ALL Phrases to Introduce Yourself like a Native English Speaker
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ten lines you need for introducing
yourself so let’s go hello it’s nice to
meet you hello it’s nice to meet you you
can only use this the first time that
you meet someone if you say this to
somebody after you have met them already
you’re going to see him either a like
you’ve completely forgotten meeting them
or be like you are a very strange person
for saying it’s nice to meet you again
so when you use this the first time you
can shake hands with someone and say
hello it’s nice to meet you my name is
the next phrase is my name is blah blah
in my case my name is Alicia you can use
this again when you’re introducing
yourself or if you need to reintroduce
yourself you can use this pattern when
you meet somebody at a party for example
you can say my name is blah blah blah my
name is Barbara my name is Stevens you
can shorten this you can say my names my
name is blah blah blah I’m from after
you’ve said your name after you’ve
shaken hands you can say I’m from the US
I’m from Japan I’m from Turkey
I am from your mom’s house I’m from I’m
from a cave in southern Europe I’m from
your country or I’m from your city I’m
from the future I live in I live in blah
blah blah you can use your city you can
use your country you can use even maybe
if you live near a certain station you
can use the name of the station where
you live so for example I live in
America it’s fine I live in Los Angeles
it’s fine I live in New York it’s fine
so your neighborhood is fine if someone
says where do you live and you say I
live in an apartment it’s like what so
please use your the region or the
location where you live not the type of
place where you live i’muh if you hear
the question what do you do it it’s
asking about your job in English people
don’t say what is your job that’s not
the question that we ask instead the
question is what do you do
and the correct response to that is I’m
uh or I’m n bla bla bla
followed by your job title so if someone
says what do you do you can say I’m a
teacher what do you do I’m an engineer
what do you do
I’m donut shop tester
I’m years old when someone asks how old
are you you can say I’m bla bla bla
years old
don’t forget the S at the end of this if
you like you can shorten this phrase to
just I’m plus your age so I’m 65 I’m 13
whatever I’m this many sometimes
children will say that how old are you
they’ll say I’m this many it’s kind of
cute first time you meet someone you
might not ask how old are you if it’s in
a friendly case like a party after
you’ve spoken to the person a little bit
it’s okay
but just try to be sensitive to the
context try to be sensitive to the
people around you and if you sense that
maybe there’s a very large age gap
between you it might be better just not
to ask the question at all
I enjoy many of my students say what is
your hobby but that’s not something that
native speakers will say no native
speakers say what is your hobby instead
we ask what do you like to do or what do
you do in your free time this is a much
more natural question than what’s your
hobby the answer to this then is I enjoy
or I like plus a noun phrase so for
example what do you like to do I like
listening to music or I enjoy listening
to music what are you do in your free
time I like watching movies what are you
do in your free time I like baking cakes
what do you do in your free time I enjoy
tap dancing what do you do in your free
time I enjoy making new friends oh one
of my hobbies is one of my hobbies is
blah blah blah with this one it’s
probably better to use a short easily or
easy to understand hobby if you’re
explaining a hobby people are gonna
expect that it’s gonna be something that
they know about like photography or
cooking or dancing or swimming or
whatever so try to pick something that
will allow you to to continue the
conversation that’s why movies are
cooking
or books or you know sports are a good
thing to share one of my hobbies is
snowboarding I’ve been learning English
for if you are learning English if
you’re studying English you can use this
expression if someone asks you how long
have you been studying English you can
say I’ve been studying English for
amount of time or I’ve been learning
English or I’ve been practicing English
or I’ve been speaking English for a
certain amount of time I’ve been
studying English since elementary school
is also okay to use
I’ve been studying English since I was
in college just be careful for is used
for a length of time and since is used
for a specific point in time at which
you started something so you can try and
mix it up and use a few different
expressions there so I’ve been learning
English for a long time I’m still
learning English you should do that okay
I’m learning English at English class
101.com
this probably could be used in response
to where did you learn English or where
are you studying English or how are you
studying English you can respond with
I’m learning English at English class
101.com or I’m learning English at my
school I’m learning English at my
private teachers house for example so a
little bit of grammar in this sentence
why do we use the progressive tense I’m
learning English if you say I’m learning
it sounds like you’re still continuing
your studies if you say I learned
English in English class 101.com
it sounds like you’re finished like you
you’re finished studying there’s nothing
else for you to study so you’re done so
it’s it’s much much more natural to
actually use the progressive I’m
learning or I’m studying when you’re
talking about your studies when you’re
talking about your hobbies than it is to
say I learned or I studied ten ways to
say hello in English good morning good
morning is the first thing you say to
someone when you see them in the morning
good morning sir would you like a cup of
coffee good morning could I please get
some orange juice good morning I’m still
tired from the night before
hello hello is the most common greeting
you’ll hear that and hi hello is a
polite night
way to greet someone when you see them
hello everyone says it you cannot go
wrong saying hello hello can be used at
any time of the day no matter whether
it’s morning or at night or at 4:00 a.m.
when you see someone you can say hello
and it will still be appropriate long
time no see long time no see it’s not
necessarily grammatically correct but
it’s a saying that we have hey long time
no see what it means is that you haven’t
seen that person in a long time so it
literally means long time no see long
time no see is something you say to
someone when you haven’t seen them in a
while
hey John long time no see how are the
wife and kids how have you been
hey how have you been I haven’t seen you
in a long time
how have you been is asking someone how
they’re doing and how they’ve been for
the past however long if you haven’t
seen them in a while you might say hey
long time no see how have you been how
have you been that’s past tense it
implies that you haven’t seen them in a
while and you want to hear about how
they are and how they’ve been for all of
that time that you haven’t seen them Hey
long time no see how have you been how
are you how are you means how are you
doing how are you feeling how is
everything it’s a standard thing that
you might say to anyone even if you’ve
seen them the day before you might see
them today if say hey how are you how’s
it going hey how’s it going how’s it
going is a more informal way to say how
are you so how are you and how’s it
going they mean the same thing it’s
asking how you’re doing how you are
feeling is everything okay with you
what’s up what’s up
is another way of saying hey how is it
going but this one is even more informal
so you might say this to friends hey
what’s up and they’ll say nothing just
living my life you know day in and day
out hey what’s up hey what’s up good
afternoon good afternoon how are you
would you like some lunch good afternoon
is a polite way to greet someone in the
afternoon so if you run into your boss
you might say good afternoon it’s very
nice it’s polite not a lot of people say
it to their friends but it’s it’s a
polite way to greet someone good evening
good evening is a nice way to greet
someone in the evening time you can only
use this phrase in the evening because
it’s wishing someone a good evening it’s
saying hello at a certain time of day
good evening would you like some dinner
good evening have you eaten yet all of
my examples involve food it seems it’s
nice to meet you it’s nice to meet you
this is something that’s very common to
say the first time that you meet someone
you might shake their hand and say hi
it’s nice to meet you my name is Bridget
my name is it’s telling that person that
you are happy to be meeting them it’s a
pleasure to meet them hi it’s nice to
meet you
you
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 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 liked hanging out with my friends and
stuff like that
Jews I like an dad hanging out with my
friends and then add and stuff like that
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 in this lesson you’re going to
learn how to ask what someone’s job is
in natural English of course you can
just say what is your job this is
correct English but it sounds too direct
and awkward native English speakers
almost never say this in a social
situation instead they use a different
question but before we master that we
need to compare it to a very similar
question what are you doing I’m
presenting a video about English
what do you do I’m an English teacher do
you see the difference these two
questions what are you doing and what do
you do sound similar but mean different
things the first one is asking what you
are doing right now this minute you
answer it using an ING verb what are you
doing I’m reading I’m watching TV while
the second is actually a shortened
version of what do you do for a living
this is how we asked what is your job in
natural English let’s practice this
question what do you do what do you do
when native speakers of English ask this
question it can come out very fast and
sound more like what do you do in order
to tell it apart from what are you doing
just listen for the sound on the end of
the question if it’s not there then
you’re being asked what your job is so
how would you answer this question just
think of it as if the other person is
asking you what is your job you could
answer with I am plus your job I’m a
teacher I’m a teacher or I’m an engineer
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and check out the core word lists these
cover job vocabulary and more and
include a picture and audio to help you
perfect your pronunciation you can also
mention the place that you work at
starting with I work at I work at a
hospital I work at a hospital I work at
a law firm I work at a law firm if you
work for a big company that is well
known you can say I work for and then
the name I work for Microsoft I work for
Microsoft I work for the New York Times
I work for the New York Times
now it’s time for Alisha’s advice when
you ask the question what do you do
and the other person tells you their job
it’s polite to make some kind of
positive comment about his or her job
for example how interesting or that must
be exciting or even oh really
remember to sound sincere 10 different
phrases that you can use to respond to
the question how are you so let’s go I’m
great
the first phrase is I’m great if someone
says how are you you can say I’m great
try to say I’m great with a kind of an
upbeat voice so something you’re like
how are you I’m great I’m feeling bad
I’m feeling bad if you say I’m feeling
bad the other person is probably if
they’re a friend of yours or a co-worker
going to ask you why what happened so if
you want to use I’m feeling bad make
sure you have an explanation ready
anyway somebody says how are you and you
go I’m feeling bad maybe I went out for
drinks last night with my co-workers
oops
I’m okay I’m okay I feel like this is
one of those intonation practice ones
I’m okay with that
ah I’m okay it’s like sort of upward
intonation you’re like cool but if
someone says how are you and you’re like
I’m okay they’re like oh no what
happened so you can use your intonation
with I’m okay to make it a good thing or
another good thing but either way it’s
not like a very sick super serious
response thank you for asking
yeah I imagine this would be in a more
formal situation like if my friend said
to me how are you and I was like thank
you for asking they’d be like what I
would say I’m fine or I’m doing well I’m
doing great plus thank you for asking so
today how are you I’m doing very well
thank you
mmm oh that’s how I would use it and you
the next one is and you liked the least
natural response to how are you is I’m
fine thank you and you like just get out
of put just take it out of your head
nobody says that I always say how about
you that’s a much more natural
how are you how are you how are you can
be a response again after you have given
your answer to the question how are you
I’m great how are you how are you I’m
good how are you I’m great how are you
I’m okay how are you how have you been
recently how have you been recently this
is only useful if you haven’t seen the
other person for a while I’m not bad I’m
not bad I’m not bad how are you I’m not
bad no I’m not bad hmm
things could be worse I would probably
do this I’m sleepy the next expression
is I’m sleepy Hey
it’s like so specific if someone said
how are you I would probably say I’m
okay but I’m a little sleepy I don’t
know that I would just say I’m sleepy
unless it’s a really good friend of mine
it’s a person close to you you can say
I’m so tired I’m I would say I’m super
tired or I’m really tired and I feel
like that’s a little bit more natural
than just I’m sleepy
I’m good one that I use a lot if someone
says how are you I say I’m good that’s
just probably my go-to response yeah I’m
good I’m good maybe I’ll repeat it while
smiling I’m good I’m good yeah thanks
for asking first you’ll see an image and
here a question next comes a short
dialogue listen carefully and see if you
can answer correctly will show you the
answer at the end
a man and a woman are talking how old is
the man now
your birthday is really soon isn’t it
yep it’s the day after tomorrow how old
are you going to be I’m turning 60
congratulations
we should celebrate thank you very much
it’s kind of you to say
how old is the man now
a man and a woman are talking
how old is the man now your birthday is
really soon isn’t it yep it’s the day
after tomorrow how old are you going to
be I’m turning 60 congratulations
we should celebrate thank you very much
it’s kind of you to say first you’ll see
an image and here a question next comes
a short dialogue listen carefully and
see if you can answer correctly we’ll
show you the answer at the end
a man and a woman are talking who lives
with the man I’d like to introduce you
to my family is there some time soon you
could come over wow this is a big step
could you tell me a bit more about your
family before I meet them sure my father
works in computers and his hobby is
fishing my mother runs a restaurant and
she’s good at cooking they live nearby
do you have any brothers and sisters yes
I have an older sister and a younger
brother my sister is married and is
living abroad my brother is in law
school over on the East Coast it sounds
like you have a nice family I’d love to
meet them
who lives with the man
a man and a woman are talking who lives
with the man I’d like to introduce you
to my family is there some time soon you
could come over wow this is a big step
could you tell me a bit more about your
family before I meet them sure my father
works in computers and his hobby is
fishing my mother runs a restaurant and
she’s good at cooking they live nearby
do you have any brothers and sisters yes
I have an older sister and a younger
brother my sister is married and is
living abroad my brother is in law
school over on the East Coast it sounds
like you have a nice family I’d love to
meet them
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