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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 then
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 and make sure your
intonation is correct I've had a few
people ask me how are you like a little
- moon 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 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 bla bla bla years or bla bla bla
months or 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
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 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 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 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 five 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 bla
bla bla 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 could 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 Pablo and while I shake
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 would 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
that if you meet someone for the first
time and you're like what's your phone
number 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 5 5 5
1 million and 5 to 6 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 did your birthday so
when you want to tell someone your
birthday just give the month and the
date mmm
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
mmm but I feel like prop more stuff and
it refers to your country so where are
you from your answer should be I'm from
places 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 English
class 101.com
yes you did cuz you're watching no
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 English class 101.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 it's
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 ten
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 whoo 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 and I brought you something
special this is exciting to hear because
it means this little something special
as I call I thought only of you so I
brought you this I brought you something
special
really thank you I miss you I miss you I
miss you is 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 cuz my apartment is a
disaster because I am only there to
sleep so maybe you've had a long day at
work or a long day doing
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 at 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 coworker at work maybe you
see it in an email there'll be a bonus
at the end of the month really I'm gonna
use mine to buy a new car really I'm
gonna use mine to go out on a date
really I'm gonna use mine to get a new
fish you did a great job you did a great
job you did a great job it's something
you'll probably hear from well I don't
know you could hear this from pretty
much anybody any time 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 that 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 got enough sleep yeah you were
right you were right this means that
something that you said in the past was
correct and it 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 and
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 waitstaff 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 are 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 ten of the blah blah blah
I'd like ten of 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 7 o'clock the
name is Alisha usually we say the name
is or it's under meaning the reservation
is under my name or it's for name or
it's in name water please depending on
which country are from water may or may
not automatically be brought to your
table when you're in 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 waitstaff 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 it's 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 oh this isn't what
I ordered
be careful though saying this politely
if you look at the waitstaff 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 it 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 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 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
it's your cafe you're finished at the
restaurant and it's time to leave it's
time to pay so you say to the waitstaff
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
ten phrases to help you in an emergency
let
get started call the police please if
you are telling someone to call the
police it means you're telling someone
to dial nine-one-one 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
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