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15 questions that you should know so

these are 15 questions that not

necessarily

you need to

know how to ask them perhaps you know

some of the questions already but you

will probably also hear these questions

as well so we’ll practice a few

different answers for these questions

too

so let’s get started

do you like american food the first

question is do you like american food

you will probably be asked this question

do you like american food you can either

say yes or no or you can give a specific

example someone says do you like

american food yes i love philly

cheesesteaks i would recommend saying

yes or a little

or or you can just say i don’t know what

do you recommend

have you been to the united states the

next question is have you been to the

united states have you been to the

united states so someone asks you have

you been to the united states you should

reply with either yes i have or no i

haven’t or maybe no i haven’t yet but i

want to when you want to ask someone

this question you can say have you been

to japan have you been to egypt have you

been to china whatever you can use your

own country when you ask this question

how are you how are you when someone

asks how are you

don’t say i’m fine thank you and you

please don’t say that please say

something more natural like good

great i’m good how are you something

like that is much better than i’m going

thank you and you be a little more

genuine in your reply also when you ask

this question maybe one point to help

you sound a little more natural when you

ask someone else don’t like try to say

how are you how are you instead of how

are you or

uh and make make sure your intonation is

correct i’ve had a few people ask me uh

how are you like a little too

yeah with this question or like

how are you but how are you should be

the intonation with this how are you how

are you is a little bit more natural how

long have you been studying english how

long have you been studying english

great question to know the answer to

your answer should be i have been

studying english for blah blah blah

years or blah blah blah months or more

weeks but if that’s too much for you you

can just use the time how long have you

been studying english six years how long

have you been studying english two

months so just pick the time uh if the

whole sentence is quite long for you

how old are you we don’t really go

around asking people how old they are

like just the first time you meet them

necessarily especially uh if they’re

older much older than you like in

particular it’s sometimes considered

rude to ask especially women uh how old

they are so just be careful with this

question but if you’re about the same

age group um you know maybe you’re at an

event or a party or something and you

just want to check how old the other

person is you can use this phrase when

you reply to this just say

uh i’m plus the number

to make a really simple response so how

old are you i’m 15. how old are you i’m

whatever the answer is just stick

i’m in front of it not i but i’m i am

but use the contracted form to sound

more natural i’m number if you want to

make a full sentence you can say i’m

number years old don’t forget that s in

years i’m

a million years old what did you say

what did you say if you couldn’t quite

hear something that someone else said

you can use this question to confirm

sorry what did you say it’s a little

nicer than just saying what

what did you say or what did you just

say sorry what did you say i couldn’t

hear you

what’s this

what’s this when you don’t know what

something is what’s this when you’re out

for dinner you’re out for lunch or

something and you find a new food or you

just you’re curious just say what’s this

to reply to this question just say it’s

blah blah blah what’s your name what’s

your name of course you should know how

to ask this question and how to answer

this question what’s your name is a

little more natural than what is your

name

again contracted form will help you

sound much more natural so what’s your

name someone asks you you can just give

your name alicia that’s fine you can say

alicia you can say i’m alicia that’s

fine too you can say my name is or my

name’s alicia

either any of those are fine in a more

formal situation a business situation i

would i would use my name is blah blah

blah while i shake hands or something

what’s your phone number the next one is

what’s your phone number i would not ask

this question right away like maybe

you’ve met the person a few times but

you’d like to contact them whether it’s

because you’re romantically interested

in them or because you want to be better

friends with them but just

if you meet someone for the first time

and you’re like what’s your phone number

it’s like a little

it’s a little too much so use this

question after you’ve met the person a

few times and you know you want to

become better friends when you want to

give your phone number just say it’s and

the number that’s fine just it’s blah

blah blah or my phone number is blah

blah blah with the number 555-100526

when is your birthday so maybe you want

to plan a birthday party for example or

it’s just another fun question the first

time you meet someone when is your

birthday so when you want to tell

someone your birthday just give the

month and the date

january 15th august

42nd

that’s a real day if you want to make a

full sentence you can say my birthday is

month date

where are you from the next word the

next question is where are you from this

can refer to your country or your city

but i feel like probably more stuff and

it refers to your country so where are

you from your answer should be i’m from

place i’m from china i’m from japan i’m

from vietnam i’m from america whatever

i’m from

where did you learn english the next

question is where did you learn english

where did you learn english if you’re

speaking great english you can say i

learned english at englishclass101.com

because you did because you’re watching

now anyway where did you learn english

in this case in the case of like these

videos i learned english online or i

learned english from

and then the school name or the program

name so i learned english from

englishclass101.com for example if you

studied english at university you can

say i learned english at university or i

learned english from my friends perhaps

where do you live where do you live

depending on the situation where you’re

asked this this can mean your country

i live in america i live in china

sometimes it’s about the place in the

city where you live sometimes it’s about

the country where you live so you can

kind of feel i think which question

which type of question is being asked

where do you work where do you work is

talking about your job you can use the

pattern i work at company name or i work

for

company name either is fine i work at

abc company i work for abc company

either is okay but you know if if you

have answered with the wrong information

the other person will just ask you like

oh i mean where is your office or oh i

mean which company do you work for use

the force for this one

where is the bathroom where is the

bathroom very important question where

is the bathroom in american english

where is the bathroom or where is the

restroom is more common than where is

the toilet using the word toilet is a

little bit too direct in american

english so i recommend bathroom or

restroom 10 phrases that you always want

to hear so let’s begin

you win

the first phrase is you win you win if

you hear the phrase you win it means you

have won something you are probably

going to receive something for free

that’s a very happy thing right you want

to get free things congratulations you

win a car yay

here are the keys to your new car great

thank you

i brought you something special this is

exciting to hear because it means this

little something special is like oh i

thought only a view so i brought you

this i brought you something special

really thank you

i miss you i miss you i miss you it’s

nice you can use this with your friends

your family members your partner whoever

i miss you shows that you want to meet

the other person probably you haven’t

you haven’t seen them as much as you

would like to so you can say i miss you

i miss you call your husband or wife or

boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the

phone maybe you haven’t seen them for a

long time you can say

i miss you

i miss you too

take a break i’ll do the cleaning today

this means someone else is going to

clean up your house for you or clean up

something for you i would be very happy

to hear this phrase right now because my

apartment is a disaster because i’m only

there to sleep so maybe you’ve had a

long day at work or a long day doing

something you come home and somebody

else has offered to do this for you so

take a break i’ll do the cleaning today

and you can reply really thank you so

much i’m gonna relax

the budget is unlimited the next phrase

that you always want to hear is the

budget is unlimited the budget is

unlimited this could be a work this

could be a budget a personal budget

maybe but it just means there’s no limit

to the budget you can spend as much

money as you want

very exciting so let’s see in a business

context perhaps you have this new client

who’s going to give you a lot of money

to build a new house or something maybe

you’re building houses that’s your

project your boss comes to you the

budget for this project is unlimited

really let’s go crazy

there’ll be a bonus at the end of the

month yeah this is a phrase that you

probably are very excited to hear it

means you are going to receive extra

money from your job at the end of the

month

very exciting extra money maybe you’ll

hear this from your boss or your manager

or maybe your co-worker at work or maybe

you see it in an email there’ll be a

bonus at the end of the month really i’m

going to use mine to buy a new car

really i’m going to use mine to go out

on a date really

i’m going to use mine to get a new

fish

you did a great job you did a great job

you did a great job of something you’ll

probably hear from

well i don’t know you could hear this

from pretty much anybody anytime you’ve

done a good job someone will

congratulate you or tell you their

opinion with this phrase you did a great

job you finished a project at work and

your boss says you did a great job

nice thank you so much it was really fun

or thank you

just just say thank you you look great

today you look great today the other

person thinks that your physical

appearance is nice today don’t think

about the today part you know just just

just take the compliment oh really thank

you so much you look great today oh

thank you so much i got a new haircut

thank you so much i

i got enough sleep yeah

you were right

you were right this means that um

something that you said in the past was

correct and everybody likes to be

correct i think i saw that movie that

you recommended you were right it was

really good oh good i’m glad you enjoyed

it don’t be like i know or yeah i knew i

was right don’t do that just say oh good

i’m glad you’re an excellent cook you’re

an excellent cook this is a nice

compliment especially for someone who

enjoys cooking if you say you’re an

excellent cook it means you enjoyed

their food so let’s see at a dinner

party for example you’re an excellent

cook this food is delicious oh thank you

so much i’m really glad you enjoyed it

20 travel phrases that you should know

so let’s go do you have any

recommendations the first phrase is do

you have any recommendations this is

great to use when you get to a

restaurant where you don’t know what the

food is you don’t know anything about

the local cuisine or you’re just feeling

a little bit adventurous you can ask the

wait staff do you have any

recommendations how much is this how

much is this this is useful when you’re

out shopping or when you’re in a

restaurant and the price is not clearly

marked or something is not clear to you

so you can ask how much is this usually

when you point to something i would

recommend like pointing to the menu or

pointing to an item how much is this

i’d like this you can point to something

and say i’d like this uh if you want to

say i’d like

one for example i don’t know you’re

getting beer i’d like one of these

if however you’re in a situation where

you can’t point you can say i’d like 10

of the blah blah blah i’d like 10 of the

blue t-shirts please can i try this on

is useful when you’re shopping for

clothes so you find something that you’d

like to try just ask the staff can i try

this on you can just say i want to try

this on if you like do you speak english

you might get asked this phrase so you

should say if you’re watching this video

you should probably say yes or you can

say yes a little if you’re not feeling

very confident if you’re watching this

video and you’re understanding this part

and you say no then

things that’s a little strange i have a

reservation usually the staff will greet

you and you can say i have a reservation

hello i have a reservation it’s at seven

o’clock the name is alicia usually we

say the name is or it’s under meaning

the reservation is under my name or um

it’s for name

it’s in name

water please depending on which country

you’re from water may or may not

automatically be brought to your table

when you’re at a restaurant if you would

like more water however you can say

water please to make it a little more

polite i would like wave at the wait

staff and say could i please have some

more water do you take credit cards do

you take credit cards in case you’re not

sure if the shop that you’re in will

accept credit cards or debit cards you

can ask them do you take credit cards so

it doesn’t mean do you take meaning are

you going to take my card but this take

means do you accept credit cards this

isn’t what i ordered so if you’re at a

restaurant you order steak and you get

lobster instead you can look at it and

go ah this isn’t what i ordered be

careful though say this politely if you

look at the wait staff and you say this

isn’t what i ordered they’re gonna be

i don’t know just be a nice customer

excuse me but i don’t think this is what

i ordered or this isn’t what i ordered

can you please check could we have the

menu please if for some reason you don’t

receive a menu when you come to the

table you can again just wave at a

member of the staff and say could we

have the menu please could you give me a

discount could you give me a discount

means i would like a cheaper price

essentially it depends on which country

you’re in if haggling or bargaining

meaning uh talking to the seller to try

to reduce the price my family didn’t

bargain we didn’t haggle so i don’t

haggle it depends on you and your

culture but uh just yeah just be be

aware of the culture that you’re in and

the place that you’re in before you ask

this question do you have any vegetarian

dishes ah this is useful some people

have specific eating requirements or

eating needs maybe food allergies for

example you can replace vegetarian with

the specific dietary requirement that

you have do you have any vegan dishes do

you have any gluten free dishes do you

have any low fat dishes do you have any

low carb dishes do you have any fish

free dishes do you have any

could you take a picture of me please

if you are in a location where you would

like to take a picture but you don’t

want to do a selfie or you don’t have a

selfie stick or whatever you want

someone else to take a picture of you a

stranger that you don’t know you can ask

them could you take a picture of me

please or excuse me would you mind

taking a picture of me please i’m

allergic to blah blah blah if you have a

food allergy or even

an allergy to a medicine this is the

phrase you can use to explain that i’m

allergic to wheat or i can’t eat wheat

for example

is the wi-fi free meaning can i use the

wi-fi free of charge keep in mind some

places have a password that you have to

ask the staff for so you can say is the

wi-fi free if they say yes you can then

follow that up with can i have the

password i’d like to have a non-smoking

seat please so when you go to a

restaurant you have an option between

smoking and non-smoking sections the

staff will say smoking or non-smoking

you can say i’d like to have a

non-smoking seat please quite honestly

though the most natural response is just

to say non-smoking could i get a map

maybe it’s a map of the subway system

for the city that you’re in or maybe

it’s a map of the area around your hotel

you could say could i have a map as well

could i have the check you’re finished

at your cafe you’re finished at the

restaurant and it’s time to leave it’s

time to pay so you say to the wait staff

excuse me could i have the check another

more common expression perhaps is excuse

me check please you might also hear bill

excuse me can i have the bill where is

the bathroom very important question if

you’re traveling in america we don’t

really use the word toilet or washroom

very much we use bathroom or restroom to

talk about

toilet facilities excuse me can you tell

me where the bathroom is or excuse me

i’m looking for the bathroom or i’m

looking for the restroom is this the

train for blah blah blah or is this the

train that goes to blah blah blah to

confirm with someone

that i’m indeed on the correct train

line if i say is this the train bound

for san francisco you can use that to

check if you’re correct 10 phrases to

help you in an emergency

let’s get started

call the police please

if you are telling someone to call the

police it means you are telling someone

to dial 9-1-1 to call the police or

maybe there’s police nearby and you tell

someone hey call the police

the police are there to help you in any

situation that you might need them maybe

you’re lost maybe you lost your purse or

your wallet

maybe you’ve been in a car accident the

police will help you so if you tell

someone call the police please it means

you need them to get the police for you

do you have a fever

do you have a fever if you are asking

someone if they have a fever you are

asking them if their temperature is

higher than is normal or safe

if someone has a fever

that may mean they have an underlying

condition that needs medical attention a

fever may be a symptom of something much

more serious it’s something you should

always take seriously so if someone has

a fever you may want to take that person

to the hospital

i lost my passport

i lost my passport if you have lost your

passport it means you have lost the

official document with all of your

information that enables you to travel

between countries if you are in a

foreign country and you lose your

passport that’s a very serious thing

because you may be stuck in that country

if you’re not able to present a passport

at the airport you may not be able to go

back home or go to another country

so if you lose your passport you may

need to call your embassy to get a

replacement

what i like to do when i travel is i

take photo copies of my passport so

instead of carrying around my physical

passport instead i just carry around

copies of it so that my passport can

stay at the hotel in some safe place

i think i ate something bad

i think i ate something bad if you think

you ate something bad it may mean that

you feel sick

after eating it you may have some form

of food poisoning

if you think you ate something bad

you’re going to want to watch your

symptoms because if they last for a few

days you’re going to want to go to the

hospital

i think i ate something bad

i need a doctor

if you say i need a doctor it means you

need medical assistance medical

attention

you may be very sick you may have eaten

something bad you may

just feel sick in general

you may have a fever

if you say i need a doctor

it means you want to be taken to a

hospital or you want a doctor called to

you because you’re really sick or not

feeling well

i can’t find the way back to my hotel

i can’t find the way back to my hotel if

you tell someone i can’t find the way

back to my hotel

it means you’re lost it means you want

to go back to your hotel but you don’t

remember the streets you took you don’t

remember where it is this is a common

thing that happens in other countries in

other cities

if you have the address you can ask just

about anyone how do i get back to my

hotel

could you please give me the directions

to get back to where i need to go

is there a pharmacy nearby

a pharmacy is a place that has

medicine

over the counter and prescription drugs

if you’re in another city it’s always

smart to know where the pharmacies are

in case you might need anything

asking is there a pharmacy nearby you

are asking where the nearest pharmacy is

in case you need to go and buy medicine

shampoo conditioner toothpaste

vitamins allergy pills doesn’t matter a

pharmacy will probably have it

can you help me

can you help me is a very very useful

phrase

knowing how to ask for help is extremely

important if you ask can you help me

it lets other people know that you are

in need of assistance of whatever kind

asking for help is the first question

can you help me

and another person will say sure what do

you need

and from there that’s when you explain

the problem you’re experiencing

i am lost

i am lost if you say i am lost it means

you don’t know where you are you can’t

find your way you don’t recognize

anything around you you don’t know how

to get back to wherever you need to be

to say i am lost lets people know that

they need to give you directions that

they can open up a map for you and show

you where you are

i am lost is a very useful phrase

especially for people like me

i get lost all the time i have a

terrible sense of direction so to tell

someone i am lost

it welcomes their help in getting you

back to safety to wherever you need to

be i need an ambulance

i need an ambulance

an ambulance is an emergency vehicle and

its purpose is to get to a sick person

and take them to the hospital

to say i need an ambulance means it’s

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