Ask Perfect English Questions | 20 Forms You Should Know

How do you start a conversation? Ask a question! In this practical English lesson, I teach you 20 English question types you NEED to know. You will learn question structures for offers, requests, locations, directions, costs, quantities, yes/no confirmations, and future plans. Want to learn and practice more English questions and answers? Get my BRAND NEW BOOK, Perfect English Questions (and How to Answer Them!): https://www.englishalex.com/product-p... It has many more real world contexts, and it includes a list of the Top 100 English Questions. It also has a massive question structure appendix that you can use as a reference to help you practice and perfect your English. https://www.engvid.com/ask-perfect-en... In this lesson: 0:00 How to ask PERFECT English Questions 1:53 4 Types of Request Questions 3:25 3 Types of Offer Questions 4:39 2 Types of Location & Direction Questions 6:07 3 Types of Questions About Cost 7:32 4 Types of Quantity Questions 9:25 2 Types of Yes/No Questions 10:33 2 Types of Questions About the Future Transcript: Past continuous. Past perfect. Present continuous. Like questions. Small talk. Small talk. Tag questions. This book has everything. Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on 20 essential question forms in English. So, today, I am going to give you 20 question forms that you need to know, you should know, if you want to become a fluent English speaker. And all of the questions and question types that I'm looking at today come from my new book, which is called Perfect English Questions and How to Answer Them. So, in this book, I have a lot of context-based chapters. So, questions about quantity, questions about how to make offers, requests, ask for directions. At the back, I even have a list of the top 100 English questions, and I have an appendix. The appendix is massive, and as you can see, I have how questions, why questions, modal verb questions, questions in all of the English tenses. So, if you would like to know how to make good English questions and have some sample answers, check out the link that is attached to this video, and you can pick up this book in PDF, eBook, or paperback format. Check it out. Now, on to today's lesson. Of course, there are many, many hundreds of English question types. In this video, we will just look at 20 so that it's more manageable for you. First, let's start with requests. So, we will start with the most informal to the most polite, right? So, here we have "can I", "could you", "may I", and "would you mind". So, listen and repeat after me. "Can I borrow your car?" "Could you pass me my glasses?" "May I speak with Dr. Lam?" "Would you mind driving today?" Good. So, again, "can I", the most casual, informal way to make a request, right? So, "Can I borrow your car?" "Can I borrow two dollars?" "Can I have that?" "Can I see your phone for a moment?" So, request to ask if you can do something. "Could you", very neutral, "Could you pass me my glasses?" "Could you pass me the salt?" for example. "May I", much more polite, right? "May I speak", "May I have", "May I see that for a moment?" And "Would you mind", as you can see, driving, verb plus -ing, always with "would you mind". "Is it a problem for you?" This is the meaning of "would you mind". "Is it okay?" Next, here we have four question forms. "Can I", "could you", "may I", "would you mind". Next, we have offers. So, we have three forms for offers. "Do you want", "would you like", and then "can I" with some specific verbs. We'll talk about that in a moment. So, first, offers. Repeat after me. "Do you want another piece?" Like another piece of cake or another piece of chocolate, for example, right? You're offering it. It's like, "Do you want another cookie?" for example. "Cookies, yeah, maybe later." Next, repeat after me. "Cookies, would you like something to drink?" Okay, "Would you like something to drink?" And then, finally, "Can I give you a hand?" Now, in this one, I'm not actually giving you, you know, a physical hand. "Can I give you a hand?" means "Can I help you?" Right? "Can I help you with something?" So, we have requests. We have offers. Next, we have locations and directions. So, these are some of the most important questions if you are a tourist in an English-speaking country or, you know, if you are in any country, you need to know how to ask these questions. So, for example, "Where is the mall?" Repeat after me. Sorry, I forgot to ask you to repeat. "Where is the mall?" "How do I get to the park?" Okay, so, "Where is the mall?" […]