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Sometimes, even when you know a lot of English, you can have
difficulty finding the right words or phrases to answer simple
questions. Here are 20 of the most common questions in English
each one with five sample responses.
General Questions
1. What do you do?
Im a student.
I work in a bank.
Im divorced.
Nope, Im single.
Nope is an informal way to say No.
3. Why are you studying English?
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For work.
I go running a lot.
I do volunteer work.
Not bad.
This means that things are OK.
I cant complain.
know? it means that things are going badly, but you are not sure if
the other person wants to listen to your problems or not.
10. How are you feeling?
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Im all right.
A little depressed.
Really awful.
You can say youre feeling awful for both physical and emotional
pain.
11. How was your day?
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Really good!
Pretty uneventful.
This means that nothing particularly special or interesting happened
during the day.
Very productive.
Super busy.
A total nightmare.
A nightmare is a terrible, scary dream. Describing an experience
as a nightmare means it was horrible.
12. Did you like the movie?
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It was fantastic.
It was terrible.
It wasnt bad.
This means can you help me? often with a physical task like
moving furniture or carrying a box.
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Of course!
Id be glad to.
This question means What have you been doing recently? you
can answer it in the present perfect continuous.
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Mostly studying.
Nothing much.
16. Whats the matter?
This means Whats the problem? you can ask it to someone who
appears sad or upset.
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Nothing, Im fine.
Restaurant Questions
17. What would you like to drink?
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To order means to ask the waiter/waitress for the food you want to
eat.
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Yes, Ill have a Caesar salad and then the baked chicken with
potatoes.
The most common way to order food is to say Ill have
While you are eating, the waiter/waitress will often come to your
table and ask this question to check if you need anything.
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The waiter/waitress will probably ask you this after you have
finished eating.
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