hi my name is rebecca and in today's
lesson i'm going to show you a very easy
way to ask a question in english by
using a simple casual expression which
is how about
now
you can use this in lots of different
ways which i'm going to describe to you
but the important thing to remember is
that it is a casual informal kind of
question
so don't use it in formal situations but
you can certainly use it with your
friends or at work with your colleagues
okay so how do we use this expression
well you can use it to invite people you
could say to someone how about a movie
i'd like to go somewhere how about a
movie
or how about a game of tennis
instead of asking the full question
would you like to play a game of tennis
with me you could just say how about a
game of tennis on saturday right
or how about dinner on thursday
okay
so you can use this for invitations you
can also
use it to refer to people
let's say we need someone to
help us with this report right how about
james
or
we need someone to look after the baby
tonight how about your parents okay
okay next one time you can use it to
refer to time when you're making
arrangements that have to do with time
how about meeting next week
how about seeing the doctor tomorrow at
3 pm
how about going out for dinner on
thursday at 8pm
right or you could just say how about
thursday at 8.
would that be convenient for you
right
okay that's for time transportation when
you're referring to different kinds of
transportation
how about taking a cab
how about going by subway or how about
going by bus right
you can also use it to refer to places
how about oxford university have you
considered applying there
how about paris have you ever been there
okay so you could use it to refer to
places as well and also to food and
drink
i'm hungry how about a pizza
how about some dessert
right
so you can see that this little
expression how about is very handy and
you can use it in lots of different
situations
but again in a casual environment so let
me give you a couple of situations and
then you tell me what you would say
so suppose somebody said hey it's
already 2 pm i'm really hungry
how about
lunch right good
next one i feel like going out
how about
a movie
okay
next example
let's get together next week for some
coffee
how about thursday
okay see how we use that one
next example we're late for the meeting
how about taking a cab
all right
and last one we need to get some
medicine soon
how about the pharmacy on maple street
okay
so you can see that these examples and
the ones that we talked about on the
board that there's a very easy way in
which you can start to ask questions in
english without too much complicated
grammar all right if you'd like to do a
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