Regular English lessons contain key sentences for many different scenarios that are used in everyday life.
Greeting and General Things I
There are many ways to greet someone. We'll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson. I'll give a variety of example sentences.
Greeting someone you never met:
"Hi, my name is Steve. It's nice to meet you."
You can respond to this by saying,
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jack."
Another common question to ask is
"What do you do for a living?"
You can respond to this by saying,
"I work at a restaurant."
"I work at a bank."
"I work in a software company."
"I'm a dentist."
Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied that each person should say their name. But in case they don't, you can ask,
"What is your name?"
Many times, I don't hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,
"What was that again?"
"Excuse me?"
"Pardon me?"
Greeting Someone you know
"Hey John, how have you been?"
"Hi Bob, how are you?"
"Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?"
"Andy, it's been a long time, how are you man?"
If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,
"Hey Jack, it's good to see you. What are you doing here?"
or
"What a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?"
If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say, "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
Or at the movie theatre, "What movie did you come to see?"
Appropriate responses:
"Hi Steve, my name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as well."
"I heard a lot about you from John. He had a lot of good things to say."
"Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I'm doing pretty well. How about you?"
A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.
"Not too bad."
If asked what you have been up to, you can respond with, "Same ole same ole." Or, "The same as usual."
Here are some other example responses.
"I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
"I'm doing very well."
"I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done with it."
Restaurant Responses
"I've been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."
"I come pretty often. This is my favorite restaurant."
"I can't believe we haven't seen each other before. I come here at least twice a week."
Movie Response
"I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?"
Bored - General Phrases
Being bored means having nothing to do. When someone is bored, they often call people and try to entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a friend. So being bored is a good starting point for conversational English.
"Hey John, how have you been?"
"Hi Bob, how are you?"
"Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?"
"Andy, it's been a long time, how are you man?"
If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,
"Hey Jack, it's good to see you. What are you doing here?"
or
"What a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?"
If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say, "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
Or at the movie theatre, "What movie did you come to see?"
Appropriate responses:
"Hi Steve, my name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as well."
"I heard a lot about you from John. He had a lot of good things to say."
"Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I'm doing pretty well. How about you?"
A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.
"Not too bad."
If asked what you have been up to, you can respond with, "Same ole same ole." Or, "The same as usual."
Here are some other example responses.
"I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
"I'm doing very well."
"I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done with it."
Restaurant Responses
"I've been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."
"I come pretty often. This is my favorite restaurant."
"I can't believe we haven't seen each other before. I come here at least twice a week."
Movie Response
"I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?"
Bored - General Phrases
Being bored means having nothing to do. When someone is bored, they often call people and try to entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a friend. So being bored is a good starting point for conversational English.
| General Phrases "I'm dying from boredom." "I hate being bored." "I don't have anything to do." "My life is so boring." "Life is so boring." "I'm just watching TV until I find something to do." "I was bored all weekend." "I am so bored today." "I get bored very easily." "I get bored all the time." A common place to get bored is when you have to visit family members. "It's always boring whenever we go to our relatives." "It's nice to visit my grandmother, but it gets boring after a couple of hours." "My cousins are so boring. All they do is watch tv." "There's nothing to do in the country side. I'm always bored there." If you think you are a boring person, here is a way to say that you are boring. "I think I'm a little boring." "I'm a boring person." Boring can be used to describe someone. "He is a boring person." "His personality is very boring." "It's boring whenever she's around." Using bored to answer a question is very common. Here are some general questions that someone might ask. "How was your trip?" "How was your vacation?" "How was your weekend?" "How was the lecture?" "How was the class?" "How was the game?" Any of these types of questions can be answered with a simple answer. "It was pretty boring." "It was boring. I didn't do much." "It wasn't as fun as I thought. It was a little boring." "I was bored most of the time." "Because it was disorganized, we had too much extra time. I was bored during our free time."
Bored - Calling someone
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"I went to the airport yesterday."
"I met Bob last week."
"I was an hour late for my meeting."
"I went to the bus stop, but I was 30 seconds late. A person on the street told me the bus just went by."
"I completed that task this morning."
Speaking in the past requires past tense words. Let's take a closer examination for the sentences above.
As you can see by some of the examples in the chart, some words change when speaking in the past tense.
Besides some words that change, many times a word with the letter 'd' or 'ed' at the end changes the word to past tense. Here are some examples:
"I was being polite so I opened the door for him."
"I stapled the papers together to keep them organized."
"The paper ripped on the bottom, so I taped them together."
"I switched the presents around because I found out Jane doesn't like red lipstick."
"I was very interested in the topic so I paid close attention."
The tricky part is to know when to add a 'd' to the end of a word to make it past tense. There are exceptions that can cause confusion, for example,
"I rode my bike to school." It would be incorrect to say, 'I rided...'
"I built the house from scratch." Incorrect way is to say, 'I builded...'
"I sat on the chair next to the emergency exit." Incorrect way is to say, 'sitted...'
When asking questions about the past, you can ask questions like:
"I met Bob last week."
"I was an hour late for my meeting."
"I went to the bus stop, but I was 30 seconds late. A person on the street told me the bus just went by."
"I completed that task this morning."
Speaking in the past requires past tense words. Let's take a closer examination for the sentences above.
| Past Tense | Present Tense | Future Tense |
| Went | Go | Going to go |
| Met | Meet | Will meet |
| Was | Am | Going to be |
| Completed | Complete | Will complete |
As you can see by some of the examples in the chart, some words change when speaking in the past tense.
Besides some words that change, many times a word with the letter 'd' or 'ed' at the end changes the word to past tense. Here are some examples:
"I was being polite so I opened the door for him."
"I stapled the papers together to keep them organized."
"The paper ripped on the bottom, so I taped them together."
"I switched the presents around because I found out Jane doesn't like red lipstick."
"I was very interested in the topic so I paid close attention."
The tricky part is to know when to add a 'd' to the end of a word to make it past tense. There are exceptions that can cause confusion, for example,
"I rode my bike to school." It would be incorrect to say, 'I rided...'
"I built the house from scratch." Incorrect way is to say, 'I builded...'
"I sat on the chair next to the emergency exit." Incorrect way is to say, 'sitted...'
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| "How did you enjoy the movie?" "What time did you get home last night?" "How was your date with Jackie?" "How was the traffic going to the airport?" "What have you been up to?" "What did you do last weekend?" "How was the party?" "How come you didn't come to class yesterday?" "How did your presentation go?" Here are some ways you can answer these types of questions. Remember to use past tense because these actions already occurred. "How did you enjoy the movie?" "It was a long movie, but overall, the movie was great." "I really didn't like the movie. It was slow and boring." "I enjoyed the movie so much that I saw it again." "What time did you get home last night?" "I got home at two in the morning." "I didn't make it home until eleven last night." "I made it home at midnight." "How was your date with Jackie?" "The date went so well. We had dinner at a seafood restaurant. And then we saw a movie together." "I don't think it went too well. We hardly had anything to talk about. I really thought Jackie was bored to death." "The date was alright. She called me this morning to go out again, but I haven't responded yet." "What have you been up to?" "I just graduated from school so I'm happy that I'm done." "I met Jackie yesterday and we spent the evening together in a nice restaurant." "The only thing I have done in the last three months is computer games." "What did you do last weekend?" "Last weekend, I visited my parents." "I went golfing on Saturday. I shot a great score." "I stayed home and watched TV all weekend long." "How come you didn't come to class yesterday?" "I was very sick yesterday." "I missed the bus and by the time I got to campus, class was already over." "I slept in because I didn't hear the alarm ring." "How did your presentation go?" "It went ok. A few of the people asked some tough questions, but overall it was good." "I messed up so bad. I brought the wrong folder from my office so I didn't have any notes." "It was the best presentation of the day. My boss told me I was organized, focused, and spoke clearly."
Summer:
Depending on the location, summer can be warm and pleasant or unbearably hot and humid. Although you will describe summer in one particular way, you should be aware of how other people describe summer in different parts of the world. In Nevada, Arizona, Egypt, or other places that are like deserts, people might say, "Summer is very hot and dry. It's not so bad when we are in the shade." "Summer is extremely hot. The sun will burn you if you don't wear sunscreen." "Because it's not humid, it is easy to get used to." In Seattle, the summer is the best season, "Summer is the only time of year that it doesn't rain much." "Summer is like paradise in Seattle." "If summer wasn't so good here, I would move to a different city." In New York, Korea, or other hot and humid places, people can say, "Summer is both hot and humid here." "I am always sticky because I sweat so much during the summer." "Without air conditioning, I don't know how I would survive." Spring and Fall / Autumn From my perception, I noticed that spring and autumn are generally pleasant seasons for many areas of the world. I haven't heard enough to say one way or another, so I can only write down what I know. "My favorite season is autumn." "The only reason I don't like the fall is due to all the leaves I have to rake up." "Fall is so beautiful because of all the different color leaves everywhere." "It rains a lot around here during the fall." "It gets cold in late autumn." "In our country, autumn is just like summer. It's hot and humid." "My favorite season is spring because of the budding flowers." "I love the spring because it's not cold nor hot." "The spring season here causes a lot of people to sneeze due to all the flowers appearing. Many people with allergies hate the spring."
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