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want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com 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 fine 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 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 uh 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 42. whatever the answer is just stick

42. 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 woohoo 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

at 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 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 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 let's get started 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 photocopies 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 when learning a new language we

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