Spelling in English

A customer wants to open a bank account. Listen to the conversation between the clerk and the customer, and learn how they spell their names in English.

Clerk	First, I need some information for the form. So, what’s your title? Is it Mister?
Customer	Yes, it is.
Clerk	And what’s your first name?
Customer	It’s Teodor.
Clerk	Is that T-H-E-O… ?
Customer	No, it isn’t. It’s T-E-O-D-O-R. Teodor.
Clerk	Thank you, and what’s your surname?
Customer	It’s Makk.
Clerk	How do you spell that, please?
Customer	It’s M-A-double-K.
Clerk	M-A-double-K. Thank you. How old are you, Mr. Makk?
Customer	I’m thirty-five.
Clerk	OK. And you’re male, of course. Are you married?
Customer	I’m divorced.
Clerk	What’s your nationality?
Customer	I’m Polish.
Clerk	OK. And what do you do?
Customer	I’m a nurse.
Clerk	What’s your address?
Customer	It’s 29 Wickham Street – That’s W-I-C-K-H-A-M – Wickham Street, Bristol.
Clerk	And what’s your postcode?
Customer	It’s B56 7PK.
Clerk	What’s your phone number?
Customer	It’s 07213 893214.
Clerk	And that’s a mobile number.
Customer	Yes, it is.
Clerk	What about an email address?
Customer	Yes, It’s teomakk1, that’s T-E-O-M-A-K-K-1 at makk.net.
Clerk	OK. Thank you. Now which…

 

Language Note: WH-questions with “to be”

WH-questions have the same word order as Yes/No questions.

• Is your name Teodor? (Yes/No question)
• What is your name? (wh-question)

• Are you 36 years old? (Yes/No question)
• How old are you? (wh-question)

• Is your dog over there? (Yes/No question)
• Where is your dog? (wh-question)