Everyday English
This is the place for English conversation! With these videos you’ll learn useful everyday English phrases for lots of different social situations.
It’s the kind of English you need if you’re going to travel, to make friends and get on well with people. Sometimes my students tell me that when they’re working with English speakers, it’s not the business conversation that’s hard. It’s the small talk and social conversation that are a challenge.
These videos will prepare you for all these things and they will also guide you on what it’s polite (and impolite) to say in English.
6 Useful Ways to Ask for Anything in English | Make Requests
The word like in English conversation. It’s like 🤩
How to Disagree like a Native Speaker
9 ways to say thank you in British and American English
How NOT to pay a compliment in English (back & left-handed compliments)
6 Easy Ways to Pay Compliments in English
7 things to say when you make a mistake
Are Brits or Americans more polite? Let’s see!
5 Things You Shouldn’t Say in English (if you want to be polite)
How to agree in English – 12 different ways
How to wish someone something nice in English – wish or hope?
Thank God or Thanks God?
Conversation and slang with Philadelphia Eagles fans
How to use Can, Could and May to ask for permission
How to use the phrase ‘of course’ – it’s not always polite
Why it’s sometimes hard to understand English speakers (Hints)
Get what you want in English – orders, requests and suggestions
You’re not fat! Greeting someone who’s pregnant
How to use the magic word ‘please’ politely in English
How to Check In at an Airport and Answer Security Questions in English
How to avoid a question by changing the subject – English conversation
Cheers! How to Make a Toast in Ten Different Languages
How are you? How NOT to reply to this common English greeting
Small Talk about the Weather – a Funny Elevator Conversation
I don’t care and I don’t mind: An American and British difference
Mind – How to Use this English Verb
How to answer English calls when you’re busy – funny
Formal ways to ask for opinions – An English Conversation
Would you mind taking a photo? An English conversation
Meeting a visitor? Make a good first impression
Sympathetic and Nice – don’t let these false friends catch you out
Meeting and Greeting – Simple Questions for English Beginners
Weather Small Talk
Indirect Questions and Embedded Questions
How to order food in a restaurant in English
And if you want to be sure that the English you’re using everyday is correct, don’t forget we have a free checklist to help you fix common mistakes. Click here to learn about Fix It.
And let us know if there are other everyday phrases and situations you’d like to learn about. Contact us here.