want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101. com 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 one 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 if they're older much older than you like 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 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 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 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 uh 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 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 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 would you like to go out to dinner with me okay the first phrase is would you like to go out to dinner with me this is a pretty typical invitation i think you can use would you go out for lunch with me is okay too or would you like to get a coffee with me as well if you invite someone out for breakfast it's a little weird i feel like i don't think i would say to someone like i'm like at a bomb would you like to go out for breakfast sometime it's just not really something you would say you know would you like to go out to dinner with me sure sounds great are you free this weekend are you free this weekend are you free free means are your is your schedule free do you have an open schedule this weekend very nice very casual as well so are you free this weekend yeah i've got some time what's up would you like to hang out with me the next phrase is would you like to hang out with me that sounds a little too formal to me if it were me i would just say do you want to hang out do you wanna get together that's a little bit more natural so do you wanna hang out this weekend yeah sure let's catch a movie you're so cute i'm gonna preface this by saying i don't say this okay the next phrase is you're so cute i never say this maybe i'm just cold [Laughter] it's typically said with downward intonation people say you're so cute you're so cute kind of going down like that you can also use this as a compliment um people like parents will say this or grandparents will say this to children in the family so um you're so cute thank you i suppose is what you say you look great ah next one is a much better compliment i think much more sincere uh it is you look great you look great maybe you're going out for dinner something nice your partner looks really nice you can say you look great oh thank you i had a great time uh the next one is i had a great time i had a great time so this is a one this is an expression you use after your date you go out for dinner you spend some time together and you have fun you can say i had a great time so the interaction might be thanks so much for tonight i had a great time me too let's get together again soon i'll call you next expression is i'll call you i'll call you so again probably used after the date to show how you want to keep in touch later so one person might say i'll call you sounds good i'll drive you home uh the next one again used at the end of the date after the date has finished i'll drive you home so maybe you live someplace where cars are normal uh or you drive for your dates uh so you can say i'll drive you home meaning i'll take you home in my car um so in the situation maybe i'll drive you home okay thanks very much i don't know why i keep looking my date is my date is very tall like super tall like eight feet okay can i see you again okay the next expression again after the date or maybe even like the day or two after the day you can say can i see you again uh or i want to see you again or let's get together again meaning you had a nice time you want to see that person again so you can say can i see you again sure that would be great shall we go somewhere else the next one okay so maybe you've gone for dinner for example with them with someone and you want to suggest a different location like let's go for a drink after dinner you can say should we go somewhere else this says shall we go somewhere else i would say do you want to go somewhere else in this situation i say shall we go somewhere else i don't think so i'm kind of tired oh no want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your 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