25 Phrases Every English Intermediate Learner Must-Know

cost when you are shopping. How much is this? How much is that? You probably don't need to use this as much because in most cases the price is clearly written in stores, but

every

once in a while you need to ask or talk to someone about the price in conversation. So how much is this or that? Can you change that? Of course, you can use the plural here. How much are these? How much are those in the present tense? And you can also ask about information in the past tense. How much was that? For example, how much did your car cost, how much did this apartment cost, or how much did those donuts cost?

It is a very important question. How much did your sandwich cost? Could you ask that too? How much does something cost? is another expression you can use but yeah, how much did your sandwich cost? Does it look good or how much for a dozen hamburgers to be sent to my office tomorrow at one? What did you say? What did you say? Native speakers use this all the time. You can use it to please. It's probably more important for you to use this expression and not feel bad about it. What did you say naturally? What did you say?

What did you say? What did you say is a question about the other person in the conversation? I just said that you couldn't understand it or that you think you heard something wrong or maybe you didn't understand something. They said what did you say? It's a little more polite than just what. So what did you say? Yes, whenever you need to confirm something someone else said, you can use What did you say? Try to use pleasant intonation with this as well. What did you say? What does that mean? What does that mean? Native speakers use it too.

As if we don't understand

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thing, as if sometimes everyone needs an explanation. So what does that mean? It's a great way to ask for it. What does that mean by fast? The speech is what does that mean? What does that mean? So the th in that becomes like an S or Z sound, what does that mean? Then it connects with that sound. What does that mean? What does that mean? So what does that mean? It's like you don't understand something that's written or maybe you don't understand the implications it means, like the background information of a situation.

So what does that mean or that you don't understand something someone else said? But they are gone. So you can't say what did you say? You asked someone else. What does that mean? What did that person just say? What does that mean? So what does that mean? It's another really important expression for students, especially I don't feel so good, I don't feel so good. So if you don't want to specifically say like my stomach hurts, my arm hurts, or my head hurts. You can say I don't feel so good. So this tends to be used more for stomach problems.

So I don't feel so good. I ate a huge lunch. I do not feel so well. Or maybe you ate something bad. I do not feel so well. We often use I don't feel so good when we actually suddenly feel very bad, as in the examples I mentioned, when we eat something and our body is not happy with it. And suddenly we feel bad. We could use the expression I don't feel so good. I need to go home. Then you can use this to talk about a sudden, unpleasant sensation in your body. I'm not feeling so good I need to go to a location I need to go to a location I need to go to a location is useful for About Aaron's.

So Aaron's are like little tasks. You have to do it all day long. We also use this expression when we urgently need to go to the bathroom, so you can say I need to go to the bathroom. That's great. That's a very natural and polite way to talk about going to the bathroom. Otherwise, when talking about your daily tasks, you can say I need to go to the bank I need to go to the store. I need to go to the car wash. I need to go to the pet sitter and pick him up. My neighbor's poodle.

Which gets very specific so you can talk about your Responsibilities with the need - yes, you can replace it with have - here I have to go to the bank I have to go to the store. Note also that when you want to use the negative form I don't have to or don't need to, you can, but make sure you use it with something. You have no responsibility to do so. I hear many students use expressions like I don't have to go to the bar today, for example, as if going to a bar is part of your regular responsibilities, as if you work in a bar. or like Part of your business is fine in a bar.

But if it's something you do occasionally, it sounds very unnatural to use. I don't have to go to the bar today, so we use this negatively for things we can naturally and reasonably expect to have. Responsibility to do so, so keep that in mind when using the negative form. Ok, go ahead I have to do it so my previous one was I need to go somewhere if you want to talk in general about responsibilities that you can use I have to I have to get up early in the morning I have to study for my tests.

I have to think of a new hairstyle for my cat Yesterday I had past tense I had to buy new clothes because my director was making fun of me for wearing shirts and they were falling apart on camera because that's how I love to shop. Yes, in the past tense I had to buy new clothes yesterday, or I had to go out in the rain yesterday. So again, I had some responsibility to do that. So the past tense had to be when are we leaving? When do we go? I included this here because it's a surprisingly common question, like when don't we leave?

When we go? That's something I hear sometimes like when are we going or when are we going or something like that, don't use them. Oh, I'm sorry, mr. iPad. Um, the question is when do we leave? So we use this when we are at an event? We are at a party where maybe at work, whatever, you go somewhere else with another person or with a group. When do we leave? When will we leave this place? In other words, such a natural pronunciation? When do we go? When do we go? When do we go? Well. So those are 25

intermediate

phrases

you should

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I hope they are useful to you. Many of the

phrases

I presented here are in the present tense. But remember that you can use them in the past tense and the future tense, so don't limit yourself to just the present. tense Make sure you step out of the present tense and think about the different ways you can use these expressions. To talk about the past and the future. Well, that's all for this lesson. Thanks so much for looking. Be sure to click the link in the description to learn more English at English class 101.com and if you liked the video.

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