What's your address? Basic English lesson
This is a house.
This is an address.
The address is 23 Main Street.
In English an address has a number for example 23.
This number is normally on the letterbox.
Next is the name of the street.
The name is on a street sign.
This street is called Main Street
A street sign normally has an abbreviation.
An abbreviation is a short form of a word.
In this case the abbreviation ST is used to represent STREET
There are different types of streets.
The most common types of streets and their abbreviations are:
ST is for STREET - 23 Main Street
RD is for ROAD - 23 Main Road
AVE or AVE is for AVENUE - 23 Main Avenue
DR is for DRIVE - 23 Main Drive
PL is for PLACE - 23 Main Place
There are more types of streets.
You will see this in another lesson.
So the order is number plus name plus type of street.
Now the question to obtain this information is:
What is your address? or... What's your address?
The contraction of WHAT IS is WHAT'S
The answer: My address is 21 Jump Street or...
It is 21 Jump Street or...
It's 21 Jump Street.
The contraction of IT IS is IT'S
For example: What's your address?
It's 29 Queen Street.
What's your address?
It's 92 King Road
Now look at this address.
How do we say the number?
We say four thirty-two OR four three two.
Do not say four hundred and thirty-two.
What's your address?
My address is 432 Woodward Avenue.
Look at this address.
A long number is normally divided into two parts.
The first two numbers and the last two numbers.
The first number is twelve.
The last number is sixty-four
We say twelve sixty-four.
The address is twelve sixty-four Long Street
or the numbers can be said individually one two six four.
The address is one two six four Long Street.
Both are correct.
But we do not say: one thousand two hundred and sixty-four.
No, this is not correct.
Let's practice.
Answer the question. Click pause if you need more time.
What's your address?
It's 89 High Road.
What's your address?
It's 765 Market Street.
What's your address?
It's 24 91 Grand Avenue.
What's your address?
It's 15 50 Scenic Drive.
What's your address?
It's 13 Ocean View Place.
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