Learn English - British English in Three Minutes - Asking "Where did you go to school?"
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welcome to English class 101 coms
British English in three minutes the
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fastest easiest and most fun way to
learn English hey everyone I'm Gina in
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this series we're going to learn some
easy ways to ask and answer common
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questions in English it's really useful
and it only takes three minutes in this
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lesson you're going to learn how to ask
someone where they went to school or
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university asking someone where they
went to university is a good small talk
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question and conversation starter
however you have to be careful not to
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offend people if they didn't go to
university I'll tell you how to do this
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the question is simple if the other
person is over 22 it's likely they will
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have left University already so you ask
using the past tense where did you go to
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university the answer to this question
is really easy all you say is I went to
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the name of the University in and then
the city I went to Imperial College in
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London if the name of the city or town
is part of the university's name like
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Tokyo University or Oxford University
you can add the name of the country
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instead I went to Tokyo University in
Japan once you've heard the other
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person's answer it's polite to make some
kind of comment for example wow that's a
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really famous university or just oh
really sometimes when you ask where did
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you go to university the other person
might reply I didn't go to university in
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this situation you should be careful how
you reply so as not to appear rude it's
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polite to not act surprised with
instead make a positive comment like oh
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really or ask the question like did you
go straight into a job now it's time for
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Gina's tips a good follow-up question to
keep the conversation going is to ask
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the other person what did you study or
what was your major this gives them an
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opportunity to talk about something
they're interested in in the next lesson
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you'll learn how to ask another basic
question about the other person that's
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do you have any brothers or sisters see
you next time
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you
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