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0:00want to speak real English from your
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0:11welcome to
0:13englishclass101.com British English in 3
0:16minutes the fastest easiest and most fun
0:20way to learn
0:22English hi I'm Gina nice to meet you in
0:26this series we're going to learn some
0:28easy ways to ask answer common questions
0:31in English it's really useful and it
0:34only takes 3
0:36minutes in this lesson you're going to
0:39learn new more common ways to ask and
0:42answer the question how are you in
0:45English you've probably learned how are
0:48you and I'm fine in textbooks before but
0:52in the United Kingdom people will
0:54usually ask this question and answer it
0:57in a different way first let's review if
1:02someone says how are you you can say I'm
1:06fine
1:07thanks I'm fine
1:10thanks here are some other ways to
1:14answer I'm good thanks this means about
1:18the same as I'm fine
1:20thanks I'm good
1:24thanks we also have not too bad you can
1:29use this if you are feeling just okay or
1:32so
1:33so not too
1:38bad let's look at our question again how
1:42are you this is the most well-known way
1:45of asking how someone is you could use
1:49it when you want to be polite but now
1:52let's look at some different ways to ask
1:54how someone is these ways are more
1:57casual and much more common
2:01first Hi how are you
2:03doing hi how are you doing or hey how's
2:12it
2:13going hey how's it going or in an
2:20especially casual situation you could
2:23say you're
2:25right you all right
2:30what if you're not doing all right
2:32although it's the British way to say
2:34you're doing fine even if you're not if
2:37you feel comfortable with the other
2:39person you could also choose to tell
2:41them when you're not doing
2:43fine you could say not so
2:47good not so
2:51good not
2:53great not great or I've been better
3:01I've been
3:04better be careful if you say one of
3:07these the other person will usually ask
3:10why what's wrong then you will have to
3:15explain however if you're feeling
3:18particularly well you could answer more
3:21enthusiastically
3:23fantastic
3:26fantastic
3:28fabulous Fab you l or even I'm very well
3:34indeed I'm very well
3:40indeed now it's time for Gina's tips
3:43because of the popularity and influence
3:46of American film and media some American
3:49phrases have become common in the United
3:51Kingdom as well how were you doing was
3:54originally an American phrase but these
3:57days you can hear it on either side of
4:00the
4:01pond do you know the difference between
4:04what do you do and what are you doing
4:07it's a little tricky but I'll explain it
4:10simply in the next British English in 3
4:12minutes lesson see you next time in this
4:16series we're going to learn some easy
4:18ways to ask and answer common questions
4:21in English it's really useful and it
4:25only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
4:29you're going going to learn how to ask
4:31what someone's job is in natural
4:34English of course you can just say what
4:38is your job this is correct English but
4:42it sounds too direct and awkward native
4:45English speakers almost never say this
4:48in a social
4:50situation instead they use a different
4:53question but before we master that we
4:56need to compare it to a very similar
4:59question
5:01what are you
5:02doing I'm presenting a video about
5:06English what do you
5:08do I'm an English
5:11teacher do you see the difference these
5:14two questions what are you doing and
5:18what do you do sound similar but mean
5:21different things the first one is asking
5:25what you are doing right now this minute
5:29you answer it using an ing verb what are
5:33you doing I'm
5:35reading I'm watching TV while the second
5:39is actually a shortened version of what
5:43do you do for a
5:44living this is how we ask what is your
5:47job in natural
5:49English let's practice this question
5:52what do you
5:54do what do you do
5:59when native speakers of English ask this
6:02question it can come out very fast and
6:05sound more like what do you do in order
6:09to tell it apart from what are you doing
6:13just listen for the ing sound on the end
6:16of the
6:16question if it's not there then you're
6:19being asked what your job
6:22is so how would you answer this
6:25question just think of it as if the
6:28other person is asking you what is your
6:31job you could answer with I'm and then
6:35your job I'm a
6:38teacher I'm a teacher
6:43or I'm an
6:45engineer I'm an
6:50engineer if you want to learn more job
6:53names go to
6:54englishclass101.com and check out the
6:57core word lists these cover job
7:01vocabulary and more and include a
7:04picture and audio to help perfect your
7:08pronunciation you can also mention the
7:11place that you work at starting with I
7:14work at I work at a
7:18hospital I work at a
7:24hospital I work at a law
7:27firm I work work at a law
7:34firm if you work for a big company that
7:37is well known you can say I work for and
7:42then the
7:43name I work for Barclay's
7:46bank I work for bar Clays
7:53bank I work for the
7:56BBC I work
8:00for the
8:03BBC now it's time for Gina's
8:06tips when you ask a question what do you
8:10do and the other person tells you their
8:12job it's polite to make some kind of
8:15positive comment about his or her job
8:18for example how interesting or that must
8:22be exciting or even a
8:26really remember to sound sincere
8:30do you know how native English speakers
8:32ask each other what their hobbies are
8:35here's a hint we don't use the word
8:38hobby find out next time in the third
8:42English in 3 minutes lesson in this
8:45series we're going to learn some easy
8:47ways to ask and answer common questions
8:50in English it's really useful and it
8:53only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
8:58you're going to learn how to ask what
9:00someone's hobbies are without using the
9:03word
9:04Hobbies you've probably seen the
9:06question do you have any hobbies or what
9:09are your hobbies in an English textbook
9:12before however native English speakers
9:16almost never use the word Hobbies when
9:19asking about
9:20them a much more natural way to ask the
9:24same question is what do you do for
9:27fun what do you do for fun you can also
9:36ask what do you do in your spare
9:40time what do you do in your spare
9:48time so how would you answer this
9:52question let's look at how native
9:55speakers would do
9:56it the easiest way is to say I like to
10:01or just I like followed by what you like
10:06to do for example if you like watching
10:10films you could say I like to watch
10:13films or I like watching
10:18films I like to watch
10:23films
10:25or I like watching fil
10:29films and if you like golf you could say
10:34I like to play golf or I like playing
10:39golf I like to play golf
10:46or I like playing
10:51golf you can emphasiz how much you like
10:54your hobby by adding a word like really
10:57in front of like for example I really
11:01like watching
11:03films on the other hand if you want to
11:06play Down how much you like something
11:08you can say kind of for example I kind
11:13of like playing
11:16tennis now it's time for Gina's
11:19tips if you don't have any special
11:22Hobbies or you don't want to be specific
11:25a good way to reply is I like spending
11:28time with with my friends and stuff like
11:32that I like spending time with my
11:39friends and stuff like that just use I
11:46like and add spending time with my
11:49friends and then add and stuff like
11:53that how do you answer the question
11:56where are you from it doesn't even even
11:59have a verb we'll cover this and more in
12:03the next British English in 3 minutes
12:06lesson this series explains some easy
12:09ways to ask and answer common questions
12:12in English it's really useful and it
12:15only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
12:19you're going to learn some different
12:21ways people will ask you where are you
12:24from first though where are you from can
12:27mean many different things
12:30it can mean which city are you from or
12:33which country are you from in fact Brits
12:37asks this question to each other all the
12:39time to learn which part of the UK the
12:42other person comes from if you want to
12:45answer this question there are two ways
12:48to do it you can say I'm and then your
12:53nationality as in I'm Japanese or I'm
12:58Brazilian
13:00or you can say I'm from and then the
13:03country you are from as in I'm From
13:07Italy or I'm from
13:11Thailand if you're from a really famous
13:13city or place you can say that too for
13:18example I'm from Beijing or I'm from New
13:23Delhi of course in the United Kingdom as
13:27in other parts of the world people may
13:29be a little more indirect because they
13:31want to be polite to do this they might
13:35ask you if you are from the place where
13:37they met you for example if you meet
13:41someone in London they might ask are you
13:44from London or if you are in York they
13:48might ask are you from
13:50York many parts of the United Kingdom
13:53are very
13:55Multicultural so asking the question
13:57this way avoids what what could be an
14:00embarrassing
14:01mistake you can answer this the same way
14:04you answer where are you from just add a
14:07simple no in front for example you can
14:12say no I'm and then your
14:17nationality no I'm French or no I'm from
14:24and then your
14:25country no I'm from Russia
14:30now it's time for Gina's tips the UK is
14:33a diverse place people you meet may take
14:37great pride in the place or region they
14:40come from if you ask someone about where
14:43they're from they may respond by saying
14:45something like Yorkshire Lancashire or
14:48hartfordshire if they answer in this way
14:52it usually means they are interested in
14:54talking more about their region and how
14:57it differs from others
15:00in this lesson we learned some different
15:02ways to ask where are you from do you
15:05know what to ask when you don't know
15:07someone's name of course you do but what
15:11do you say when you've forgotten
15:13someone's name find out in the next
15:17British English in 3 minutes lesson see
15:20you next time want to speak real English
15:23from your first lesson sign up for your
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15:29[Music]
15:33welcome to
15:34englishclass101.com British English in 3
15:37minutes the fastest easiest and most fun
15:41way to learn
15:42English hey everyone I'm Gina this
15:46series will teach you some easy ways to
15:49ask and answer common questions in
15:52English it's really useful and it only
15:55takes 3 minutes in this lesson you're
15:58going to learn some new ways to ask
16:00someone what's your name including one
16:03that you can use when you've forgotten
16:05someone's
16:07name now what's your name was probably
16:11one of the first questions you learned
16:13when you started studying English I have
16:16to tell you though that most native
16:18speakers of English would never say this
16:21in English just like in other languages
16:24it is often more polite to be a little
16:27indirect of of course the easiest way to
16:31avoid asking the question directly is
16:33not to ask at all just introduce
16:36yourself and most people will respond by
16:39doing the
16:40same when introducing yourself simple is
16:44nearly always best just say hi I'm Gina
16:49to show that you want to know the other
16:51person's name just add and you at the
16:54end hi I'm Gina and you
17:00hi I'm
17:02Gina and
17:04you just like before take out my name
17:07Gina and put your name in its
17:10place after you say this the person will
17:13tell you his or her
17:15name okay now let's talk about an
17:18embarrassing situation that happens to
17:22everybody you've already met somebody
17:25once before but you've forgotten their
17:27name the most polite thing to do in this
17:30situation is to apologize and ask again
17:34there's a simple way to do this that's
17:36also
17:37polite I'm sorry what was your name
17:41again I'm sorry what was your name
17:48again this sentence is very similar to
17:51what's your name but it has three
17:54important
17:56differences first we say I'm sorry a
18:00small apology can go a long way after
18:03that we say what was your
18:06name this is just like what is your name
18:10but instead of is we use the past tense
18:14was this is really important as it tells
18:17the other person that you remember
18:19meeting them you haven't forgotten him
18:22or her you've just forgotten the name
18:25this little word makes all the
18:27difference I'm sorry what was your
18:31name finally we add again to the end
18:36this is another hint that tells the
18:38other person that you remember learning
18:40his or her name before but you just
18:43can't recall it right now I'm sorry what
18:47was your name again this phrase is
18:50appropriate for both formal and informal
18:54situations now it's time for Gina's tips
18:58in the United Kingdom it's normal to
19:01address people by name in conversation
19:03more than once in both formal and
19:07informal situations it's a way to show
19:09respect or interest in the other person
19:12and can help you make friends it is also
19:15a great way to practice someone's name
19:18so you don't forget it if you are
19:20talking to someone named Andy for
19:23example instead of just what do you do
19:26for fun you could say Andy
19:29what do you do for fun you can also put
19:32the name at the end of the sentence what
19:35do you do for fun Andy you don't want to
19:38say the person's name too often or it
19:41will sound a little strange but if you
19:44practice someone's name like this you
19:45won't forget it and people love to hear
19:48their own name in this lesson we learned
19:52what to say when we forget someone's
19:54name in the next lesson you'll learn
19:56what to say when you want to get in
19:58touch with someone whether by telephone
20:01email or even newer ways to communicate
20:04what's your
20:05favorite let us know in the comments and
20:09join us the next British English in 3
20:11minutes
20:12lesson in this series we're going to
20:15learn some easy ways to ask and answer
20:17common questions in English it's really
20:20useful and it only takes 3 minutes in
20:24this lesson you're going to learn some
20:26ways to get in touch with someone after
20:28you've met them once already in a lot of
20:31textbooks you've probably seen the
20:33question what's your phone number it's a
20:36very useful question but there are two
20:39problems with it firstly it can sound a
20:42little too direct especially when
20:45talking to members of the opposite sex
20:48and secondly people use the phone a lot
20:51less these days than they used to
20:53instead they might prefer to connect by
20:56email or on a social network like
20:59Facebook to start with though a simple
21:02variation on what's your phone number
21:05that sounds a little less direct is
21:07could I get your
21:09number could I get your
21:14number we start the sentence with could
21:17which softens the request next say I
21:22then get and finally your number which
21:25is short for your phone number
21:29this question is slightly casual but it
21:31can be used in almost any
21:34situation these days many people prefer
21:37to use email rather than the phone to
21:40communicate asking someone for his or
21:43her email address is also a little less
21:46direct than asking for their phone
21:48number could I get your email
21:51address could I get your email address
21:59we just took could I get your number and
22:02replaced number with email address it's
22:06that simple could I get your email
22:09address if someone asks you either of
22:12these questions you can reply by saying
22:15of course my phone number
22:18is of course my phone number is or of
22:27course my my email address
22:30is of course my email address is or of
22:39course it's and then say your phone
22:42number or email address at the
22:45end recently many people have started to
22:48use social networks like Facebook or
22:51LinkedIn or online chat services like
22:54Skype to
22:55communicate people might ask you about
22:57these especially if they are younger if
23:01someone wants to connect with you
23:02through one of these Services they may
23:05simply ask are you on followed by the
23:08name of the service are you on
23:11Facebook are you on
23:16Facebook are you on
23:19LinkedIn are you on Linked
23:25In are you on Skype are are you on
23:32Skype to answer you can simply say yes I
23:36am or no I'm not if you respond with yes
23:41I am the other person may ask how they
23:44can connect with you on one of these
23:47services but if you answer with no I'm
23:49not they won't be able to contact you if
23:53you still would like to stay in touch
23:54with the person you can say no but my
23:58email address is or no but my phone
24:02number is and then say your email
24:05address or phone number by telling the
24:07other person a different way they can
24:09contact you you'll show them that you
24:12want to hear from them now it's time for
24:15Gina's tips if you ask someone for their
24:18phone number their email address or some
24:21other form of contact information they
24:24will usually give it to you if you've
24:26gotten to know them a little beforehand
24:28if you ask them too early in the
24:30conversation though they may be hesitant
24:33about sharing that information the key
24:36is to make sure you talk for some time
24:38before requesting this kind of personal
24:41information in this lesson we learned
24:43how to ask for a person's contact
24:46information in the next British English
24:48in 3 minutes lesson you'll learn another
24:51good way to get to know a person in this
24:54series we're going to learn some easy
24:56ways to ask and answer common questions
24:59in English it's really useful and it
25:02only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
25:06you're going to learn how to ask and say
25:09where you
25:10live usually someone will ask you where
25:13you live as a polite question after
25:16they've asked you your name where you're
25:18from and what you do for a living
25:21they'll say so where do you live this is
25:25inviting you to keep making conversation
25:29there are lots of ways you could answer
25:31this question but here are some of the
25:33most common you could say do you know
25:37and then the name of the area you live
25:39in do you know County Durham or you
25:43could mention a local Landmark like near
25:47the library or near the cinema you could
25:51also answer by telling the person what
25:54train line you live on if your city has
25:56a train Network or what station is the
25:59nearest to your house on the central
26:02line or near Picadilly so as you can see
26:06there are lots of possible ways to
26:08answer the question where do you live
26:11once you've told them the other person
26:13might respond in one of the following
26:16ways oh yeah I know it or I live near
26:20there or maybe I'm afraid I don't know
26:23it the other person is just being polite
26:26by showing interest so you can reply by
26:29saying something like oh really a good
26:33way to continue the conversation is to
26:35ask them the same question in return you
26:39can just say how about you or where do
26:43you live put some stress on the
26:47you where do you
26:49live now it's time for Gina's
26:52tips asking where someone lives is a way
26:55to try to find out something you have in
26:57common with with the person you're
26:58talking to so if you're familiar with
27:01the area the other person lives in make
27:04some comments about it that's a really
27:07nice area or the park there is really
27:10pretty anything is fine as long as you
27:13don't say anything negative that could
27:15be taken as offensive like that area has
27:18a high crime rate or I hear that area is
27:22really
27:23dangerous do you know how to ask which
27:26school someone goes to find out in the
27:29next British English in 3 minutes lesson
27:33in this series we're going to learn some
27:35easy ways to ask and answer common
27:38questions in English it's really useful
27:41and it only takes 3 minutes in this
27:45lesson you're going to learn how to ask
27:47someone where they went to school or
27:51university asking someone where they
27:53went to University is a good small talk
27:56question and conversation start
27:59however you have to be careful not to
28:02offend people if they didn't go to
28:04university I'll tell you how to do this
28:07the question is simple if the other
28:10person is over 22 it's likely they will
28:14have left University already so you ask
28:17using the past tense where did you go to
28:22university the answer to this question
28:24is really easy all you say is I went to
28:29the name of the university in and then
28:32the
28:33city I went to Imperial College in
28:37London if the name of the city or town
28:41is part of the University's name like
28:43Tokyo University or Oxford University
28:47you can add the name of the country
28:49instead I went to Tokyo University in
28:53Japan once you've heard the other
28:55person's answer it's plight Mak some
28:58kind of comment for example wow that's a
29:02really famous university or just oh
29:07really sometimes when you ask where did
29:10you go to university the other person
29:12might reply I didn't go to
29:15university in this situation you should
29:18be careful how you reply so as not to
29:21appear rude it's polite to not act
29:24surprised but instead make a positive
29:26comment like oh really
29:29or ask a question like did you go
29:31straight into a
29:33job now it's time for Gina's tips a good
29:37follow-up question to keep the
29:39conversation going is to ask the other
29:42person what did you study or what was
29:45your major this gives them an
29:47opportunity to talk about something
29:49they're interested
29:51in in the next lesson you'll learn how
29:54to ask another basic question about the
29:56other person that's do you have any
29:59brothers or
30:01sisters in this series we're going to
30:03learn some easy ways to ask and answer
30:06common questions in English it's really
30:08useful and it only takes 3 minutes in
30:12this lesson you're going to learn how to
30:14ask someone about their family asking
30:16whether they have any brothers or
30:19sisters asking someone about their
30:21family is nearly always a good topic of
30:24conversation after all most people love
30:27to talk about about their family right
30:29in some English textbooks you'll see the
30:32question do you have any siblings but
30:35actually we rarely use the word siblings
30:37in casual spoken English so in order to
30:41ask this question naturally all you say
30:43is do you have any brothers or
30:46sisters remember that in English we
30:48hardly ever say sisters or brothers it's
30:51one of those phrases with a set word
30:53order like black and white brothers or
30:56sisters
30:58so the other person's answer to this
31:00question will probably be one of the
31:02following yeah I have two brothers or a
31:06brother and a sister or two sisters and
31:09so on sometimes they'll give details
31:12about ages and say something like yeah I
31:15have two younger brothers or yeah I have
31:18a younger brother and an older sister
31:21and so on note that some people say
31:24Elder instead of older but they both
31:27both mean the same
31:29thing if the other person doesn't give
31:32details about the ages of his or her
31:34brothers and sisters you can ask a
31:36polite follow-up question to show you're
31:39interested is he or she older or younger
31:41than you are they older or younger than
31:44you the than you at the end is optional
31:48as it's understood from the context but
31:50what happens if the other person doesn't
31:52have any brothers or sisters there's a
31:55set phrase for this in English and
31:57that's I'm an only
32:00child now it's time for Gina's tips when
32:04someone gives you information like this
32:06and there doesn't seem to be anything
32:08else to ask a good allpurpose reply is
32:11to say oh really while nodding or just
32:15looking interested be careful though
32:18it's really important to sound
32:20interested when you say oh really
32:23otherwise you sound very rude and
32:26sarcastic
32:28do you know how to ask someone if they
32:30have a husband wife boyfriend or
32:33girlfriend without being rude in the
32:35next lesson you'll learn how to ask a
32:37more personal question in polite
32:40English in this series we're going to
32:43learn some easy ways to ask and answer
32:46common questions in English it's really
32:48useful and it only takes 3 minutes in
32:52this lesson you're going to learn how to
32:54ask someone quite a personal question
32:56whether or not they're marri married or
32:58have a boyfriend or girlfriend this
33:01might be useful for the single people
33:02out there among you but it's actually a
33:05really common question that comes up
33:07when two speakers have been chatting for
33:09a
33:09while in an English textbook you may see
33:13the question are you married however
33:16this is a little blunt and can come
33:18across as slightly rude or sound as if
33:21you're trying to pick up the other
33:22person when in fact you just want to
33:25find out some more information about him
33:27or her
33:28there's a really important little trick
33:30you can use to ask this question
33:32naturally and that's to say are you
33:34married or did you notice the a at the
33:38end you stretch out the sound of the a
33:42this has the effect of softening the
33:43question and making it sound Less
33:46Direct once you've asked this question
33:49if the other person is married the
33:51answer will most likely sound like this
33:54yeah I've been married for three or five
33:57or 10 years if you're not married but
34:01are engaged then how would you answer
34:03this just say not yet but I'm
34:07engaged the correct response to this by
34:10the way is usually
34:12congratulations if you aren't yet
34:14engaged but do have a long-term
34:16boyfriend or girlfriend this is a good
34:18opportunity to bring that up no but I
34:22have a long-term boyfriend or girlfriend
34:25by the way the word steady sometimes
34:27comes up in English textbooks but this
34:30is a really old-fashioned way to say
34:32longterm and people don't really use it
34:35anymore but what if you're not married
34:37not engaged and don't have a boyfriend
34:40or girlfriend then you can reply no I'm
34:43single at the moment this at the moment
34:46is another way to soften what you're
34:48saying and make it sound less
34:50blunt now it's time for Gina's tips as I
34:54mentioned at the beginning this question
34:56is a little person
34:58make sure you've already been talking a
35:00while before moving on to this subject
35:03or it can seem a little forward or too
35:05personal do you know how to compliment
35:08someone on what they're wearing in
35:09natural English in the next British
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35:39English hey everyone I'm Gina in this
35:42series we're going to learn some easy
35:44ways to ask and answer common questions
35:47in English it's really useful and it
35:50only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
35:53you're going to learn how to compliment
35:55someone on what they're wearing this is
35:58a great way to break the ice and to come
36:00across as friendly and kind when meeting
36:02someone
36:04new if the conversation slows down a
36:07little and you can't think of anything
36:09to ask a good way to get it restarted is
36:12to complement the other person if you
36:15don't know them well yet a safe way to
36:17do this is to say something nice about
36:20something they're wearing or something
36:22they have like a bag or phone case the
36:26way to do this is to say say I love your
36:28bag or top or shoes
36:31Etc this can sound a little bit feminine
36:35so if you're a guy you could say I
36:37really like your and then the
36:40item a normal response to this is just
36:44thanks or if you want to be modest oh
36:47really
36:48thanks a great way to follow this up and
36:51keep the conversation going is to ask
36:53where did you get it or where did you
36:56buy it
36:58this gives the other person a chance to
37:00talk about the shop country or situation
37:04in which they bought it and from there
37:06the conversation can develop
37:08naturally if you're complimented and
37:10then ask this question of course the
37:12reverse is true and you have a chance to
37:15tell the other person more about the
37:17item and where you got
37:19it the usual answer to where did you get
37:22it or where did you buy it is something
37:26like I got it out at the shop name in
37:30and then the town or city this is
37:33appropriate if you bought the item in
37:35the country you're currently in so the
37:37other person may know of the store if
37:40you bought it in a different country
37:42though it's usual to say I got it in and
37:46then the country name you don't need to
37:49say the name of the store unless it's
37:51world famous as the other person
37:53probably won't have heard of it
37:55anyway now it's time for Gina's tips in
37:59some cultures it's considered totally
38:01fine and even polite to ask how much
38:04something costs but in most
38:06English-speaking countries like the UK
38:09Australia and America this is considered
38:12very rude and is a question that can
38:14only be asked by very close friends and
38:17even then it's risky remember not to say
38:20something like it looks expensive or how
38:24much was it when you're complimenting
38:26something that someone else
38:28owns have you ever met somebody that you
38:31wanted to meet again but didn't know how
38:33to take that next step in the next
38:36lesson you'll learn how in this series
38:39we're going to learn some easy ways to
38:41ask and answer common questions in
38:44English it's really useful and it only
38:47takes 3 minutes in this lesson you're
38:50going to learn how to ask someone what
38:52they do on weekend evenings and lead up
38:55to asking to hang out together sometime
38:59in lesson three we learned how to ask
39:01about someone's hobbies in natural
39:03English by saying what do you do for fun
39:06or what do you do in your spare time
39:09this lesson's question is a little
39:11similar to this but has an important
39:14difference it's for when you want to ask
39:16what someone does on weekend evenings
39:18such as going out drinking or
39:22dancing first of all in English the most
39:25natural way to say go out drinking
39:27dancing and so on is just to say go out
39:31as in did you go out last night in
39:34context the other person will know what
39:36you
39:37mean in English it's important not to
39:40ask things too directly if you want to
39:43ask someone if they usually go out
39:44drinking or dancing on weekends it's
39:47best to say what do you usually do on
39:50Friday or Saturday nights it's a bit
39:53long but the emphasis on Friday or
39:56Saturday nights will tell the other
39:58person exactly what you mean you could
40:01also say on weekends but it might sound
40:04like you're asking about what they do
40:06during the
40:07day another way to ask this is to use
40:10the phrase get up to this has the
40:13implication of doing things that are
40:15slightly naughty like drinking alcohol
40:18or going to a
40:19club what do you usually get up to on
40:22weekends asking the question in this way
40:26implies nightlife activ activities so
40:28you don't need to say Friday or Saturday
40:31nights a few possible responses to this
40:34are I like going to bars with my friends
40:38I like going clubbing with my friends I
40:40like hanging out with my friends if you
40:43don't like to go out at night that's
40:45fine all you have to say is I don't
40:48really like drinking or clubbing so I
40:50just like and then say whatever you like
40:53doing
40:54instead if you don't like drinking
40:56alcohol and going to clubs be careful
40:59not to criticize these things too
41:00harshly in case the other person gets
41:03offended as we've mentioned before a
41:06handy way to turn the question back on
41:08the person asking is just to say how
41:11about
41:12you now it's time for Gina's tips if you
41:15think going for a drink with this new
41:17person sounds like fun and you'd like to
41:20make an informal invitation bringing up
41:22the topic of what he or she gets up to
41:25on weekend evenings is a great way to do
41:28this a natural informal way to do this
41:31without pressurizing the other person
41:33too much is just to say that sounds like
41:36fun we should go together
41:39sometime do you know how to ask someone
41:42about their tastes and music in natural
41:44English in the next lesson you'll learn
41:47how in this series you're going to learn
41:50some easy ways to ask and answer common
41:53questions in English it's really useful
41:56and it only takes takes 3 minutes in
41:59this lesson you're going to learn how to
42:01ask someone what sort of Music they like
42:05this is a really common question when
42:07two people have been chatting for a
42:08little while in this lesson you'll learn
42:12how to answer this question in several
42:14ways in your English textbook you may
42:17have seen the question what kind of
42:19music do you like this is okay to use
42:23but it can sound a little formal there's
42:26actually a more natural way to ask this
42:28using the phrase to be into something
42:32like what are you into this means the
42:35same as what do you like so all you have
42:38to do to ask this question is say what
42:41kind of music are you
42:42into an alternative to what kind of is
42:46what sort of they both mean exactly the
42:50same thing so you can also say what sort
42:53of Music are you
42:55into now how how do you answer this
42:58question an English textbook might tell
43:01you you should reply with a type or
43:03genre of music like jazz hip hop or
43:07R&B this is okay you can say something
43:10like I'm really into hipop or I really
43:14like classical music another way to
43:17answer though is to just say the names
43:19of some of the musicians or artists that
43:21you like as examples of the type of
43:23music you like for example I like like
43:27ois and
43:28Queen in order to level up your casual
43:31English you could add the phrase people
43:34like or stuff like in front of the
43:37artist's name I like people like Annie
43:40Lennox and David Bowie I like stuff like
43:43cplay and the
43:45Beatles as we've mentioned before a
43:48handy way to turn the question back on
43:50the person asking it is just to say how
43:53about you but when talking about music
43:56it's common for the other person to say
43:59something about your tastes like oh I
44:02like them too or I haven't heard of them
44:05so as you can see music is a great topic
44:08for expanding a conversation with a new
44:12person the expression I'm really into
44:15can be used with a lot of different
44:17things not just music you can use it to
44:20talk about your hobbies or Sports you
44:22like to play as in I'm really into
44:25tennis or I'm really into football it
44:29can be used with people too if you want
44:31to say you like a certain person in a
44:33romantic sense but be careful if you use
44:36it in this way how do you get the
44:39conversation going when you want to talk
44:40about food if you don't know find out in
44:44our next lesson in this series we're
44:47going to learn some easy ways to ask and
44:50answer common questions in English it's
44:53really useful and it only takes 3
44:55minutes in this lesson you're going to
44:59learn how to ask someone about their
45:00taste in food food is another great
45:04topic for getting to know someone you
45:06might also find out some interesting
45:09things about the food culture in the
45:11other person's
45:13country of course you can ask someone
45:16directly what kind of food do you like
45:19or what sort of food do you like if you
45:22ask these questions though it might seem
45:24a little too open for example there
45:28could be too many answers this might
45:31slow the conversation down instead it's
45:34much better to choose a particular food
45:37such as a famous one from your country
45:39or one that has come up previously in
45:41the conversation and ask if the other
45:44person likes that food for example do
45:47you like fish and
45:49chips possible answers to this are yeah
45:53I do it's then a good chance to expand
45:55the conversation a little
45:57and say something about the food why you
46:00like it etc for example yeah I do I like
46:04it with mushy peas or even something
46:07simple like yeah I do it's
46:10delicious but what if you hate fish and
46:13chips how do you give a negative answer
46:16again you have to consider the other
46:19person's feelings and not be too
46:21critical of the food even if you hate it
46:24more than anything in case it's a
46:27favorite so you could say something like
46:30not really or a more idiomatic phrase
46:34I'm not a huge fan again it's good for
46:38the conversation and polite to give a
46:40reason why you don't like the food some
46:42good reasons are it's too greasy for me
46:45or simply I just don't like the taste of
46:49it now it's time for Gina's tips if you
46:53meet someone who likes the same kind of
46:55food that you do a nice way to continue
46:58the conversation is to ask them if they
47:01know any good restaurants that serve the
47:04food say for example that you both like
47:07Cornish pasties you can say do you know
47:11a good place for cornish
47:13pasties if there's another type of food
47:15you are interested in just take out
47:17Cornish pasties and put in the food in
47:20the plural form do you know a good place
47:23for Sunday
47:25roasts when you meet people at a party
47:28do you know how to ask them how they
47:30know each other find out in the next
47:33lesson in this series we're going to
47:35learn some easy ways to ask and answer
47:38common questions in English it's really
47:40useful and it only takes 3 minutes in
47:44this lesson you're going to learn how to
47:46ask someone about their holiday plans
47:49even between native English speakers
47:51talking about holiday plans is a really
47:53common topic of conversation because
47:55it's both safe and
47:58interesting so the first question you'll
48:00want to ask is if the other person is
48:02going on holiday this is one of those
48:05situations in English where you can use
48:07the present continuous tense to have a
48:09future meaning instead of saying are you
48:12going to go which is difficult to say
48:15all you need to say is are you going it
48:18means the same thing and is shorter and
48:21easier so you could of course ask are
48:24you going on holiday this year this is
48:27fine but there's actually another way we
48:30ask this question in English that sounds
48:32even more natural are you going anywhere
48:35on holiday this year you can replace
48:38this year with another phrase the most
48:41common is this
48:43summer so how do you answer this
48:45question if you're not going anywhere
48:48for the most natural sounding reply you
48:50can say I'm staying at home this year if
48:53you've already decided where you're
48:55going you can reply with the name of the
48:57place and the month you're going again
49:00using the present continuous or ing
49:02tense yeah I'm going to Hawaii in
49:06July what if you're definitely going
49:08somewhere on holiday but you haven't yet
49:11decided where you're going then you can
49:14use useful little phrases like I'm
49:17planning to go and I'm thinking of going
49:21if you have two or more places you're
49:23considering you can use the phrase or
49:26maybe as a joining phrase I'm planning
49:29to go to Hawaii or maybe Thailand I'm
49:32thinking of going to Hawaii or maybe
49:36Thailand so what can you talk about once
49:38you've said where you're going on
49:40holiday well you can say what you're
49:42planning to do there using the phrase I
49:44want to I'm planning to go to Hawaii I
49:48want to sunbathe I'm planning to go to
49:51Thailand I want to go shopping a good
49:54followup question to this is asking how
49:57long the person will stay there for
50:00asking this is really simple we often
50:02say how long are you planning on staying
50:06or how long are you going
50:09for answering this question is really
50:12easy too you don't need to repeat the
50:15question or say I'm going for or I'm
50:18going to stay for all you need to say is
50:21the length of time how long are you
50:24going for a week 10 days two
50:29weeks now it's time for Gina's tips
50:32British speakers of English will use
50:34holiday as opposed to the American term
50:38vacation depending on where the native
50:40speaker of English is from you might
50:43hear the word holiday holidays or even
50:46the colloquial term
50:49jollies in this lesson we learned how to
50:52ask and talk about vacation plans in the
50:55next lesson you'll learn learn how to
50:57ask about the relationship between two
50:59other people and by doing this make even
51:02more friends in English do you know how
51:04to ask about this I'll be waiting for
51:07you in the next British English in 3
51:09minutes lesson see you next time want to
51:12speak real English from your first
51:14lesson sign up for your free lifetime
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51:23welcome to englishclass101.com
51:26British English in 3 minutes the fastest
51:30easiest and most fun way to learn
51:32English hey everyone and Gina in this
51:36series we're going to learn some easy
51:38ways to ask and answer common questions
51:41in English it's really useful and it
51:44only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
51:48you're going to learn how to ask someone
51:50who they
51:51know often at a party or in another
51:54social situation that you attend with a
51:56friend you will be introduced to someone
51:58new or someone else will join the
52:01conversation a question that we often
52:03ask in this situation is how the new
52:06person knows your friend and what the
52:08connection is between them so how do we
52:11ask this it's easy pretend that your
52:14friend's name is John you could ask the
52:17new person so how do you know John if
52:21John is still talking to you you can ask
52:23us in a slightly different way by
52:25including both people people and saying
52:27so how do you know each other this so at
52:30the beginning softens the question as
52:33well as making it clear that you're
52:35introducing a new
52:36topic there are many possible answers to
52:39this question usually beginning with we
52:43met we met at school or we met at a
52:47party or we met through a
52:50friend another way to answer this is to
52:52State your current connection with the
52:54other person for example
52:57we work together or we have a mutual
53:00friend this phrase a mutual friend is a
53:04really useful idiom that you should keep
53:06in mind the next logical step in the
53:09conversation is to expand on what you've
53:11just learned a good allpurpose reply is
53:15oh really then you can ask another
53:18follow-up
53:19question for example if the other person
53:22says we met at school you can say where
53:26was your school or which school if they
53:30say we met at work you can then ask
53:33where do you work or what is your
53:36profession if they say we met through a
53:39friend a possible follow-up question
53:41could be anyone I know of course it's
53:45also possible that the other person will
53:47ask you where you met the mutual friend
53:50by using that useful phrase how about
53:53you now it's time for Gina's tips social
53:57gatherings in the UK are quite an
53:59occasion and there are plenty of
54:01opportunities to get involved in
54:03discussions with people from many
54:05different class backgrounds the British
54:08class system still very much exists and
54:11Social Sports Gatherings such as Royal
54:13Ascot and the Henley Royal regata are
54:17good places to hear middle to upper
54:19class accents words and phrases try to
54:23pick up some yourself when you go and be
54:25sure to wear sophistic ated
54:27clothes do you know how to talk about
54:30sports in English not just what sports
54:32you play and like but what teams you're
54:35a fan of find out in the next British
54:38English in 3 minutes lesson in this
54:41series we're going to learn some easy
54:43ways to ask and answer common questions
54:46in English it's really useful and it
54:49only takes 3 minutes in this lesson
54:53you're going to learn how to ask someone
54:55about what sports say like if you're a
54:58sports fan then you'll know how much fun
55:00it is when you meet someone who likes
55:03that sport as much as you do even if
55:06they don't like your favorite
55:08team you may assume that you just say
55:12which sports do you like of course this
55:14is a normal way to ask this question but
55:17there's actually a more natural way to
55:19ask this in idiomatic English we use the
55:23phrase to be into a sport to mean to
55:26like or be interested in a sport so you
55:29can ask which sports are you into or if
55:34you think it's likely that the other
55:36person does like sport you can ask which
55:39sports do you
55:41follow you can answer either of these
55:44questions by saying I'm into football I
55:47follow football I like football or you
55:51can use the phrase I'm a fan of I'm a
55:54fan of football
55:57but what if you don't like sport again
56:00remember what we said before about being
56:02careful not to hurt the other person's
56:04Feelings by saying anything too
56:06offensive just say no I don't really
56:10follow any
56:11sports lots of people don't like to
56:13watch sport but do like to play sport if
56:17this is you then you can say I'm not
56:20really into sport but I like playing and
56:23then the name of the sport I'm not
56:25really into sport but I like playing
56:28rugby if you find a common ground with
56:31the sports you follow this is a great
56:33place to expand the
56:35conversation all you need to say is
56:38which team do you support if you will
56:40ask this question you can follow up your
56:43answer with how about you as we've
56:45learned in previous
56:48lessons now it's time for Gina's tips
56:51sport is a very popular topic of
56:54conversation in the UK it's a totally
56:57neutral easy way to talk about a topic
57:00which avoids controversial themes such
57:02as politics and
57:04religion topics such as these are not
57:07usually considered appropriate things to
57:09talk about with someone you have just
57:11met which sports are you into let us
57:15know in the comments in the next British
57:18English in 3 minutes lesson we'll be
57:20learning a really useful question for
57:22making conversation with native speakers
57:25and non-native speakers of English alike
57:28in this series we're going to learn some
57:30easy ways to ask and answer common
57:33questions in English it's really useful
57:36and it only takes 3 minutes in this
57:39lesson you're going to learn how to ask
57:41and answer the question what are you
57:43doing in this
57:45city this lesson will be particularly
57:48useful for those of you who live in a
57:50foreign country but it's also a common
57:53topic of conversation between people of
57:55the same National
57:57ity remember in a previous lesson we
58:00learned how to ask someone what they do
58:02for a living by saying what do you do
58:06well in this lesson We'll be asking the
58:08question what are you doing in then the
58:12name of the
58:13city note that this question is in the
58:16present progressive tense with doing
58:18instead of do this is very important as
58:22the meaning of the question changes
58:24slightly this question what are you
58:27doing in is often asked by one
58:30expatriate to another it can mean what
58:33is your job but it can also include the
58:36meaning of how did you get here or what
58:40circumstances brought you here let's try
58:43it out what are you doing in
58:46Tokyo what are you doing in
58:49Frankfurt as you can imagine this
58:52question is quite open-ended so there
58:55are a number of possible ways to answer
58:57it you could just say what you do for a
59:00living I'm a software developer at then
59:04your company name I'm a software
59:07developer at Google or you could say why
59:10you came to the city or to this country
59:13in the first place for example I studied
59:17English at college so I wanted to try
59:19living in an English-speaking
59:22country my husband or wife got
59:25transferred here by his or her
59:27company I got transferred here from and
59:31then the previous place you lived in I
59:34got transferred here from
59:36Manila as with many other English
59:39conversation questions you can ask the
59:41other person the same question by saying
59:44how about you however if the other
59:48person is a native of the country this
59:50can sound a little strange in this
59:53situation you can ask instead did you
59:56grow up here or were you born here this
1:00:01is a really great opportunity to find
1:00:03out more information about the other
1:00:05person be
1:00:08creative now it's time for Gina's tips
1:00:11you don't just have to practice English
1:00:13with native speakers all practice is
1:00:16good practice English is a global
1:00:19language of communication and is often
1:00:22the only language that a group of people
1:00:24from lots of different places have in
1:00:27common so if you find yourself in a
1:00:30foreign Community go ahead and try out
1:00:33your new English
1:00:35phrases in the next British English in 3
1:00:38minutes lesson we'll be talking about
1:00:40films and how to give your opinions on
1:00:43them in this series we're going to learn
1:00:46some easy ways to ask and answer common
1:00:49questions in English it's really useful
1:00:52and it only takes 3 minutes in this
1:00:55lesson you're going to learn how to ask
1:00:58and answer the question have you seen
1:01:00this
1:01:01film sometimes when you're talking to
1:01:04someone you might run out of things to
1:01:06talk about don't worry it happens to
1:01:09everyone this lesson is going to be
1:01:12really useful in increasing your
1:01:13repertoire of small talk questions by
1:01:16focusing on a topic that most people are
1:01:19at least a little bit interested in
1:01:23films if you find yourself with nothing
1:01:25to to talk about or if you just really
1:01:28like films then you can always start a
1:01:31conversation about a new or
1:01:33controversial film you ask this by
1:01:36saying have you seen and then the name
1:01:39of the film the question have you seen
1:01:43is used when asking about films rather
1:01:45than did you see because you're asking
1:01:48about the person's present
1:01:50State there are several possible answers
1:01:53to this if you have seen the film there
1:01:56are again several ways to reply
1:01:59according to how much you enjoyed it if
1:02:02you saw it and really enjoyed it you can
1:02:04say yeah I really liked it or if you saw
1:02:09it but only thought it was so so you can
1:02:12say yeah it was okay or if you saw it
1:02:17but didn't like it yeah but it wasn't a
1:02:21genre I usually watch remember with this
1:02:25last one that you shouldn't criticize a
1:02:27film too much until you know what the
1:02:29other person thinks of it in order to be
1:02:33polite The Logical followup to one of
1:02:36these responses is to ask what the other
1:02:38person thought of the film you can just
1:02:41say what did you think of it and then
1:02:44this starts off a potentially
1:02:46interesting conversation about your
1:02:48opinions on the
1:02:50film however how do you answer if you
1:02:53haven't seen the film in question all
1:02:55all you have to say is no not yet this
1:02:59not yet implies that you're planning to
1:03:01see the film at some point and so
1:03:03indicates to the other person that they
1:03:06shouldn't tell you about key points of
1:03:08the story if you don't plan to see the
1:03:11filming question or if it's not the type
1:03:14of film you like you can get this across
1:03:16politely by saying yeah but it's not a
1:03:20genre I usually
1:03:22watch now it's time for Gina's tips if
1:03:26you have seen the film in question but
1:03:28the other person hasn't it's a great
1:03:31conversation starter to tell them about
1:03:33the plot of the film or about any
1:03:36particularly funny or memorable scenes
1:03:39but be careful you should always ask if
1:03:41the other person plans to see the film
1:03:44in the future before telling them any
1:03:46important plot points just say do you
1:03:50plan to see it at some
1:03:53point telling someone an important plot
1:03:56point or the twist or ending of a film
1:03:59is called spoiling a film the noun is a
1:04:02spoiler as in don't tell me any spoilers
1:04:06it's considered Very Bad Manners to
1:04:08reveal a spoiler without giving warning
1:04:11first and some people can get very
1:04:13annoyed if you do this so be careful oh
1:04:16and remember that when you're in the UK
1:04:19you will go to the cinema not a movie
1:04:23theater are you as young as you feel
1:04:26tune in to our next lesson to find out
1:04:28how to ask someone's age in this series
1:04:32we're going to learn some easy ways to
1:04:34ask and answer common questions in
1:04:36English it's really useful and it only
1:04:39takes 3 minutes in this lesson you're
1:04:42going to learn how to ask a really basic
1:04:45question in a polite but natural way how
1:04:48old are
1:04:50you in your English textbook one of the
1:04:53first lessons may have been how to ask
1:04:55someone's age by saying just how old are
1:04:59you however in many English language
1:05:02cultures asking an adult's age directly
1:05:05particularly a woman's age is not polite
1:05:09if you suddenly ask how old are you to
1:05:12someone you've just met they'll
1:05:14understand you but they might not be too
1:05:16happy about answering such a blunt and
1:05:18direct
1:05:21question so how do you find out
1:05:23someone's age without offending them you
1:05:26just add a magic phrase to the beginning
1:05:28of the question this phrase is do you
1:05:32mind me
1:05:34asking this is an incredibly useful
1:05:37phrase that you should definitely
1:05:39memorize it comes in handy whenever you
1:05:42want to ask a question that may be a
1:05:44little personal or come across as a
1:05:47little too direct native speakers of
1:05:50English use it all the time so the full
1:05:53question would be do you mind me asking
1:05:56how old you are pay attention to the
1:05:59word order it's not do you mind me
1:06:03asking how old are you it's do you mind
1:06:06me asking how old you
1:06:09are the answer to this can be I'm 25
1:06:13years old or just I'm
1:06:1525 or it can be a little more detailed
1:06:19if you've just had a birthday you can
1:06:22say I've just turned 25 or or if you're
1:06:26about to have a birthday you can say
1:06:29I'll turn 25 this month or I'll turn 25
1:06:33in
1:06:34November it's more natural here not to
1:06:37give your exact birthday for example
1:06:40November the 1st but just a month so
1:06:44again to turn this question back on the
1:06:47person asking the question and find out
1:06:50his or her age all you have to do is use
1:06:52that other magic phrase We introduced in
1:06:55prev
1:06:56lessons how about you here it's okay not
1:07:00to worry about being polite since the
1:07:02other person asks you the question
1:07:05first now it's time for Gina's tips we
1:07:08mentioned that asking someone's age may
1:07:11not be polite but if you do decide to
1:07:14ask this question here's another tip
1:07:17some people like to reply with another
1:07:19question how old do you think I am be
1:07:23careful if you say an age that's older
1:07:26than the person's true age they may be
1:07:28very offended so it's always safer to
1:07:31say a number lower than what you
1:07:33actually think so if you think the
1:07:36person looks 40 say 35 and see how happy
1:07:40they
1:07:41look did you hear about the great video
1:07:44series called British English in 3
1:07:46minutes in the next lesson we'll be
1:07:48learning how to talk about recent news
1:07:51stories using the phrase did you hear
1:07:53about see you next time want to speak
1:07:56real English from your first lesson sign
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1:08:01englishclass101.com
1:08:04hey everyone I'm Gina in this series
1:08:08we're going to learn some easy ways to
1:08:10ask and answer common questions in
1:08:12English it's really useful and it only
1:08:16takes 3 minutes in this lesson you're
1:08:19going to learn how to talk about current
1:08:21affairs in a casual and natural way by
1:08:24asking did you hear
1:08:27about current affairs sounds like a
1:08:30frightening formal topic to talk about
1:08:34but actually it forms the basis of many
1:08:36casual conversations in English talking
1:08:39about current affairs is a great way to
1:08:42have an interesting conversation without
1:08:44getting too personal with someone you
1:08:46may have just met and it's also a great
1:08:49way to learn more about the country
1:08:51you're in if it's not your native
1:08:54country so say say you were watching TV
1:08:56in English last night and you saw an
1:08:58interesting or controversial news item
1:09:01that you want to talk about you can't
1:09:04just suddenly start talking about it
1:09:05with no introduction because that would
1:09:08sound really odd and maybe confuse the
1:09:10person you're talking to so how would
1:09:13you bring a topic like this up
1:09:16naturally all you do is use the phrase
1:09:19did you hear about and then you add the
1:09:22news item to the end of this for example
1:09:25if there was an earthquake in Asia you
1:09:28could say did you hear about the
1:09:30earthquake in Asia to make it sound even
1:09:33more natural you can add when
1:09:35specifically this event took place did
1:09:38you hear about the earthquake in Asia
1:09:40last night in answering this question
1:09:43you have a number of options if you know
1:09:46of the event the person is talking about
1:09:48you can tell them and give some detail
1:09:51about where or how you heard about it
1:09:53yeah I saw it on TV
1:09:56or yeah I heard it on the radio or yeah
1:10:00I heard about it from a
1:10:03friend but if you don't know what the
1:10:05other person is talking about just
1:10:08saying no can sound rather blunt and as
1:10:11if you're not very interested in what
1:10:13they're
1:10:14saying so instead you can show your
1:10:17interest and invite them to tell you
1:10:19about it by saying no what happened and
1:10:23then this will normally prompt the other
1:10:25person to begin giving you details about
1:10:28the event in question leading to a
1:10:30longer
1:10:31conversation of course it's even better
1:10:34if when listening you can make some
1:10:37comments using appropriate
1:10:39adjectives the construction how
1:10:42adjective is useful when doing this for
1:10:45example if the other person is telling
1:10:48you about a very sad or disastrous event
1:10:51an appropriate comment would be how
1:10:54terrible
1:10:55or how awful or how sad on the flip side
1:11:02if it's a happy event like a lost child
1:11:05being found what native speakers often
1:11:08say are comments like that's great or
1:11:12that's relief or that's amazing be
1:11:16creative with your English
1:11:19adjectives now it's time for Gina's tips
1:11:2320 years ago most people got their news
1:11:25from television and newspapers or
1:11:28traditional journalism but recently more
1:11:31and more Brits have been getting their
1:11:33news online via social media which is a
1:11:36general term for services such as
1:11:38Facebook and Twitter a survey found that
1:11:42as of 2012 over 50% of people had
1:11:46learned about a breaking news story via
1:11:48social media rather than from
1:11:50traditional
1:11:52sources during that same year online
1:11:55news Revenue surpass the revenue of
1:11:57traditional print
1:12:00newspapers have you ever been to Beijing
1:12:03how about Madrid in the next British
1:12:05English in 3 minutes lesson we'll be
1:12:08talking about past travel
1:12:10experiences in this series we're going
1:12:12to learn some easy ways to ask and
1:12:15answer common questions in English it's
1:12:18really useful and it only takes 3
1:12:21minutes in this lesson you're going to
1:12:23learn how to talk and ask about past
1:12:26travel experiences using the phrase have
1:12:29you ever been to travel is a great topic
1:12:32for conversation because it's so easy to
1:12:35talk about you can discuss food you ate
1:12:39sites you saw places you visited things
1:12:41you did and so on and so on there's
1:12:45really no end to this topic once you get
1:12:47started so it's perfect if you're not
1:12:50sure what to talk
1:12:52about asking where someone has been on
1:12:54holiday or traveling is
1:12:57easy all you have to do is ask have you
1:13:00ever been to and then add the name of
1:13:02the country or city you want to ask
1:13:05about this little word ever in have you
1:13:08ever been to is very important not
1:13:12because of its meaning but because it
1:13:14makes a question sound just like how a
1:13:16native speaker of English would ask it
1:13:19it's like a set phrase have you ever
1:13:22been
1:13:23to so say you're asked have you ever
1:13:27been to Tokyo how would you answer a
1:13:30simple yes or no isn't going to cut it
1:13:33if you want to have a good conversation
1:13:35in
1:13:37English say you have been to Tokyo there
1:13:40are a number of ways you could answer
1:13:43this you could answer with how many
1:13:46times you've been there have you ever
1:13:48been to Tokyo yeah twice or yeah three
1:13:53times or
1:13:55if you want to be less specific yeah a
1:13:58few
1:13:59times if you've been one time to Tokyo
1:14:03there's a special way of saying this
1:14:06yeah but only
1:14:08once this but only is optional but it
1:14:11makes your reply sound natural like a
1:14:14native English
1:14:16speaker apart from the number of times
1:14:18you've been there you can also reply
1:14:21with when you went there for example
1:14:25yeah I went there last year or yeah I
1:14:29went there 3 years ago or yeah I went
1:14:33there when I was a kid the word kid is
1:14:37more colloquial than child and sounds
1:14:40less
1:14:41formal a common follow-up question to
1:14:44have you ever been to is often to ask
1:14:47the person's opinion of the place there
1:14:50are two common ways to ask this
1:14:53question the first is is what did you
1:14:56think of it this is a super useful
1:14:59question that we saw in lesson 19 when
1:15:02asking about films but you can use it
1:15:05for so many different topics that it's a
1:15:07good idea to memorize it the second is
1:15:11how was
1:15:13it you can answer both these questions
1:15:16in the same way remember in previous
1:15:19lessons we talked about expressing your
1:15:21opinions without hurting the other
1:15:23person's feelings the same rules apply
1:15:26here if you like the place you can go
1:15:29ahead and say that be creative with your
1:15:33adjectives for example I loved it it was
1:15:37so exciting I really liked it it was so
1:15:41vibrant I loved it the food was
1:15:44delicious and so on if you didn't like
1:15:47it so much be tactful using one of the
1:15:50phrases we introduced in earlier lessons
1:15:53for example if it wasn't really my type
1:15:56of place a great way to say you didn't
1:15:59like a place in a polite way is to
1:16:01compare it with another place you did
1:16:03like for example I didn't like Tokyo as
1:16:07much as I like
1:16:09Kyoto this is also a very useful phrase
1:16:13I didn't like something as much as
1:16:15something else remember
1:16:18it now it's time for Gina's tips since
1:16:22the point of these questions is to to
1:16:25start a conversation with the other
1:16:26person you can follow up by asking about
1:16:30specific landmarks or attractions in the
1:16:33city or country you're asking about use
1:16:36the pattern did you see and then the
1:16:39landmark for example did you see the
1:16:42Great Wall this is a great way to get
1:16:45the other person to tell a story and
1:16:47further the
1:16:49conversation are you a cat person or a
1:16:51dog person in the next British English
1:16:55in 3 minutes lesson we'll be talking
1:16:57about pets in this series we're going to
1:17:00learn some easy ways to ask and answer
1:17:04common questions in English it's really
1:17:07useful and it only takes 3 minutes in
1:17:10this lesson you're going to learn how to
1:17:13talk about your pets and ask about other
1:17:16people's lots of people love animals
1:17:19don't they and lots of people have pets
1:17:22which is why pets are a good topic of
1:17:25conversation in this lesson we'll be
1:17:28learning how to go above and beyond the
1:17:30boring English textbook questions when
1:17:33talking about and asking about pets the
1:17:37first question is a classic and one that
1:17:39you have probably seen in your English
1:17:42textbook there's really no other way to
1:17:44ask this do you have any pets if however
1:17:49you want to take a more roundabout route
1:17:50to this question and a feeling
1:17:53adventurous you could first first ask
1:17:56are you a cat or dog person this is an
1:17:59idiomatic way of asking whether someone
1:18:02prefers cats or
1:18:04dogs if you bring this question out a
1:18:07native English speaker will be stunned
1:18:09with how good your English is and after
1:18:12asking this you could then ask if she or
1:18:15he has any
1:18:16pets answering the question do you have
1:18:19any pets couldn't be
1:18:21simpler yeah I have a cat yeah yeah I
1:18:25have a
1:18:26dog yeah I have a dog and a cat yeah I
1:18:31have two cats and so on and so
1:18:35forth but you don't want the
1:18:37conversation to end there do you of
1:18:39course you don't here's a good place to
1:18:42ask a little about the pets
1:18:45themselves first you can make an
1:18:47enthusiastic comment about the type of
1:18:49animal for example oh I love dogs or I
1:18:55love cats then you could ask what's its
1:18:59name if the person has more than one pet
1:19:02what are their names another good
1:19:05question is asking what type of dog or
1:19:08cat the pet is the special word for
1:19:11referring to a particular type of animal
1:19:13in English is breed what breed is it or
1:19:18what breeds are they but what if you
1:19:21don't have any pets how would you answer
1:19:24the initial question do you have any
1:19:27pets a flat no can sound unfriendly and
1:19:32as we mentioned in previous lessons it
1:19:34can shut down the conversation before it
1:19:37really gets started so it's best to add
1:19:40the reason why you don't have any pets
1:19:43for example let's imagine you just don't
1:19:46like animals remember we mention being
1:19:49careful not to be rude when giving
1:19:51opinions well here it's particularly
1:19:54important as many people are animal
1:19:57lovers and may be offended if you say
1:20:00you hate or don't like animals instead
1:20:03you could say I'm not really an animal
1:20:06person this is a nice soft way of saying
1:20:09you don't like animals without causing
1:20:12offense if you don't want to say this
1:20:14there's another great answer to this
1:20:16question I'm allergic to
1:20:19animals this may in fact be true but
1:20:22it's also a great excuse as to why you
1:20:25don't have pets if you simply just
1:20:27dislike animals a third and final reason
1:20:31my building doesn't allow pets this is
1:20:34useful for those of you who live in
1:20:36apartment buildings in big cities where
1:20:39a no pets rule is very common now it's
1:20:42time for Gina's tips some animal lovers
1:20:45don't like it when you refer to their
1:20:47pets as it in this lesson we refer to a
1:20:51pet as it as in what breed is it it or
1:20:56what's its name and generally when you
1:20:59talk about animals you should say it but
1:21:03sometimes it's safer to ask the gender
1:21:05of someone's pet you could also refer to
1:21:08the pet as he when you're asking about a
1:21:11pet and let the person correct you if
1:21:13the animal is actually female for
1:21:16example what breed is he what's his name
1:21:20and if the pet is female the person
1:21:23might say oh actually my dog's a she or
1:21:27my dog is female do you know how to ask
1:21:30what someone's plans for the weekend are
1:21:33I'll be waiting with the answer in the
1:21:35next British English in 3 minutes lesson
1:21:39in this series we're going to learn some
1:21:41easy ways to ask and answer common
1:21:44questions in English it's really useful
1:21:47and it only takes 3 minutes in this
1:21:50lesson you're going to learn how to ask
1:21:53someone to do something with you on the
1:21:55weekend in natural and Casual English so
1:21:59we're nearly at the end of our English
1:22:01in 3 minutes series and by now you
1:22:04should have a range of incredibly useful
1:22:07natural and idiomatic English
1:22:09conversation phrases stor up in this
1:22:12lesson we'll build on all we've learned
1:22:14in order to invite someone to do
1:22:16something with you in a way that doesn't
1:22:19cause embarrassment if they say
1:22:21no asking someone straight out
1:22:25do you want to go to the cinema this
1:22:26weekend is a good strategy if you're
1:22:29already friends or have an established
1:22:31relationship however if you've just met
1:22:34someone and don't know them too well it
1:22:37can be hard to judge whether they're
1:22:39open to doing something social with you
1:22:41or not so there's a way to ask this
1:22:45question indirectly which spares you any
1:22:48embarrassment should they say no instead
1:22:51of saying do you want to do something
1:22:53this weekend
1:22:55ask do you have any plans for the
1:22:58weekend be sure to ask this casually
1:23:02your body language and facial expression
1:23:04are also
1:23:06important if the person feels like
1:23:08you're putting pressure on them to say
1:23:10that they're free they may feel
1:23:13uncomfortable the weekend in English
1:23:16usually includes Friday night Saturday
1:23:19and Sunday so they might respond like
1:23:22this I'm going out with my friends on
1:23:24Friday and shopping on Sunday but I'm
1:23:27not doing anything on
1:23:29Saturday not doing anything on Saturday
1:23:32is a neutral version of saying I'm free
1:23:35on
1:23:36Saturday saying I'm free on Saturday
1:23:39signals to the other person that you
1:23:41would be actively open to doing
1:23:43something with them then so be careful
1:23:46if you're answering this
1:23:48question here's your chance to invite
1:23:51the person out instead of asking
1:23:53directly
1:23:55say I was thinking of going to see that
1:23:57new film on Saturday do you feel like
1:24:00coming along do you feel like is a more
1:24:03indirect way of asking do you want to
1:24:07how can you respond to an invitation
1:24:09like this if you want to go then you can
1:24:12say sure that sounds great and then you
1:24:16can follow this up with what time and
1:24:19where this is a very useful phrase for
1:24:22when you want to casually ask about time
1:24:24and place so I would memorize
1:24:28it however what do you do if you want to
1:24:31refuse an invitation like this without
1:24:34hurting the person's
1:24:35feelings well instead of saying no
1:24:38straight out it's best to say that
1:24:40you're not sure first of all though say
1:24:44something like that sounds really fun
1:24:47but then add I'm not sure if I can let's
1:24:52catch up another time soon though
1:24:54even if this isn't strictly true it is a
1:24:57more polite way to refuse an invitation
1:25:00than a flat out
1:25:01no now it's time for Gina's tips in this
1:25:05lesson we took care not to be too
1:25:07forward when asking someone to do
1:25:09something but of course this all depends
1:25:12on the personality of the person you're
1:25:14asking if they're a friendly forward
1:25:16person you don't have to worry so much
1:25:19about being too direct just say do you
1:25:22want to see a film this weekend but even
1:25:25in this situation a good tip is to add
1:25:28in the super useful word maybe to take
1:25:30some pressure off do you maybe want to
1:25:33see a film this
1:25:35weekend do you know how to use um Billow
1:25:39words in English I'll be waiting for you
1:25:41with the answer in the final British
1:25:44English in 3 minutes lesson in this
1:25:46series we're going to learn some easy
1:25:49ways to ask and answer common questions
1:25:51in English it's really useful
1:25:54and it only takes 3 minutes in the final
1:25:58lesson in this series you're going to
1:26:00learn some of the things that native
1:26:02speakers say to make your English sound
1:26:05perfectly
1:26:06fluent so this is the last British
1:26:09English in three minutes lesson for this
1:26:11series I hope you've learned a lot in
1:26:15this lesson we're going to look at some
1:26:17words that are a feature of spontaneous
1:26:20fluent English speech they're known as
1:26:22filler words you probably have these in
1:26:25your native language too words that
1:26:28don't have any meaning but that fill a
1:26:31pause in the conversation while you
1:26:33think about what to say next you may not
1:26:36even be aware you're using them in your
1:26:39native language however one of the
1:26:42quickest ways to remind the person
1:26:44you're speaking to that you're not a
1:26:46native speaker of English is to slip
1:26:48back into using one of these filler
1:26:50words in your native
1:26:52language so now we're going to introduce
1:26:55a few of these common filler words in
1:26:57English you will hear these a lot when
1:27:00you're speaking to native English
1:27:02speakers but this doesn't mean you
1:27:04should use them all the time
1:27:06yourself they can make your speech sound
1:27:08fluent and natural equally though using
1:27:12these too much can sound very
1:27:15irritating some examples of filler words
1:27:18are sounds like um uh uh so using these
1:27:24in a sentence would sound like I'm going
1:27:28to um Edinburgh this weekend but we also
1:27:31have actual words and phrases that serve
1:27:34as filler words some of the most widely
1:27:37used are you know what I mean uh
1:27:41actually
1:27:42basically I guess of course if you know
1:27:47what I
1:27:47mean and so on and so on however the
1:27:52most overused filler word is without out
1:27:54a doubt like hey that's like a really
1:27:58cool haircut she's like such a cool
1:28:01person this usage of like has absolutely
1:28:04no meaning you will hear it a lot
1:28:07especially if you're speaking to younger
1:28:09people those under 30 but you should try
1:28:12to avoid overusing it as it can make
1:28:14your speech sound too colloquial and
1:28:19uneducated but there's actually another
1:28:21use of like which you may not be aware
1:28:23of
1:28:24it's used to quote speech in
1:28:26conversation in your grammar textbook
1:28:29you probably had some sample sentences
1:28:32like this he told me he was going to see
1:28:35a film this weekend or he said he was
1:28:38going to see a film this weekend or he
1:28:40said I'm going to see a film this
1:28:42weekend but I'll tell you a secret it is
1:28:46very very common for younger native
1:28:48English speakers to quote using the
1:28:50phrase was like for example he was like
1:28:55I'm going to see a film this weekend to
1:28:57expand this further you might even
1:29:00overhear something like this he was like
1:29:03I'm going to see a film this weekend
1:29:05would you like to come and I was like I
1:29:08don't know I'm sort of busy and he was
1:29:10like okay maybe next time did you follow
1:29:13all that now I'm not suggesting you copy
1:29:16this way of speaking exactly but please
1:29:19be aware that he was like and I was like
1:29:23is a very common
1:29:24if not a slightly lazy way of quoting
1:29:26speech in Modern English and throwing in
1:29:29a he was like and I was like every now
1:29:32and again will make you sound like a
1:29:34totally fluent young native English
1:29:38speaker now it's time for Gina's tips I
1:29:42said that these filler words don't mean
1:29:44anything and that they can sound
1:29:46annoying when you use them too much but
1:29:49actually they can have an important
1:29:51function as well as giving you time to
1:29:53decide decide what to say next they also
1:29:56help you to keep your turn when speaking
1:29:59as opposed to going quiet and possibly
1:30:01allowing someone else to jump in and
1:30:04start talking they can also weaken or
1:30:07soften what you're saying which can work
1:30:09either positively or
1:30:11negatively if you're saying something
1:30:14important that you want people to take
1:30:16seriously you should try to avoid using
1:30:19fillers but if you're telling someone
1:30:22something difficult or if you're
1:30:24expressing some strong feeling it might
1:30:27be good to throw in a like or a you
1:30:31know I'm worried about you sounds very
1:30:35serious and heavy whilst I'm sort of
1:30:38worried about you sounds much gentler
1:30:40and less heavy on the opposite side
1:30:44adding a you know at the end of a
1:30:46sentence can actually underline and
1:30:49strengthen what you're saying as in I'm
1:30:51worried about you you know
1:30:54this is the last British English in
1:30:57three minutes lesson but it's hopefully
1:30:59not the last you learn about the English
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