Learn the Top 15 English Questions You Should Know

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Why is the Jurassic Park theme song coming up?
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Hi, everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about
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15 questions that you should know. So these are 15 question that not
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necessarily you need to know how to ask them perhaps you know some of the
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questions already but you will probably also hear these questions as well, so
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we'll practice a few different answers to these questions, too. So let's get started!
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Do you like American food? The first question is "do you like American food?"
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you will probably be asked this question "do you like American food?" you can either
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say yes, or a no, or you can give a specific example. If someone says "do you
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like American food?" Yes, I love philly cheese steaks. I would recommend saying
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yes, or a little, or you can just say "I don't know, what do you recommend?"
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"Have you been to the United States?" The next question is "have you been to the
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united states?" "Have you been to the United States?" So someone asks you "have
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you been to the United States?" You should reply with either yes, I have; or no, I
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haven't; or maybe no, I haven't yet, but I want to. When you want to ask someone
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this question you can say "have you been to Japan?" "Have you been to Egypt?" "Have you
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been to china?" Whatever, you can use your own country when you ask this question
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How are you? How are you? when someone asked "how are you?" don't say I'm fine,
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thank you, and you. Please don't say that, please say something more natural like good, great, I'm good,
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how are you?
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something like that is much better than I'm fine, thank you, and you. Be a little
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more genuine in your reply.
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Also when you ask this question maybe you wanna point out to sound a little
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more natural when you ask someone else don't, like, try to say "how are ya?" "how
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are ya?" instead of "how are you?"
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or, and make make sure your intonation is correct, I've had a few people ask me "how
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are you!" like a little too... with this question I like HOW are you
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but "how ARE you" should be the intonation with this.
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How are you? How are ya? It's a little bit more natural
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How long have you been studying English?
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Great question to know the answer to, your answer should be I have been studying
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English for blah blah blah years
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or blah blah blah months, or blah blah blah weeks. But if that's too much for you, you can
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just use the time. "How long have you been studying English?" "6 years."
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"How long have you been studying English?" "2 months."
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So just pick the time if the whole sentence is quite long for you.
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"How old are you?"
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We don't really go around asking people how old they are, just the first time you
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meet them necessarily, especially if they're older, much older than you, like
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in particular, it's sometimes considered rude to ask, especially, women how old
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they are. So just be careful with this question, but if you're about the same
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age group, you know, maybe, you're an event, or a party or something, and you just
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wanna check how old the other person is, you can use this phrase. When you reply
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to this, just say "I'm" plus the number, to make a really simple response. "How old
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are you?" "I'm 15." "How old are you?" "I'm 42." Whatever the answer is, just stick "I'm"
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in front of it, not "I", but "I'm", "IM". But use the contracted form to sound more natural "I'm (number)."
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if you want to make a full sentence, you can say "I'm (number)
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years old." Don't forget that s in years. I'm a million years old.
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What did you say?
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If you couldn't quite hear something that someone else said
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you can use this question to confirm "sorry, what did you say?" it's a little
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nicer than just saying "what?" "What did you say? or "what did you just say?"
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"Sorry what did you say? I couldn't hear you."
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What's this?
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When you don't know what something is, "what's this?"
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when you're out for dinner, you're out for lunch or something, and you find a new food or
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you're just curious just say "what's this?"
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To reply to this question just say "it's blah blah blah."
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What's your name?
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Of course you should know how to ask this question and how to answer
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this question. "What's your name" is a little more natural than "what is your
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name". Again, contracted form will help you sound much more natural. So "what's your
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name?" someone asks you, you can just give your name "Alisha." That's fine, you can say
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"Alisha." Or you can say "I'm Alisha" that's fine, too.
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you could say "my name is" or "my name's Alisha", either any of those are fine. In a
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more formal situation, business situation I would use "my name is" blah blah blah,
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and shake hands or something.
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What's your phone number? The next one is "what's your phone number?"
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I would not ask this question right away like, maybe, you've met the person a few
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times, but you'd like to contact them whether it's because you're romantically
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interested in them, or because you want to be better friends with them but just
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if you meet someone for the first time and you're like "what's your phone number?"
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It's a little... a little too much. So use this question after you've met the person a few times,
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and you know you want to become better friends. When you want to give your phone
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number, just say "it's" and the number. That's fine just "it's..." or "my phone number is ..."
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with the number 551 million 526.
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When is your birthday? So maybe you want to plan a
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birthday party, for example, or it's just another fun question the first time you
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meet someone. When is your birthday? So when you want to tell someone your
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birthday, just gives the month and the date. January 15. August 42nd. It's a real day.
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If you want to make a full sentence, you can save "my birthday is (month, date)."
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"Where are you from?" The next word, the next question is "where are you from?" This can refer to
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your country, or your city, but I feel like probably it mostly refers to
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your country. So "where are you from?" your answer should be "I'm from (place)." "I'm from
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China." "I'm from Japan." "I'm from vietnam." "I'm from America." Whatever, "I'm from..."
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"Where did you learn English?" The next question is "Where did you learn English?"
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If you're speaking great English you can say I learned
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English at EnglishClass101.com! Coz you did, coz you're watching now! Anywhere, "where did you
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learn English?" In this case, in the case of these videos, "I learned English online."
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Or "I learned English from", and then the school name or the program name. So I
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learned English from EnglishClass101.com, for example. If he studied English at
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university, you can say "I learned Englishat university" or "I learned English from my friends," perhaps.
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where do you live?
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Depending on the situation where you're asked, this could mean your country, like "I live
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in America." "I live in China." Sometimes it's about the place in the city where
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you live, sometimes it's about the country where you live.
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So, you can kind of feel, I think, which question which type of questions being asked.
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Where do you work? Where do you work is talking about your job. You can
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use the pattern "I work at (company name )."
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or "I work for (company name )." Either is fine.
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I work at ABC company, I work for ABC Company, either is ok. But, you know, if you have answered
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with the wrong information, the other person will just ask you, like, "oh I mean
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where is your office," or "oh I mean which company do you work for?" Use the Force for this one.
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Where is the bathroom?
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Very important question! Where is the bathroom. In American English "where is the bathroom" or "where is
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the restroom" is more common than "where is the toilet" using the word toilet is a
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little bit too direct in American English. So I recommend "bathroom" or "restroom."
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So those are 15 questions that you should definitely know. Know how to ask
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these questions, and know how to answer these questions. They're very useful and
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very important for everyday conversation. Thanks very much for joining us, thank
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