Everyday English phrases from our video lessons
Natural phrases for everyday situations from our short videos — explained, with examples and an exercise with answers.
Everyday phrases · Lesson 99Asking for another color: “Do you have it in another color?”How to ask for a shop item in another color: the phrase, another vs other, how to answer, and the mistakes to avoid.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 98“Can I return it if it doesn’t fit?” — how to ask about returns in EnglishHow to ask if you can return something that doesn’t fit, why English uses “doesn’t” after “if”, and how fit, suit and match differ.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 97“I’m just looking”: a polite way to say you’re only browsingHow to tell a shop assistant you’re only browsing, why “I’m just looking” uses the Present Continuous, and the mistakes learners make.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 96How to ask “Where is the fitting room?” in EnglishHow to ask where the fitting room is in English: word order in questions, polite phrases and the mistakes learners make most often.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 95How to say “It doesn’t suit me” — and when to use fit or match“It doesn’t suit me” explained, with the difference between suit, fit and match and the mistakes to avoid when you talk about clothes and plans.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 94How to ask for a smaller size: “Do you have it in a smaller size?”How to ask for a smaller size in a shop, why it’s “in a smaller size” and not “smaller size”, and how small, medium and large fit in.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 93“Can I try this on?” — how to ask to try clothes on in EnglishHow to ask to try something on in English: “Can I try this on?”, why the pronoun goes between try and on, and a few useful shop phrases.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 92How to politely say “Excuse me, I didn’t order this” in a caféPolite café phrases for a wrong order: “Excuse me, I didn’t order this”, “What did you order?” and “To go, please”.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 91At a café with a friend: a short English dialogueA café dialogue with a friend, line by line: how to praise the coffee, say “I think…”, offer help and reassure someone in natural English.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 90Ordering at a café in English: “Can I get a latte, please?”How to order a latte in English, ask for oat milk and ask about sweets — we go through the whole café dialogue from lesson 90.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 89“I saw her on Sunday”: Past Simple of “see”, negatives and questionsHow to form the Past Simple with “see” — saw, didn’t see and did you see? — plus was/were and the mistakes learners make most often.Read
Everyday phrases · Lesson 87How to say “My morning doesn’t start without coffee” in EnglishHow to say “My morning doesn’t start without coffee”, why it takes doesn’t instead of don’t, and why the verb loses its -s.Read
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