What's your name? How old are you?

Rules

• Rule 1: What's your name?

  To ask for a name, say What's your name? (What is your name?). Answer with My name is … or just I'm …

  Pattern: What's your name? — My name is Can. / I'm Can.

  Example: What's your name? — My name is Elif.

  Example: This is my cousin. His name is Noah.

• Rule 2: How old are you?

  To ask about age, say How old are you? In the answer we use be (am / is / are): I am eight, never “I have eight”.

  Pattern: How old are you? — I'm eight (years old).

  Example: How old are you? — I'm nine years old.

  Example: How old is your brother? — He's five.

• Rule 3: Where are you from?

  To ask about someone's country, say Where are you from? Answer with I'm from + country or city.

  Pattern: Where are you from? — I'm from Türkiye.

  Example: Where are you from? — I'm from Türkiye.

  Example: Where is Emma from? — She's from Canada.

• Rule 4: How are you?

  To ask how someone feels, say How are you? Answer, then ask back: And you?

  Pattern: How are you? — I'm fine, thank you. And you?

  Example: How are you? — I'm fine, thanks. And you?

  Example: Nice to meet you! — Nice to meet you, too.

Common mistakes

• I have eight years. → I am eight years old.

  We use be for age, not “have”.

• How many years are you? → How old are you?

  The age question always uses How old.

• I'm of Türkiye. → I'm from Türkiye.

  We use from to say where we come from.