What’s your address? – Basic English Lesson
23 Main Street
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.
Street Abbreviations
A street sign normally has an abbreviation.
An abbreviation is a short form of a word.
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 is for AVENUE … 23 Main Avenue
DR is for DRIVE … 23 Main Drive
PL is for PLACE … 23 Main Place
ST / St. = Street
RD / Rd. = Road
AVE / Ave. = Avenue
DR / Dr. = Drive
PL / Pl. = Place
There are more types of streets. You will see this in another lesson.
So, the order is: Number + Name + Type of Street
- 23 Main Street
The Question
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)
- It is … (21 Jump Street)
- It’s … (21 Jump Street)
The contraction of IT IS … is … IT’S
For example:
Person A: What’s your address?
Person B: It’s 29 Queen Street.
Person A: What’s your address?
Person B: It’s 92 King Road.
Now look at this address:
- 432 Woodward Avenue
How do we say the number?
We say:
432 four thirty-two … OR …
432 four three two
DO NOT SAY: four hundred and thirty-two (NOT correct)
Person A: What’s your address?
Person B: My address is four thirty-two Woodward Avenue.
Look at this address:
- 1264 Long Street.
A long number is normally divided into two parts:
The first two numbers + 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
One two six four Long Street.
- 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. Say these addresses:
- What’s your address? It’s 89 High Road.
- What’s your address? It’s 765 Market Street.
- What’s your address? It’s 2491 Grand Avenue.
- What’s your address? It’s 1550 Scenic Drive.
- What’s your address? It’s 13 Oceanview Place.
What’s your address?
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