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  • Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

  • Are you ready to answer and ask some of the most common questions in English and feel

  • confident while you do it?

  • Let's go.

  • What do you do?

  • If I asked you this question, would you freeze and think, "What am I doing?

  • I'm watching a video?"

  • Okay, no, the question, "What do you do?" is not asking what are you doing right now,

  • it is an extremely specific question that only has one correct answer.

  • If I asked you this, would your heart start to beat a little bit?

  • What do I do?

  • What do you do?

  • What do you do?

  • Well, never fear.

  • In today's lesson, you are going to master the question, "What do you do?" and also 50

  • of the most common questions in daily English conversation.

  • I know that this lesson might be a little bit overwhelming.

  • 50 questions.

  • So I have created for you a free PDF download with all of today's questions, all of the

  • sample answers.

  • And at the end of the PDF is my little challenge for you so that you can practice what you've

  • learned.

  • Make sure you click on the link below this video to download the free PDF worksheet for

  • today's lesson.

  • It is my gift to you.

  • Are you ready to get started?

  • Let's start with some greetings.

  • I'm going to say each question and answer two times.

  • The first time, I want you to listen.

  • The second time, I want you to speak out loud and say it with me.

  • Practice your speaking muscles and your pronunciation.

  • You will grow and gain confidence with this style.

  • Are you ready?

  • How's it going?

  • Pretty good, and you?

  • One more time.

  • Say it with me.

  • How's it going?

  • Pretty good, and you?

  • How you doing?

  • I'm good, how are you?

  • How you doing?

  • I'm good, how are you?

  • You doing okay?

  • I'm doing all right, how about you?

  • You doing okay?

  • I'm all right, how about you?

  • Notice that a lot of these questions send back the question by saying, "How about you?"

  • You're returning the question.

  • See this in the next one.

  • How you've been?

  • I've been doing well, how about you?

  • Great.

  • You don't need to repeat, "How you've been?" to the other person.

  • You can just say, "How about you?"

  • Let's practice it together.

  • How you've been?

  • I've been doing well, how about you?

  • What's been going on?

  • Not much, how about you?

  • Say it with me.

  • What's been going on?

  • Not much, how about you?

  • What's new?

  • Not a lot, what's new with you?

  • Say it with me.

  • What's new?

  • Not a lot, what's new with you?

  • Let's go on to some weather questions.

  • What's it like out there?

  • It's cloudy.

  • I think it might rain later.

  • Say it with me.

  • What's it like out there?

  • It's cloudy.

  • I think it might rain later.

  • Crazy weather we're having, huh?

  • Notice this question just ends with, "huh?" because you want the other person to hopefully

  • agree with you.

  • So what can you respond to this question with?

  • You might say, "Yeah, it's been so windy."

  • Let's say it together.

  • Crazy weather we're having, huh?

  • Yeah, it's been so windy.

  • Is it hot enough for you?

  • Almost.

  • This question is very sarcastic.

  • If the weather is extremely hot and you ask, "Is it hot enough for you?"

  • It's a little bit of a silly question, so you can reply to this with, "Almost.

  • It's not hot enough for me.

  • I want it to be hotter."

  • So you can say, "Almost," but you're really acknowledging it is so incredibly hot.

  • So try to say this with me.

  • Is it hot enough for you almost?

  • Almost.

  • Can you believe how hot it is?

  • So crazy.

  • I can't believe it.

  • Maybe it's February and it's extremely hot.

  • This is very strange.

  • That you could ask this question.

  • Say it with me.

  • Can you believe how hot it is?

  • So crazy.

  • I can't believe how hot it is.

  • I can't believe it.

  • Let's talk about some weekend questions.

  • If you would like to practice some weekend questions with me in a speaking conversation

  • format, you can watch this video up here I made, Speak With Me About Your Weekend Plans.

  • Let's review some of those questions.

  • What you've got going on this weekend?

  • I'm going to go have dinner and a movie.

  • Say it with me.

  • What you've got going on this weekend?

  • I'm going to go have dinner and a movie.

  • How about you?

  • Let's add that question to ask the other person.

  • Say it with me.

  • How about you?

  • You doing anything fun this weekend?

  • Yeah, my family's coming to visit.

  • How about you?

  • Great.

  • Can you say this with me?

  • You doing anything fun this weekend?

  • Yeah, my family's coming to visit.

  • How about you?

  • What time are you going to head over here?

  • I think I'll leave my house around 8:00.

  • Does that work for you?

  • This is a great question when someone is coming to your house or coming to the location where

  • you are and you want to know, "Hey, when are you going to be here?"

  • You can ask this question.

  • Say it with me.

  • What time are you going to head over here?

  • I think I'll leave my house around 8:00.

  • Does that work for you?

  • Where do you want to meet up?

  • Let's meet at the park at 7:00.

  • Does that work with you?

  • This is a great question to ask.

  • Say it with me.

  • Where do you want to meet up?

  • Let's meet at the park at 7:00.

  • Does that work with you?

  • You can also substitute when for where.

  • When do you want to meet up?

  • Where do you want to meet up?

  • Great, you're making plans to get together.

  • You want to grab dinner?

  • Sure.

  • Where do you want to go?

  • This is inviting someone to share a meal with you.

  • Ask it with me.

  • You want to grab dinner?

  • Sure.

  • Where do you want to go?

  • You want to do dinner?

  • Sure.

  • What's a good time for you?

  • To do dinner, this is a great way to form this question.

  • You're asking if they want to join you for a meal.

  • Another way to say that.

  • Say it with me.

  • You want to do dinner?

  • Sure.

  • What's a good time for you?

  • Next, let's talk about job questions.

  • Are you ready?

  • What do you do?

  • I'm a teacher.

  • I teach students online to speak confidently and clearly in English.

  • This was the question at the beginning of this lesson, "What do you do?"

  • It's just, "What's your job?"

  • But in daily conversation, we hardly ever ask directly, "What's your job?"

  • Instead, we ask, "What do you do?"

  • This happens in almost every bit of small talk.

  • Every time you meet someone for the first time, they'll ask you, "What do you do?"

  • And you can ask this question now, too.

  • So let me know in the comments, what do you do.

  • What's your day job?

  • I run my own business from home.

  • What about you?

  • A day job is something that you do to make money.

  • Maybe you're a farmer, but you don't make much money being a farmer, so your day job

  • is a video editor.

  • Okay, you have two jobs, but your day job is the one that sustains you financially.

  • Ask it with me.

  • What's your day job?

  • I have an online business at home.

  • Great.

  • What field are you in?

  • I'm in software engineering.

  • What about you?

  • This is a great question and a more general job question.

  • Ask it with me.

  • What field are you in?

  • I'm in software engineering.

  • What about you?

  • What's it like to work there?

  • I love it.

  • It's so challenging.

  • Every day there's something new.

  • Can you ask this question with me?

  • What's it like to work there?

  • I love it.

  • It's challenging and every day there's something new.

  • If you would like to grow your vocabulary and speak more confidently about your job,

  • don't miss this video, "How to Pronounce 100 jobs in English."

  • Next, let's talk about some common questions in the office.

  • You got a minute?

  • Sure.

  • What's up?

  • Great question for interrupting someone and asking them a question.

  • Ask it with me.

  • You got a minute?

  • Sure.

  • What's up?

  • What have you got for me?

  • Here's the report you asked for.

  • Great.

  • Say it with me.

  • What have you got for me?

  • Here's the report you asked for.

  • When you have a sec, can I ask you something?

  • Sure, I'll be free in just a minute.

  • This is great.

  • You're interrupting someone politely.

  • When you have a sec, can I ask you something?

  • Sure, I'll be free in just a minute.

  • Are we on the same page?

  • I want to make sure that we understand each other correctly.

  • This is great.

  • Understanding on the same page.

  • Are we on the same page?

  • I want to make sure that we're understanding each other correctly.

  • The next one is a silly one.

  • Working hard or hardly working?

  • This question is unfortunately very common in the workplace usually between coworkers.

  • Usually, a boss will not ask an employee this.

  • The first one, working hard means you're diligent.

  • You're doing a lot.

  • But what about the opposite?

  • Hardly working means that you're only doing a little bit of work.

  • Maybe if you look like you're relaxing at your desk, someone might say this, "Hey, working

  • hard or hardly working?"

  • Usually, you don't want to say the last one, hardly working, even if it's true.

  • So usually, you should say the first one, "Working hard.

  • Yeah."

  • Next, let's talk about some common small talk questions that you can use all the time.

  • Do you come here often?

  • I do, it's the best.

  • And you?

  • Say it with me.

  • Do you come here often?

  • I do, it's the best.

  • And you?

  • Do you live in this area?

  • No, I don't, I'm just visiting some friends.

  • How about you?

  • Do you live in this area?

  • No, I don't, I'm just visiting some friends.

  • How about you?

  • How long have you been coming here?

  • It's my first time here.

  • What about you?

  • Ask it with me.

  • How long have you been coming here?

  • It's my first time.

  • How about you?

  • How do you know Dan?

  • We went to college together.

  • And you?

  • This is a great way if you have a mutual friend with someone else.

  • You can ask what is their connection to that other person.

  • Let's practice that together.

  • How do you know Dan?

  • We went to college together.

  • How about you?

  • Next, let's talk about some health questions.

  • You might ask these or hear these if you get hurt.

  • Notice that we don't ask, "How about you?

  • What about you?" because it's not really a casual, chatty conversation.

  • You were just concerned only about one person, not about the other.

  • So you can ask, "You don't look so hot.

  • You feeling okay?"

  • Yeah, I think I'll be all right.

  • This is a great question.

  • When you say hot, you don't mean their temperature, you don't mean their looks.

  • You're just saying, "You don't look very healthy.

  • Maybe you seem like you'll be sick.

  • Maybe you seem like you didn't sleep well."

  • Let's ask this question together.

  • You don't look so hot.

  • You feeling okay?

  • Yeah, I think I'll be all right.

  • You going to be okay?

  • Yeah, I think I just need to rest.

  • Maybe if you trip or you fall down or you're coughing a lot or there's some kind of problems,

  • someone might say, "You going to be okay?"

  • Yeah, I think so.

  • I just need to rest.

  • When you go to the doctor or maybe a friend might even ask you, "Where does it hurt?"

  • We might say, "It hurts between my neck and shoulders."

  • Where does it hurt?

  • It hurts between my neck and shoulders.

  • Next, let's talk about some common questions that you might ask in your home, especially

  • to other people who live there.

  • Can you do the dishes?

  • Sure, will you sweep the floor?

  • Say it with me.

  • Can you do the dishes?

  • Sure, will you sweep the floor?

  • Will you make the bed?

  • I will, after I have coffee.

  • Say it with me.

  • Will you make the bed?

  • I will, but after I have coffee.

  • Can you get the door?

  • Yeah, one second.

  • What is "get the door"?

  • This means someone is knocking on the door and you're asking someone else in the house

  • to open the door.

  • Can you get the door?

  • You might even say, "Did you hear the door?"

  • The door is not talking, it just means someone is knocking possibly on your door.

  • Say it with me.

  • Can you get the door?

  • Yeah, in just a second.

  • What's for dinner?

  • No clue.

  • I thought you were cooking.

  • Is this a common question in your house?

  • Say it with me.

  • What's for dinner?

  • No clue.

  • I thought you were cooking.

  • Can you give me a hand with the trash?

  • Yeah, no problem.

  • "Can you give me a hand with" is a great way to ask someone to help you.

  • It's very polite and it's used in daily conversation.

  • Say it with me.

  • Can you give me a hand with the trash?

  • Yeah, no problem.

  • Will you ever clean up your stuff?

  • Fine, I'll do it after this game.

  • Do you get the tone here?

  • Will you ever clean up your stuff?

  • It's very angry and passive aggressive, so only say this if you're feeling very angry.

  • Will you ever clean up your stuff?

  • And the other person is a little bit angry too and says, "Fine, I'll do it after this

  • game."

  • Fine is not a positive thing to say.

  • Instead, it's just, "I don't want to argue about this.

  • Fine."

  • Next, let's talk about some food related questions.

  • What are you in the mood for?

  • Does pizza sound okay with you?

  • "Whatcha" is "what are you."

  • You're asking, "What would you like to eat?"

  • What are you in the mood for?

  • Does pizza sound okay to you?

  • What sounds good to you?

  • I feel like something light.

  • What sounds good to you?

  • We're not talking about sound, we're talking about what do you want to eat.

  • It's another way to ask this question.

  • What do you want to eat?

  • Do you want to eat something heavy and fried, or something light and not too heavy?

  • Say it with me.

  • What sounds good to you?

  • I feel like something light.

  • What sounds good to you?

  • Let's imagine that you're at a restaurant and you ordered something and then you realized

  • that you wanted to change your mind.

  • You ordered a side of French fries, and then you realize, "No, I should get something healthier."

  • What can you say to change your order?

  • You can ask this question, "Actually, can I get the salad instead?"

  • Of course the waiter will say yes, but it's still polite to ask, "Can I?"

  • Can I get the salad instead?

  • And your waiter will probably say, "Sure.

  • Anything else I can get for you?"

  • Can you ask that with me?

  • Actually, can I get the salad instead?

  • Sure.

  • Anything else I can get for you?

  • Next, let's talk about asking for directions.

  • It's very important to ask the right questions to get to the right place and to answer them

  • accurately.

  • Where are you headed?

  • I'm looking for the park.

  • Is it around here?

  • Where are you headed?

  • This is asking, "Where are you going?"

  • We often use the verb "to head" to mean, "This is where I'm going."

  • I'm heading to the park.

  • Let's ask this question together.

  • Where are you headed?

  • I'm looking for the park.

  • Is it around here?

  • Can you tell me where the bank is?

  • It's two streets over at the intersection.

  • You can't miss it.

  • When someone says, "You can't miss it," usually that means you'll probably miss it.

  • It's not so obvious.

  • But let's ask this question together.

  • Can you tell me where the bank is?

  • Yes, it's two streets over at the intersection.

  • You can't miss it.

  • How far is the nearest grocery store?

  • Not far, it's right down the street, on the left.

  • Right down the street, on the left.

  • Sometimes we use the word "right" to mean close.

  • So it's not very far, it's down the street.

  • But when we add the word "right," you get the feeling of it's close.

  • It's not all the way down the street, it's just right on the street, but it's actually

  • on the left.

  • Very interesting.

  • Let's ask this question together.

  • How far is the nearest grocery store?

  • Not far, it's right down the street on the left.

  • Is there a gas station around here?

  • No, you have to drive 10 minutes to get to the nearest gas station.

  • Ask it with me.

  • Is there a gas station around here?

  • No, you have to drive 10 minutes to get to the nearest gas station.

  • For our final five common conversation questions, these are bonus expressions.

  • I'd like to call them conversation nudges.

  • A nudge is like a push and it helps keep the conversation going.

  • You're not exactly asking for specific information, you're just asking them to continue talking

  • about what they were saying.

  • These questions we sometimes use when there's some surprising information.

  • Let me give you a little example.

  • I have a friend who has been going on some dates that she found on Tinder.

  • Well, I've been married for 11 years, so I don't really know about dating on Tinder,

  • dating online.

  • I don't know anything about that.

  • So when she told me that, I can ask her this question, "What's that like?"

  • I have no experience with it.

  • Is it scary to talk to someone who you haven't met in person?

  • Or is it exciting?

  • Is it thrilling?

  • What's that like?

  • And you're getting them to give you some more information.

  • "It's fine," or, "Yeah, I really don't like it."

  • You want to get some information by asking, "What's that like?" because I don't have experience

  • with that, and I want to know about your experience.

  • Let's imagine a similar situation.

  • Let's say that the same friend who's going on some dates she met on Tinder tells you...

  • Well, actually, she told me.

  • She went on a pretty nice date.

  • He was nice, they had a good time.

  • And at the end of the date, he says, "Hey, do you want to come back to my house?"

  • She wasn't very interested in going back to his house, at least not yet on the first date.

  • But before she could say anything, he said, "Well, I need to call my wife and ask if that's

  • okay with her."

  • What?

  • I haven't been on a date in a very long time, but I feel like this is probably not common,

  • right?

  • I hope not.

  • Not very normal.

  • So what kind of question can you ask in this type of shocking situation?

  • Let me give you a couple.

  • How did you feel about that?

  • So we're not assuming that your friend is upset at that, but I'm kind of imagining that

  • she is.

  • So you're asking, "What was your experience like?"

  • How did you feel about that?

  • If you want to be even more shocked, you could ask, "What's up with that?

  • Why wasn't he honest with you at the beginning?

  • What's up with that?"

  • And you're asking a question that doesn't really need a reply, because you are just

  • showing your feelings about this situation.

  • Or you could say, "What's that all about?

  • Or, "What's the deal?

  • Can't people just be honest at the beginning of a date and say, or even before you talk,

  • 'Hey, I'm married.

  • Is it okay if we go on a date?

  • My wife's okay with this.

  • We have an unusual relationship.'?"

  • Just be honest and upfront about this, because it's not exactly common, I would imagine.

  • So if someone tells you something shocking, you can ask one of these questions.

  • What's up with that?

  • What's the deal?

  • These are great ways to show you are shocked.

  • All right, congratulations on practicing all of those 50 questions.

  • How are you feeling?

  • You feeling okay?

  • Well, now I have a question for you.

  • Let me know in the comments, what do you do.

  • Do you remember what this question means?

  • If not, you'll have to go back and watch all this whole lesson again.

  • What do you do?

  • And don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet for this lesson so that you can

  • master all of these questions, answers, tips, and also answer my little challenge section

  • at the bottom of the PDF so that you can practice what you've learned.

  • Well, thank you so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday

  • for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

  • Bye.

  • The next step is to download the free PDF worksheet for this lesson.

  • With this free PDF, you will master today's lesson and never forget what you have learned.

  • You can be a confident English speaker.

  • Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for a free English lesson every Friday.

  • Bye.

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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