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waiter the first word is waiter waiter

or waitress or weight staff these are

the people who bring you your food and

take your orders in a sentence

your waiter will be with you in a moment

the next word is menu menu is the piece

of paper or the document

the thing that’s on your table or near

your table that has a description of all

the food you can eat at that restaurant

in a sentence can i have the menu please

order the next word is order order you

can use this as a noun or as a verb

you can say to order something or where

is my order

in a sentence i would like to order two

sticks three hamburgers four beers

a large pizza and a piece of chocolate

cake

to go to my home water the next word is

waters in american restaurants you

usually get water for free

i noticed when i traveled in europe you

had to pay for water at restaurants that

was interesting

in a sentence american restaurants

usually give you a glass of water

without having to ask

dessert the next word is dessert dessert

is the

sweet stuff the sweet course all the

sweet foods that come

after the main part of the meal in a

sentence can we see the dessert menu

chef chef chef is the leader of the

kitchen the person that is cooking the

food

in fancy restaurants the chef is like

the the one who is running

the operation the manager of everything

there are different levels of chef in

the kitchen in a sentence you can say

please give my compliments to the chef

fast food the next word is fast food

fast food is anything that’s quick

popular examples in america mcdonald’s

burger king

subway taco bell kentucky fried chicken

jack-in-the-box

so those are all fast food restaurants

you get in and you get out very very

quickly they don’t have a reputation for

being very healthy

uh in a sentence i try to eat fast food

as rarely as possible

bill the next word is bill you might

also hear

check bill and check mean the total of

your

meal how much your dining experience

cost you is the bill or the check a bill

comes before you have paid

a receipt is the piece of paper you get

after you have paid the receipt

shows confirms you have paid money the

bill is the request for money that’s the

difference between bill or

check and receipt in a sentence usually

you say can i have the bill please or

can i have the check please delicious

delicious delicious means something that

tastes good we have many variations on

delicious we say delicious good

yum yummy fantastic great and so on

it’s kind of strange to me to say this

is delicious i usually just say this is

good or this is really good

something like that is a bit more

natural than delicious

in a sentence my dinner today was

delicious

main course main course it’s often like

a meat

dish actually like like roast something

or i don’t know

it’s also called the entree maybe it’s a

really fancy pasta dish in some cases i

don’t know

in a sentence for the main course our

specials are

chicken and zucchini and curry a table

for

three please a table for three please

you tell them the number of people that

you are total so that the host can bring

you to an appropriate table

a table for two please a table for five

please

could i please see a menu could i please

see a menu usually menus are given to

you as soon as you sit down at your

table

but if that’s not the case and you need

to ask this is a polite way to do it

could i please see a menu i’d like to

try this dish

i’d like to try this dish when looking

at a menu hopefully you’ll find

something you want to eat

i’d like to try this dish could you

leave out the onions

could you leave out the onions if

there’s an ingredient in the dish that

you’re ordering that you don’t want

you can always ask the waiter if it

could be prepared

without that ingredient so for example i

might say

could i get the burger but with no

cheese could you pass the salt

could you pass the salt when you’re at a

restaurant especially if you’re at a big

table with a lot of people

you might not always be able to reach

things

so you would ask could you pass me the

salt

could you pass me the ketchup could you

pass me another napkin

waiter waiter a waiter is someone who

takes your order

and brings you food in america and in

many other western countries

it’s more polite to call a waiter to

your table by simply saying

excuse me or if you see another waiter

walking by but is not your waiter

you can always say excuse me if you see

our waiter could you please let them

know to come to our table

is there any dairy in this dish is there

any dairy in this dish

this is something you would say if you

have a dairy allergy

a dairy intolerance or you just don’t

like dairy

you’re asking the waiter about the

ingredients in a particular dish

i do this all the time is there any

cheese in this

no okay and if there is an ingredient

that you don’t want

for example onions you could say are

there any onions in this

and the waiter might say yes and if you

don’t want it you could always request

could you leave out the onions could you

prepare it without the onions please

can we get separate chex can we get

separate checks

this is actually something that’s very

common especially in america

if you might go out with a group of

friends or even if you’re on a date

sometimes you might want to get separate

checks pay for your own things

that way you can all pay separately just

for what you yourself ordered

and you won’t have to worry about owing

each other money or

calculating off a big huge bill are

there any specials today

are there any specials today a special

at a restaurant

is a dish that isn’t usually on the menu

it’s something that’s

special but it’s a special that the chef

is offering

that day or that week or that month

so sometimes if you don’t see what the

specials are you’d ask your waiter

excuse me are there any specials today

could we have the bill please

could we have the bill please this is

how you request

that the check or the bill comes to your

table can we get the check

please could we get the bill please

you’re asking this to your waiter who

will then

bring you the check and you can pay hi

how’s it going i’m alicia nice to meet

you

in this series we’re going to learn some

easy ways to

ask and answer common questions in

english

it’s really useful and it only takes

three minutes

in this lesson you’re going to learn new

more common ways to ask and answer the

question

how are you in english you’ve probably

learned

how are you and i’m fine in textbooks

before

but in the united states people will

usually ask this question

and answer it in a different way

first let’s review if someone says

how are you you can say i’m fine

i’m fine here are some other ways to

answer

pretty good this means about the same

thing as

i’m fine pretty good

we also have not bad

you can use this if you are feeling just

okay

or so-so not bad

let’s look at our question again how are

you

this is the most well-known way of

asking how someone is

you could use it when you want to be

polite but now

let’s look at some different ways to ask

how someone is

these ways are more casual and much more

common

first hey how’s it going

hey how’s it going you can answer this

in many ways

if you’re feeling good you can say good

good pretty good

pretty good not bad

not bad once more

good pretty good not bad

here’s a tip even though these answers

mean the same thing as

i’m fine you can’t answer how’s it going

with i’m fine it will sound a bit

strange

if you’re not feeling good you can say

not so good not so good

not great not great

or not so well not so

well be careful if you say one of these

the other person will usually ask why

what’s wrong to be polite then

you will have to explain another casual

but very common version of how are you

is what’s up what’s up

to reply use a cheerful voice as you say

not much not much or

nothing much nothing much

this means you’re free and able to chat

since what’s up is just another way of

saying hello

you can also reply with hey or

hi now it’s time for alicia’s advice

a lot of the time when we ask questions

that mean

how are you in english we’re not

actually asking about the other person’s

health

we’re only asking to be polite you

should think of these questions

as another way of saying hello a way for

the conversation to get started

instead of actual literal questions

in fact when someone asks you what’s up

you don’t even have to answer just say

what’s up

in reply hey everyone alicia here

in this series we’re going to learn some

easy ways to ask

and answer common questions in english

it’s really useful

and it only takes three minutes in this

lesson

you’re going to learn how to ask what

someone’s hobbies are

without using the word hobbies you’ve

probably seen the question

do you have any hobbies or what are your

hobbies

in an english textbook before however

native english speakers almost never use

the

word hobbies when asking about them

a much more natural way to ask the same

question

is what do you do for fun

let’s practice this question what do you

do for fun

what do you do for fun you can also ask

what do you do in your free time

so how would you answer this question

let’s look at how native speakers would

do it

the easiest way is to say i like to

or just i like followed by

what you like to do for example

if you like watching movies you could

say

i like to watch movies or i like

watching movies

i like to watch movies or i like

watching movies and if you like golf

you could say i like to play golf or

i like playing golf i like to play golf

or i like playing golf you can emphasize

how

much you like your hobby by adding a

word like

really in front of like for example

i really like watching movies on the

other hand

if you want to play down how much you

like something

you can say kind of for example

i kind of like playing tennis

now it’s time for alicia’s advice if you

don’t have any special hobbies

or don’t want to be specific a good way

to reply

is i like hanging out with my friends

and stuff like that i like hanging out

with my friends

and stuff like that just use

i like and add hanging out with my

friends

and then add and stuff like that

hey everyone i’m alicia this series

explains some easy ways to ask and

answer

common questions in english it’s really

useful

and it only takes three minutes

in this lesson you’re going to learn

some different ways

people will ask you where are you from

first though where are you from can mean

many things

it can mean what city are you from

or what state are you from in fact

americans ask this question to each

other all the time

to learn what part of america the other

person comes from

of course though it can also mean

what country are you from if you want to

answer this question

there are two ways to do it you can say

i’m plus your nationality as in

i’m japanese or i’m brazilian

or you can say i’m from

plus the country you are from as in

i’m from italy or i’m from thailand

if you’re from a really famous city or

place

you can say that too for example

i’m from beijing or i’m from new delhi

many times though americans won’t ask

what country are you from or even where

are you from in many casual situations

they will say it in a simpler way where

are you from

this is just like where are you from

but they take out the r where are you

from

you can use this too in casual

situations

of course in the united states as in

other parts of the world

people may be a little more indirect

because they want to be polite

to do this they might ask you if you are

from

the place where they meet you for

example

if you meet someone in new york they

might ask

are you from new york or if you are in

san diego

they might ask are you from san diego

many parts of the united states are very

multicultural

so asking the question this way avoids

what could be

an embarrassing mistake you can answer

this

the same way you answer where are you

from

just add a simple no in front

for example you can say no

plus i’m plus nationality

no i’m french or no

plus i’m from plus country

no i’m from russia

now it’s time for alicia’s advice

since the united states is very large

people you meet may

take great pride in the place or region

they come from

if you ask someone about where they’re

from

they may respond by saying something

west coast or the east coast or

california or the south or the midwest

if they answer in this way it usually

means

they are interested in talking more

about their region

and how it differs from others hey

everyone

i’m alicia in this series we are going

to learn some easy ways to ask

and answer common questions in english

it’s really useful

and it only takes three minutes in this

lesson

you’re going to learn some ways to get

in touch with someone

after you have met them once already in

a lot of textbooks you’ve probably seen

the question

what’s your phone number what’s your

phone number it’s a very useful question

but there are two problems with it first

it can sound a little too direct

especially when talking to members of

the opposite sex

and second people use the phone a lot

less these days than they used to

instead they might prefer to connect by

or on a social network like facebook

to start though a simple variation

on what’s your phone number that sounds

a little less direct is

could i get your number could i get your

number

we start the sentence with could

which softens the request next say

i then get and finally

your number which is short for your

phone number

this question is slightly casual but it

can be used in almost

any situation recently many people

prefer

to use email rather than the phone to

communicate

asking someone for his or her email

address

is also a little less direct than asking

for their phone number

could i get your email address could i

get your email address

we just took could i get your number and

replaced

number with email address it’s that

simple

could i get your email address if

someone asks you either of these

questions

you can reply by saying sure my

phone number is sure

my phone number is or sure

my email address is sure

my email address is or

sure it’s and then say

your phone number or email address at

the end

by the way if you’re having any trouble

with numbers

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recently many people use social networks

like facebook

or linkedin or an online chatting

service like skype

to communicate people might ask you

about these

especially if they are younger if

someone wants to connect with you

through one of these services they may

simply ask

are you on followed by the name of the

service

are you on facebook are you on

facebook are you on linkedin

are you on linkedin are you on skype

are you on skype to answer you can

simply say yes i am or

no i’m not if you respond with

yes i am the other person may ask how

they can connect with you

on one of these services of course

if you’re not on one of these services

they won’t be able to contact you

if you still would like to stay in touch

with the person though

you can say no but my email address is

or no but my phone number is

and then say your email address or phone

number

by telling the other person a different

way they can contact you

you’ll show them that you want to hear

from them

hey everyone i’m alicia in this series

we’re going to learn some easy ways to

ask and answer

common questions in english it’s really

useful

and it only takes three minutes in this

lesson

you’re going to learn how to ask someone

where they went to school or college

asking someone where they went to

college is a good small talk question

and conversation starter

however you have to be careful not to

offend people if they didn’t go to

college

we’ll tell you how to do this the

question is simple

if the other person is over 22 it’s

likely they will have left college

already

so you ask using the past tense where

did you go to college

you could also say where did you go to

school

in american english depending on context

school

often means the same as college if the

other person is british or european

however

they’re more likely to say where did you

go to university

the answer to this question is really

easy all you say is

i went to university in city

i went to southern oregon university in

ashland

if the name of the city or town is part

of the university’s name

like tokyo university or oxford

university

you can add the name of the country

instead i went to tokyo university in

japan

once you’ve heard the other person’s

answer it’s polite to make some kind of

comment

for example wow that’s a really famous

university

or just oh really sometimes

when you ask where did you go to college

the other person might reply

i didn’t go to college in this situation

you should be careful how you reply

so as not to appear rude it’s polite to

not act surprised

but instead make a positive comment like

oh really

or ask a question like did you go

straight into a job

now it’s time for alicia’s advice a good

follow-up question to keep the

conversation going

is to ask the other person what did you

study or

what was your major this gives them an

opportunity to talk about something

they’re interested in

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