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Session 32

Welcome to English In A Minute. Give us a minute and we'll give you a hot tip about English vocabulary... there's so much to learn! And all taught by your favourite BBC Learning English staff!

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Activity 1

How to use 'address'

Beth demonstrates different uses of the word ‘address’

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ኣርእይዎ ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ሕብእዎ

Beth

As a noun, ‘address’ is the exact location of a place.

Examples

What's the address for the party?

The address is 152 Henderson Street, London.

As a verb, we use  ‘address’ to mean write the name and address on a letter or parcel.

Example

Why did you open this letter? It was addressed to me.

'Address' can also refer to the location of a website or where to send an email to.

Examples

Our website address is bbclearningenglish.com

What's your email address?

Finally, as a verb, ‘address’  is  used to formally speak to a person or group, or can refer to how you should name someone.

Example

The businesswoman addressed everyone in the meeting.

Remember, he likes to be addressed as 'Sir'.

 

Address

As a noun, ‘address’ is the exact location of a place.

  • What's the address for the party?
  • The address is 152 Henderson Street, London.

As a verb, we use ‘address’ to mean write the name and address on a letter or parcel.

  • Why did you open this letter? It was addressed to me. 

'Address' can also refer to the location of a website or where to send an email to.

  • Our website address is bbclearningenglish.com
  • What's your email address?

Also, as a verb, ‘address’ is used to formally speak to a person or group, or can refer to how you should name someone.

  • The businesswoman addressed everyone in the meeting.
  • Remember, he likes to be addressed as 'Sir'.

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