Where? = Places
Where You Come From Is Your Nationality
What is the capital of France?
Who is This/Who are They ?
Who is this? |
What is her name? |
Where does she come from? |
Where does she live? |
What nationality is she? |
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It's Ingrid. |
Her name is Ingrid She comes from Bergman |
Sweden |
She's dead. |
She's Swedish |
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Who is this? |
What is his name? |
Where does he come from? |
Where does he live? |
What nationality is he? |
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It's Napoleon. |
His name is Napolean Bonaparte. |
He comes from France. |
He's dead. |
He's French. |
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Who are they? |
What are their names? |
Where do they come from? |
live? |
What nationality is they? |
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They‟re „The Beatles‟. |
Their names are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. |
They come from Harrison are They're England. dead. Paul lives British. |
John Lennon and George in England and |
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Where do you come from? = Where were you born or raised?
Where do you live? = Where do you live now?
"I come from England, but I live in Germany."
What to Say |
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Question |
Short answer |
Long answer |
"What's your name?" |
"It's Lynne Hand." |
"My name is Lynne Hand." |
"Where do you come from?" |
"From England." |
"I come from England." |
"Where do you live?" |
"In Darmstadt." |
"I live in Darmstadt." |
"What nationality are you?" |
"I'm English." |
"My nationality is English." |
When asked questions about themselves people often give short one-word answers:
Question |
Short one - word answer |
"What's your name?" |
"Lynne Hand." |
"Where do you come from?" |
"England." |
"What country do you come from?" |
"England." |
"Where are you from?" |
"England." |
"Where do you live?" |
"Darmstadt." |
"What nationality are you?" |
"England." |