How to Talk about Vacation in English Basic English Phrases
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weekly live stream my name is Alisha and
today we’re going to talk about how to
talk about your vacation plans so in
this lesson I’m going to review how to
use will and going to some future tense
expressions I’m also going to talk about
a useful pattern that you can use to
quickly and efficiently explain your
plans to someone else at the end of
today’s lesson I’m going to talk about a
couple questions like follow-up
questions and answers that you can use
in your conversations about vacations so
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said today we’re gonna cover how to use
will and going to and I’m also gonna
cover a pattern you can use to quickly
describe your plans so actually in this
first part of today’s lesson I hope I
have this chat question down here
something for you to send in the chat so
as I’m explaining this in this first
part of the lesson please think about
your own answers to this question so the
questions are where are you going where
are you going for your next vacation for
how long and with whom hmm so please
answer this try to answer this in the
chat I’ll try to check it and we’re
going to cover these points here so
let’s begin I want to introduce this
pattern first of all today this pattern
is something I think will help you to be
a bit more efficient efficient means
like you can explain the information
more quickly so you don’t have to give
three sentences to share this
information you just say it all in one
sentence so where are you gonna go how
long are you gonna go and who are you
going to go with we can answer these
three questions in one short sentence
and I want to cover the prepositions
prepositions are those small words like
add on in those words so I want to cover
that here so we can answer this question
that I just introduced to you in this
sentence the sentence is I’m going to
place for time period with person so
here you can replace you can use your
place the place of your making
the time period so three days a week a
month a year and person or people so
your family member your friend your
boyfriend/girlfriend husband/wife
whatever you can use one sentence to
give all this information so an issue I
hear sometimes with students is I’ll ask
like where are you going for a vacation
I say Hawaii and then I have to ask how
long two weeks who are you going with so
there’s not really a reason to ask all
those questions just give the
information in one sentence here for
example I’m going to Europe for two
weeks with my family I’m going to Europe
for two weeks with my family here’s my
place in this case I’m talking about
Europe so many different places probably
for two weeks with my family so in this
case a group of people a group of people
so some points to keep in mind some
points to be careful of are your
prepositions first I’m going to I’m
going to place I’m going to a place so
don’t forget to before your place name
second for for this comes before your
time period I’m going for two weeks
finally with with so this shows us the
person or people you are traveling
together with so please try to send your
vacation plans in the chat there are
many coming great Gabriel says I’m going
to the USA for one week with my brother
perfect nice I’m going to Cancun Mexico
for one week with my family nice on
hello hey um others I’m going to London
for 20 days with my friends cool that
sounds fun 20 days in London Wow
Nabby says I’m going to Syria for one
month with my family perfect
Shakeel says I’m going to New York for
ten days with my mother great samah says
I’m going upstate maybe I’m going
upstate for three days with my family
nice someone oh great I’m going
to stay home for the whole vacation
great if you have no vacation plans how
do you explain that thank you who has
that is Milan great point if you have no
plans for your vacation no plans at all
I’m going to stay home I’m going to stay
home or you can say I’m going to stay
here like stay in my city I’m going to
stay home it’s okay
or I’m going to stay home for the whole
vacation for the whole vacation so this
word whole this is wh o le for the whole
vacation that means entire or complete a
complete is not quite so natural whole
is a great way to say it nice one thank
you for that other examples on Facebook
I’m going to Azerbaijan for one week
with my friends cool that sounds fun I
want to visit Azerbaijan someday I’m
going to Paris for ten days with my
husband cool I’m going to Laos for three
weeks with my family
good one point from a couple people it’s
going quickly your time period right
here this part your time period if it’s
plural like two weeks or two months
don’t forget that s at the end so make
sure if you’re if you’re using a plural
form don’t forget to your S at the end
there others on Facebook I’m going to
Afghanistan for two weeks great I’m
going to Melbourne for holiday good I’m
going to stay home so someone okay I’m
going to Miami for one week with my
friends great I’m going to Cambodia for
three weeks with my family I’m going to
California for three weeks with my
family Wow nice job lots of cool
vacation plans I have no vacations
coming up I’m kind of I’m kind of
getting wunderlist nice nice examples
I’m going to Italy for a year with my
wife whoa is that a vacation or is that
like are you moving that’s interesting
I’m going to New Zealand for three days
with my chums my son show me
tom is kind of a British English word
that means a friend great okay lots of
nice example sentences okay fantastic
fantastic job everybody so please keep
this vacation
plan in mind because the next part of
the lesson is about your activities
there so let’s finish part 1 let’s
finish part 1 so for some of you I saw
some of you said you’re going to the USA
or like maybe to Europe for example if
you want to talk about small places
inside the big place this is how you
could do it in this case this example is
like for Europe so we’re going to Italy
and Spain and Croatia for example we’re
going to country a B and C and if you
want to use this pattern you can talk
about how many days or how much time
you’re going to spend in each place for
example we’re going to a country a for
four days B for three days and C for two
days so again to my preposition comes
before this first country you don’t need
to include two to two because each place
this is a country in each place a
location so just use two before that
first one however you need to include
four in front of each time period so you
can quickly give a lot of information in
just two sentences really so this is a
more efficient way to talk about your
vacation great all right nice work
everybody thank you for your awesome
example sentences that was super cool so
I hope you send more in part two of
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part two of today’s lesson if you’re
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how to talk about your vacation plans
let’s continue and please continue
sending your examples let’s continue to
part two here part two is about your
activities your activities in this part
I want to focus on using will and going
to and like might to talk about your
activity so we talked about where you’re
going how long what are you going to do
there what are you going to do there so
let’s review first this one I’m or we’re
going to so here I’ve used the reduced
form I’m is the reduced form of I am
we’re is the reduced form of we are so
it sounds more natural to so I’m going
to we’re going to to make it even more
natural reduce going to to gonna in
speech we don’t really use it excuse me
so much in writing but in speech I’m
gonna we’re gonna that sounds great
so we use going to for plans we’ve
decided before the conversation so for
example when I woke up today I thought
I’m going to teach a live stream later
or I’m going to make a cup of coffee
things I’ve decided before the
conversation I know what I’m going to do
these are my plans so I’m going to or
we’re going to for your activities
during your vacation might be we’re
going to spin
a night in Rome or we’re going to spend
a night in paris or we’re going to check
out this museum we’re going to check out
some sightseeing spots we’re going to
visit the Louvre or we’re going to have
some meetings maybe if you’re going on a
business trip so the thing to notice
about each of these patterns all of
these use a simple present tense verb
we’re using going to here yes this verb
that comes after going to does not
change so sometimes I see learners go
like we’re going to spending a night or
we’re going to checking out don’t do
that don’t do that so IMG is here going
to and then regular present tense form
comes next check out by the way check
out means look at look at something you
can also use check out at a hotel yeah
but check out is like a casual way to
say look at something like oh I want to
check out that museum or I want to check
out that exhibit or I want to check out
that store so check out means like
quickly go like casually look at
something or visit something to check
something out so think about this for
your activities too let’s compare this
then to these two here the next to
follow the same verb pattern so after
after this word we’ll use a simple
present tense verb but the keys here are
these words actually right here first
let’s look at this I and we might I
might or we might I might or we might so
might shows a flam that we’re not sure
about like mm I might visit this museum
hmm
we might go to this restaurant if we can
get a reservation so we’re not so sure
about this plan another one that you can
use to talk about your plans with less
certainty is this one will so i’ll and
these are the reduced forms of I will
and we will so this is used with the
word probably probably
so probably shows a pretty good chance
of something to show the difference
between all these going to is a 100%
sure plan we know we’re going to do that
thing I have a plan 100% sure might is
maybe like 50% to 60% sure something
like that we don’t really know probably
is maybe like 75% to 90% there’s a
pretty good chance of that plan so not I
probably I hear that a lot actually from
lots of people learning English I
probably not correct use aisle probably
I’ll probably wheel probably so don’t
forget that will there I’ll probably so
we use this to talk about the things
that have a pretty good chance of
happening or we’re interested in but
we’re not quite sure at so please send
your examples I’m starting to see some
in the chat someone says I might check
out the casinos in Las Vegas perfect
nice one who now has a long example I’m
gonna I’m gonna spend spend so here no -
there’s no - before the verb I’m gonna
spend a night in New York check out a
park visit the city at night and have
something nice to eat cool great great
uh that’s all I see for right no okay Oh
someone said I’m going to spend a night
studying English a whole night Wow
someone says I might take a tour bus
nice we might go to colca canyon in
arequipa cool okay I don’t know where
that is nice ones all right so these
different patterns show us different
ways of expressing possibility for our
plans so again going to I’m going to I
might I’ll probably I’ll probably all
right finally then let’s go
the last points down here to express
something you’re just interested in you
can use this I or we wanna I or we wanna
wanna is the casual reduced form of want
to I wanna
so I wanna or we wanna we want to go to
this famous restaurant or I want to take
a day off during this work trip so
please use this to talk about things you
just have an interest in doing maybe you
don’t have a plan yet
sandy Paulo there a member in the chat I
will probably go to the Taj Mahal I will
probably go to the Taj Mahal
so when you use this pattern I’ll
probably go so this verb that follows
and probably should be simple present
tense know ing for here okay on Facebook
I’m going to a farm with my family for
two weeks okay someone says I will
probably taste national meals there what
are the national meals in your country
someone says I’m going to spend the
night with some friends great okay mmm
others others others oh there are lots
of things coming in I might let’s see I
can’t see all of the examples they’re
going quickly I’ll probably go to sleep
later on okay I want to go I want to go
and surf waves on California beaches
nice yeah me too actually that sounds
fun okay I’ll probably meet Alicia we’re
interesting where are you going okay I
will probably go to church on Sundays as
James great others say I’m going to
Malaysia Frick’s to exchange language
and culture and nice very nice um I want
to visit your live stream you are in the
live stream congratulations
person great someone says I want to go
to Mazatlan Mexico fantastic okay I want
to see a football match okay lots of
good ones lots of good ones great
example is everybody okay so please yeah
please keep sending those there are lots
of good examples on the facebook chat
and the YouTube chat I might go to the
beach
tomorrow I might go to the beach
tomorrow great examples everybody ok
fantastic let’s continue then good we
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follow-up questions that you can use and
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move on then to the last part for today
the last part for today is asking
questions so let’s imagine you’ve like
if I’m listening to your plan you’ve
told me where you’re going how long
you’re going to be there your you told
me who you’re going with you told me
some some of your activities then in a
conversation you know ask the other
person a question right so it’s two
people talking not just one person all
the time so a good one you can use is
this very common present perfect
question have you been there before have
you been there before so there you can
replace
there with your place like have you been
to Europe before or have you been to
Afghanistan before if you want to use
the specific place name in this pattern
you need to use two plus the place so
have you been to Europe before have you
been to the United States before have
you been to Thailand before those are
perfect if however you do not want to
use the place name do not use to have
you been there before have you been
there before not have you been to there
before not correct not correct so we use
two before the specific place don’t use
two if you are not using the specific
place okay other ones so let’s imagine
um we have this other person in the
conversation to respond to this question
if someone asks you this question yeah I
have yeah I have I have been there
before or no I haven’t no I haven’t so
for this lesson let’s imagine the answer
is yeah I have so have you been to
Europe before yeah I have so here are
some follow-up questions that you can
use in conversation to get
recommendations to get details and so on
for example do you have any
recommendations do you have any
recommendations a couple points here do
you have any recommendations some things
that I hear some mistakes with this do
you have any recommend so that’s not
correct recommend is the verb form
recommendation is the noun form and
you’re using the plural here do you have
any recommendations so don’t forget that
s sound so do you have any
recommendations or alternatively what do
you recommend
I do what do you recommend I do so this
is using recommend as a verb what do you
reckon
and I do what do you recommend I do so
recommend here is a verb recommendation
is a noun so please be careful these
have different grammatical functions do
you have any recommendations so to
respond to this yeah you should visit
this museum oh yeah you should visit
this restaurant or don’t go to that
sightseeing spot there are way too many
people so give your recommendations
which you should or you have to and so
on all right
another good follow-up question is about
a specific place so it’s did you visit
place and place here is like a
sightseeing place so we’re not going to
use to in this one so for example did
you visit the Louvre Museum did you
visit the Statue of Liberty so you’re
using a sightseeing place here did you
visit this museum did you visit this
city and what did you think what did you
think so here you might notice we’re
using this past tense what did you think
not what do you think but what did you
think so why are we using what did you
think this is because you want to ask
about your listeners past experience in
this place so for example did you visit
the Louvre yeah I visited the Louvre
what did you think so at that time when
you visited the Louvre what was your
opinion so what were your thoughts about
the Louvre at that time so what did you
think about that experience in the past
so if you want to be specific about
someone’s past travel experiences use
this what did you think what did you
think at native speed said did you visit
the Louvre
what did you think was a good bag should
I visit that’s the kind of like pace we
would use ok finally finally this one I
know many people travel with children
and it’s kind of important to consider
this when you travel
if you want to ask for details about
that use this yes or no question is
place easy to go with kids for example
it’s the Statue of Liberty easy to go to
with kids or is Paris easy to go to with
kids or is Tokyo easy to go to with kids
so please use something like this to ask
about if it’s easy to visit that
location with children okay so I will
check the chat for a few examples ah I
someone um NAAFI a rope did you visit
Cox’s Bazar what did you think about it
nice one
okay other points some people are asking
follow-up questions have you been to
Kyoto great yes I have it was very nice
many tourists though lately I saw in the
news have you been oh someone responded
to you my SIA in the chat that’s cool
Mugur says no I have not been to Kyoto
that was cool that’s nice what do you
guys chat together is it correct to say
what was your opinion about it what was
your opinion about it yeah I guess it’s
it’s correct it’s correct but we
wouldn’t really say it it sounds quite
formal when we ask a question like what
is your opinion or what was your opinion
it’s probably in a more formal situation
so what did you think about it sounds
way more friendly what was your opinion
about it is gonna sound a little too
stiff I feel like so I would not
recommend that one
could you show when I should use the
preposition to or for before my plans
sure so this is a question from Dima on
YouTube to return this is from the first
part of today’s lesson just to review we
are using too before a place like we’re
showing we’re showing movement with 2 so
2 is used before a place for is used
before a time period a time period ok
Sandeep says is safari easy to go with
kids or maybe is it easy to go on safari
Safari is a little special we use it in
the Express
to go on safari to go on safari as like
an activity kind of safaris a little bit
special okay some people are saying ah
have you been
Mongolia before make sure have you been
to place before if you’re using the
specific place name don’t forget your
preposition to place to place okay other
questions um have you been to Mongolia
again so some people are using some
different prepositions have you ever
been to Mongolia have you ever been to
Cambodia so please don’t use in please
use to there okay I’m gonna stop with
that point and wrap up for today’s
lesson I think that was fantastic thank
you for your questions and thank you for
for all of the example sentences that
was awesome that was really cool
actually um so I have to finish up
today’s lesson but we’re going to be
back next week so next week we are going
to talk about how to talk about your job
this is another request from Instagram I
think this came from a viewer request
how to talk about your job so for next
week’s lesson I’m gonna talk about how
to like I’m gonna share some patterns
for explaining your responsibilities so
I can’t cover all jobs in the world but
I want to share some patterns you can
use to talk about your responsibilities
your everyday responsibilities at work
and for students in your studies as well
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