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Language summary
Vocabulary
Nationalities
American Australian Brazilian British Canadian Chilean Chinese Colombian Ecuadorian Greek Japanese Mexican Peruvian Saudi South Korean Spanish Thai Turkish

Grammar
Wh- questions; plural subject pronouns Wh- questions
Where are you and Yoshi from? What city are Luis and Maria from? What city are you from? Who are they? How old are they?

Numbers 0101
0 zero 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty 21 twenty-one 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety 100 one hundred 101 one hundred (and) one

Plural subject pronouns

Were from Japan. Theyre from Manaus. Were from Tokyo. Theyre my parents. Theyre 60 and 63.

In questions with who and how old with singular subject pronouns, use the same form: Who / How old + is / am / are + subject pronoun Remember that you can use the contractions were and theyre in statements.

Yes / no questions with be Yes / no questions

Are Are you they Japanese? Brazilian?

Short answers Affirmative

Yes, Yes, we they are. are.

Short answers Negative

No, No, we they arent. arent.

In affirmative short answers use the full forms above, NOT contractions: Yes, theyre. / Yes, were. Remember that you can use the contraction re not in short negative answers: No, were not. / No, theyre not.

Family
brother children daughter father grandfather grandmother grandparents husband kids mother parents sister son wife

Functions
Asking for someones phone number
Whats your phone number? Whats your number?

Asking for someones email

Whats your email address? Whats your email?

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