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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 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 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
like
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
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
or
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
like
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
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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
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
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
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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