ENGLISH SPEAKING COURSE FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE Copyright 2019 - All Rights Reserved – EnglishwithRich.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated and signed permission from the author. TABLE OF CONTENTS ENGLISH SPEAKING COURSE MEET RICH FREE COURSE YOUTUBE LEARN ENGLISH IN YOUR SLEEP ENGLISH BASICS VIDEOS 0 BASIC PHRASES QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Emergencies 1 HELLO QUESTIONS & PHRASES Greetings Informal Common Questions Introductions CONVERSATION Meeting Someone New 2 CATCHING UP WITH A FRIEND QUESTIONS & PHRASES CONVERSATION Catching Up with a Friend 3 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Technical Difficulties CONVERSATION Teleconference - Technical Difficulties 4 WEATHER QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY General Condensation Precipitation Air Movement Direction Describing Weather Describing Temperature Indoor Temperature Describing Moisture Measurements Seasons Severe Weather Effects of Extreme Weather CONVERSATION Vancouver Weather 5 FOOD QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Restaurant VOCABULARY Meals Utensils Vegetables Fruit Meat Seafood Eggs & Dairy Nuts Legumes Grains Oils Seasonings Condiments Appetizers American Entrees Degree of Doneness Drinks Beer Wine Alcohol Desserts CONVERSATION Talking About Food 6 DESCRIBING FOOD QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY Temperature Preparation Method Appearance Smell Taste Texture Health Popular Ethnic Cuisines CONVERSATION Food Arrives at Your Table 7 NATIONALITIES QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY Adjective - Noun CONVERSATION Purchasing International Products 8 WORK QUESTIONS & PHRASES CONVERSATION Talking about Work 9 ADVICE QUESTIONS & PHRASES Asking for Advice CONVERSATION Asking for Career Advice 10 FAMILY QUESTIONS & PHRASES Relationships Family Members VOCABULARY Relationship Status Significant Other Past Significant Other Family Members Family Situation Children Wedding CONVERSATION Talking about Family 11 PETS QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY Domestic Dog Breeds Cat Breeds Young Animals Describing Animals Animal Sounds CONVERSATION Talking about Pets 12 DESCRIBING PEOPLE QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY Age Overall Appearance Height Weight Head Facial Hair Hair Hair Color Eyes Body Skin Positive Personality Characteristics Neutral Personality Characteristics Negative Personality Characteristics CONVERSATION Talking about a Recent Date 13 EMOTIONS QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Bereavement Expressing Sympathy VOCABULARY Positive Emotions Neutral Emotions Negative Emotions CONVERSATION A Death in the Family 14 CELEBRATIONS / HOLIDAYS QUESTIONS & PHRASES Common Phrases Holidays VOCABULARY American Holidays CONVERSATION Recent Promotion 15 FREE TIME QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY Activities Beach Activities Outdoor Activities (warm weather) Outdoor Activities (cold weather) CONVERSATION Leisure Time 16 SPORTS QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY General Participants Sports CONVERSATION World Cup 17 MOVIES QUESTIONS & PHRASES Common Phrases VOCABULARY General Genres Positive Descriptions Neutral Descriptions Negative Descriptions CONVERSATION Talking about Movies 18 TV / SERIES QUESTIONS & PHRASES VOCABULARY General Genres Descriptions CONVERSATION Game of Thrones 19 MUSIC QUESTIONS & PHRASES General VOCABULARY General Genres Elements of Music Describing Music Instruments CONVERSATION Music 20 READING QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Plot Structure Characters Ending Non-Fiction VOCABULARY General Genres Describing Books CONVERSATION Harry Potter 21 GOODBYE PHRASES General Informal OTHER BOOKS WANT FREE STUFF? MEET RICH Hello, my name is Rich. I’m from the United States, but I live in Vancouver, Canada.
I was an environmental scientist in Alaska before I became an English teacher. I have taught English to thousands of students from over 65 different countries. Now I would like to teach you! My goal is simple: I want to help you speak English like a native. So, let’s get started! FREE COURSE The videos for this book are far more important than the book itself.
They will help you to speak fluent English like a native. It’s important to watch the videos for at least 5 minutes every day. You need to hear and speak English in order to improve, and the videos will help you do that. The course has all the videos for this book, so you can follow along and practice your speaking, listening, and pronunciation.
Click the link below to access your course. FREE Course YOUTUBE There are hundreds of YouTube channels that will help you to learn English, but there are only a few that will help you to speak English like a native. If you want to learn how to speak American English, then subscribe to my YouTube channel. LEARN ENGLISH IN YOUR SLEEP Retain what you’ve learned with sleep videos! ENGLISH BASIC S VIDEOS I’m assuming most students know the very basics of English, but just in case, I’ve included videos to cover them.
Even if you know these topics, they’re still good for practicing your pronunciation, especially the Ordinal Numbers 1st – 31st video, which will help you to pronounce “th ”. The Alphabet Cardinal Numbers 1 – 100 Ordinal Numbers 1st – 31st Days of the week Months of the year 0 BASIC PHRASES QUESTIONS & PHRASES General Yes. You’re welcome. Cheers! Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Where is it? What is it? How much is it? I’m sorry, what? Emergencies Help! Fire! Look out! Call the police! Leave me alone! I’m hurt.
I need the police. Where is the hospital? May I use your phone? 1 HELLO QUESTIONS & PHRASES Greetings Hello. What’s up! How’s it going? It’s going. It’s going well.
It’s going good. Common Questions How are you? I’m good. And you? How about you? What’s your name? (Your name ). My name’s Seth.
My name’s Henry. Where are you from? I’m from + (location ). Whereabouts? What brings you to + ( location )? What bring you to New York? I’m here on vacation. I’m here on business.
How long are you here for? I’m here for + (duration ). I’m here for three months. I’m here for two weeks. I’m just here for two days.
Introductions Let me introduce you to my + (noun ). Let me introduce you to my friend. Let me introduce you to my co-workers. Let me introduce you to my husband.
Let me introduce you to + (name ). Let me introduce you to Peter. Let me introduce you to my boss, Alan. Let me introduce you to Alan, my boss.
This is Chris. This is Henry. It’s nice to meet you. It’s nice to meet you, too.
Have you met + ( name )? Have you met Peter? Yes, we’ve met. No, we haven’t. CONVERSATION Meeting Someone New Hello! Hi! How are you? I’m good. And you? I’m good.
Beautiful weather today. Yeah, it’s much better than yesterday. I’m still not used to the rain. Oh, are you not from here? No.
Where are you from? I’m from the US. Whereabouts? Los Angeles. What brings you to Canada? I’m here on vacation. Oh, great! How long are you here for? Just 4 days.
That’s plenty of time to explore the city. Hopefully the weather stays like this for the rest of your trip. (turns to walk away) Enjoy your stay! Thanks. 2 CATCHING UP WITH A FRIEND QUESTIONS & PHRASES Long time no see! It’s so good to see you.
It’s so good to see you, too. I was just thinking about you. How have you been? I’ve been ______. I’ve been good.
I’ve been really busy. I’ve been better. How’s life? It’s good. What have you been up to? Not much.
Same old, same old. I’ve been working on a new project. How is your day going? Not so well. It’s going well.
It’s going really well. How is your family doing? My family is doing well, thanks for asking. They are doing well. Everyone is doing well except for my brother.
He has been feeling very sick lately. Are you still working at the same place? Yes, I am. No, I am working at Google now. How is work going? It’s going.
It’s going alright. It has been really stressful. It’s going well. Anything new happen lately? Has anything new happened lately? Nah, same old, same old.
Yeah, my daughter got a new job. How was your day? It was ______. It was good. It was busy.
How was your weekend? It was ______. It was relaxing. It was great. What did you do? Nothing special.
I had to work. I went to my parent’s house for dinner. CONVERSATION Catching Up with a Friend Hey, how are you? I’m good. How have you been? I’ve been well, thanks.
How’s your family doing? They’re doing well! Jack just graduated high school, and Lindsay just bought her first car. That’s exciting! I’m happy for them. Thanks! How’s Haley doing? She’s doing great! She’s been really busy at work. She still works at the university, right? Yep, she’s still teaching there.
And what about you? What have you been up to? Same old, same old. I’ve just been working a lot. How’s your work going? It’s going great! I just got a promotion! That’s fantastic, congratulations! Thank you! Yeah, I’m excited! I have to run. Haley’s waiting on me.
It was really good seeing you again. Yeah, it was good seeing you, too! 3 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS & PHRASES General I understand. Could you speak slower, please? Could you repeat, please? Could you say that again? Could you write that down? Could you type it? Could you show me? How do you spell it? English isn’t my native language. I don’t speak English.
I don’t speak Chinese. How do you say __________ in English? How do you say feliz in English? How do you say 快乐 in English? What do you mean? I mean ________. What does __________ mean? What does feliz mean? It means ________. Do you speak + ( language )? Do you speak English? Do you speak Japanese? Do you speak Portuguese? Technical Difficulties Present There’s a lot of background noise.
There’s a lot of static. The + (what? ) + is cutting out. The internet connection is cutting out. The audio is cutting out.
(Who?) + can’t see you. I can’t see you. We can’t see you. (Who?) + can’t hear you.
I can’t hear you. We can’t hear you. Could you try + (gerund ) + _________? Could you try refreshing? Could you try turning off your camera? Maybe we should reschedule. Past The connection dropped.
The + (what? ) + cut out. The audio cut out. The video cut out. (Who?) + couldn’t hear you.
I couldn’t hear you. We couldn’t hear you. Could you repeat that, please? CONVERSATION Teleconference - Technical Difficulties Hello? Can you hear me OK? Yes, I can hear you loud and clear. I don’t have a lot of time, so let’s jump into it.
First, our sales have been slumping and we need… I’m sorry. Could you speak slower, please? English isn’t my native language. Our sales have been slumping, and we need to figure out some ways to increase sales ASAP. I’m sorry, what does ASAP mean? It means as soon as possible.
Oh OK, yeah, we can think of some ways to increase sales. In addition, *************** I’m sorry, the audio cut out. Could you repeat, please? ************* I can’t hear you. There’s a lot of static.
Could you try turning off your camera? ************* I still can’t hear you. Maybe we should reschedule. ************* Yeah, let’s reschedule. I’ll send you an email.
4 WEATHER QUESTIONS & PHRASES It’s + (adjective ). It’s a beautiful day. It’s a rainy day. What’s the weather like? It’s ____________.
It’s sunny and warm. What’s the temperature? It’s + (number ) + degrees + (temperature scale ). It’s 5 degrees Celsius. It’s 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
What’s the weather supposed to be like? I don’t know. It’s supposed to ____________. It’s supposed to rain today. It’s supposed to be nice.
It’s supposed to clear up this afternoon. What’s the weather like in the summer? It’s ____________. It’s really hot. What’s the weather like in the winter? It’s rainy during the winter.
It snows a lot. It’s wetter than the summer. What’s the average temperature? It’s + (usually / normally / typically) + around + (number ) + degrees + (temperature scale ). It’s usually around 5 degrees Celsius.
It’s normally around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
