is your card.
5Collocations
Words that go together.
fill in a form
Please fill in a form at the desk.
sign your name
Sign your name at the bottom.
full name
Write your full name here.
home address
What is your home address?
phone number
Leave your phone number, please.
library card
Keep your library card safe.
6Phrasal verbs
A verb plus a small word that changes its meaning.
fill in
write information in the empty spaces
Please fill in this form.
write down
record something on paper
Write down your address here.
7Sounds
How today's phrases really sound. Play speaks it slowly too.
Where are you from?
where-ya-FROM
The words link together. Stress lands on FROM.
Can you spell that for me?
kn-ya-spell-that-fuh-me
'Can you' becomes 'kn-ya'. Stress SPELL.
8Dialogue
The chunks in a real scene. Play the whole thing.
Signing up at the library
Bu Ratna
Good evening. Please fill in this form.
Dian
Of course. Here is my full name.
Bu Ratna
Thank you. Where are you from?
Dian
I am from Medan. I live here now.
Bu Ratna
Your street name? Can you spell that for me?
Dian
J-A-L-A-N M-A-W-A-R.
Bu Ratna
Wonderful. Just sign here, please.
Dian
All done.
Bu Ratna
Thank you for waiting. Here is your card.
Dian
Thank you so much!
9Real text
Written English you'd meet in real life.
form
Library member form
Full name: ____________________
Where are you from? ____________________
Home address: ____________________
Phone number: ____________________
Sign here: ____________________
10Grammar
Asking with 'Where'
To ask about a place, start the question with *Where* and add *is* or *are*. 'Where are you from?' asks about your home. The answer names a place: 'I am from Medan.'
- Where are you from? — I am from Medan.
- Where do you live? — I live in Bandung.
- Where is the form? — It is on the desk.
- Where are you now? — I am at the library.
- Where is Ari from? — He is from Jakarta.
- Where do I sign? — Just sign here, please.
11Words
New words for today.
form
a paper with spaces you write in
Please fill in this form.
sign
write your name to agree
Just sign here, please.
spell
say the letters of a word in order
Can you spell that for me?
address
the place where you live
My address is on the form.
name
what people call you
What is your name?
from
shows where a person was born or lives
I am from Medan.
live
have your home in a place
I live in Bandung.
city
a large town where many people live
The city is my home now.
evening
the part of the day after the afternoon
The library is open in the evening.
please
a polite word when you ask for something
Please fill in this form.
card
a small stiff piece of plastic or paper
Here is your card.
member
a person who belongs to a group or place
She is a new member here.
12Idioms
Phrases with a hidden meaning.
put pen to paper
finally write or sign something
After a long wait, she put pen to paper and signed.
13Daily article
A new library card
The community library is open in the evening. A new member walks in. "Good evening," says Bu Ratna. "Please fill in this form." Dian takes the pen and starts to write.
Bu Ratna reads the form. "Where are you from?" she asks. "I am from Medan," says Dian. The street name is long, so Dian says, "Can you spell that for me?" Bu Ratna writes each letter with care.
Then Bu Ratna points to the last line. "Just sign here, please." Dian signs her name. "Thank you for waiting. Here is your card," says Bu Ratna. Now Dian can borrow ten books a month, and she leaves with a smile.