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Where Are You From?

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
See the appendix.

Regions of the world
Africa
Asia
Australia, New Zealand,
    and Pacific Islands
(the) Caribbean
Central America
Europe
North America
South America

People
best friend
brother
family
mother
parents
person (plural = people)
sister
student

Places
city (plural = cities)
world

Other
college
language

Pronouns
Subject pronouns
we
you (plural)

Adjectives
Describing people
cute
friendly
funny
good-looking
handsome
heavy
nice
pretty
serious
short
shy
smart
tall
thin
Numbers and ages (11–30; 40, 50, etc.)
See Exercise 6 on page 17.

Other
beautiful
fine
large
new
old

Verbs
call
know
think

Adverbs
a little
here
originally
really
so
this week
today

Prepositions
from (Seoul)
in (the United States)

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EXPRESSIONS

Asking about countries, nationalities, and languages
Are you from Seoul/. . . ?
    Yes, I am./No, I'm not. I'm from . . . .
Where is he/she from?
    He's/She's from . . . .
Are you Japanese/. . . ?
    Yes, we are./No, we're not. We're . . . .
Is your first language English/. . . ?
    Yes, it is./No, it's not.

Asking about people
Who are they?/Who's that?/What are their names?
    He's . . . , and she's . . . .
Where are they from?
    They're from . . . .
What are they like?
     They're very/really . . . .

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