Five Basic Facts These five questions will help you get to know people.

They are simple questions with simple answers and provide information so you can ask more questions. What is your name? Where do you live? What do you do? Are you married? Where are you from? More questions for ... These questions help to continue the conversation after your first question. "What is your name?" It's a pleasure to meet you. Where are you from? That's an interesting name. Is it Chinese / French / Indian, etc.? "Where do you live?" How long have you lived there? Do you like that neighborhood? Do you live in an apartment or house? "What do you do?" Which company do you work for? How long have you had that job? Do you like your job? What's the best / worst thing about your job? What do you like best / least about your job? "Are you married?" How long have been married? Where did you get married? What does your husband / wife do? Do you have any children? "Where are you from?" Where is ....? How long did you live there?

What is XYZ like? Do you like living here? Hobbies / Free Time These questions will help you continue conversations and find out more about people's likes and dislikes. What do you like doing in your free time? Can you play tennis / golf / soccer / etc.? What kind of films / food / vacations do you enjoy? What do you do on weekends / Saturdays? More questions for ... These questions will help you ask for more detail. "What do you like doing in your free time?" How often do you (listen to music, eat out in restaurants, etc.)? Where do you (listen to music, eat out in restaurants, etc.) in this town? Why do you like (listening to music, eating out in restaurants, etc.) so much? "Can you play tennis / golf / soccer / etc.?" Do you enjoy playing tennis /golf /soccer /etc.? How long have you played tennis /golf /soccer /etc.? Who do you play tennis /golf /soccer /etc. with? "What kind of films / food / vacations do you enjoy?" What's the best place to see /eat / go on vacations? What's the best type of film /food / vacation, etc. in your opinion? How often do you watch films / eat out / go on vacation? "What do you do on weekends / Saturdays?" Where do you go to ...? Could you recommend a good place to (go shopping / take my children swimming / etc.)? How long have you done that?

Useful English Phrases at the Airport

1) Buying a ticket I'd like to reserve two seats to New York. Will that be one way or round trip? How much is a round trip ticket? It's $819. Will you pay by check or by credit card? Here's my Visa Card. Can we get an aisle seat please? You can choose your seat when you check in. 2) Checking In Can I see your ticket and passport, please? Here they are. Can we get one seat near the aisle? Yes, that's no problem. You're in seats 27B and 27C. Thanks. Where do we go next? Go to Gate A8, straight ahead then turn left.

3) On the Airplane Would you like something to drink? Could I have Coke with no ice? Here you are. Please fill out this form before the plane lands. What is this form for? It's a Customs and Immigration form. You will use that in the airport before you can enter the country. 4) The Arrival Thank you for flying East West Airlines! I had a good trip. Thanks for your help. It was our pleasure and we hope to see you again. 5) Getting through Customs Do you have anything to declare? I just have one bottle of wine. It's a gift for my friend. How much wine is in the bottle? It contains 750ml.

 That's fine. Have a nice stay. 6) Getting your luggage At which carrousel will our luggage be? At number 5, over there. Great! I'll get a cart right away. Be sure you have your luggage ticket. Yes, it's right here attached to my plane ticket. 7) Going through Immigration What's in the small bag? I have a laptop computer and some books. Could you open it please and turn on your computer. Sure. It will take a few moments to boot up. Okay, everything seems okay. You can go. 8) Get out! Excuse me, where can I get a taxi? Go down to the end of the hall and the taxis are waiting just outside. Thank you! Karin and Ken were going to Atlanta. They called the from Karin's house. Because the , Karin ran

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