Learn the Top 15 English Questions You Should Know
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Hi, everybody my name is Alisha and
today we’re gonna be talking about
15 questions that you should know.
So these are 15 question 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
to 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 a no, or you can give a
specific example. If someone says “do you
like American food?” Yes, I love philly
cheese steaks. I would recommend saying
yes, or a little, 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
asked “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 fine, thank you, and you. Be a little
more genuine in your reply.
Also when you ask this question maybe
you wanna point out to sound a little
more natural when you ask someone else
don’t, like, try to say “how are ya?” “how
are ya?” instead of “how are you?”
or, and make make sure your intonation is
correct, I’ve had a few people ask me “how
are you!” like a little too…
with this question I like HOW are you
but “how ARE you” should be the
intonation with this.
How are you? How are ya?
It’s a little bit more natural
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 blah blah blah weeks.
But if that’s too much for you, you can
just use the time. “How long have you been studying English?” “6 years.”
“How long have you been studying English?” “2 months.”
So just pick the time 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, just the first time you
meet them necessarily, especially if
they’re older, much older than you, like
in particular, it’s sometimes considered
rude to ask, especially, women how old
they are. So just be careful with this
question, but if you’re about the same
age group, you know, maybe, you’re an event,
or a party or something, and you just
wanna check how old the other person is,
you can use this phrase. When you reply
to this, just say “I’m” plus the number, to
make a really simple response. “How old
are you?” “I’m 15.” “How old are you?” “I’m
42.” Whatever the answer is, just stick “I’m”
in front of it, not “I”, but “I’m”, “IM”. 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?
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?
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’re just curious just say “what’s this?”
To reply to this question just say “it’s blah blah blah.”
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 “Alisha.” That’s fine, you can say
“Alisha.” Or you can say “I’m Alisha”
that’s fine, too.
you could say “my name is” or “my name’s
Alisha”, either any of those are fine. In a
more formal situation, business situation
I would use “my name is” blah blah blah,
and 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 a little… 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…” or “my phone number is …”
with the number 551 million 526.
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 gives the month and the
date. January 15. August 42nd. It’s a real day.
If you want to make a full sentence, you
can save “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 it mostly 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?”
If you’re speaking
great English you can say I learned
English at EnglishClass101.com! Coz you did, coz you’re
watching now! Anywhere, “where did you
learn English?” In this case, in the case
of 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 he studied English at
university, you can say “I learned Englishat university”
or “I learned English from my friends,” perhaps.
where do you live?
Depending on the situation where you’re
asked, this could 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 questions 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 ok. But, you know, 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?
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.”
So those are 15 questions that you
should definitely know. Know how to ask
these questions, and know how to answer
these questions. They’re very useful and
very important for everyday conversation.
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