Conversational English – Asking “How about…?”

Very useful Lesson !! Thank you very much :)) Please could you give us a lesson dealing with special situations like how to buy a train or a bus ticket (in a station in a foreign country ) … one way , round trip , cost etc.,

bilel

I agree with you billel. Purchasing tickets in bus station or in a railway station is not easy at all. One must know how to deal with reservation, round trip, one way and sometimes delays.

Berber

Interesting lesson Rebecca, but just one question. How about the casual expression “what about…?” Can it be used in the same way?

I mean “What about…?” = “How about…?”

Thanks for everything Rebecca.

Regards

Regino

before I listening I garra say thank you soooooooooooo Much

nino31

A very useful leasson to learn practise english. Thanks!!

Fer Tor

Miss Rebeca…what an excelent and smooth way to teach…
An outstanding and brilliant teacher…

Uriel

hi ma’m Rebecca i would like to ask a favor from you.. if its possible to you to make a vedio of how to do a speech or atleast give me some tips or expression… i was being choosed by our teacher to do a speech in our program in the campus. i hope you will do for me thank you!

leah24

That was so useful.

luisbustamante

Thank you so much. I like very much your teaching.

Maw Maw

thank you very much for your lesson i have one question if we asked some one something used would you like or how about which is the polite one

dewinda

“Would you like” is more polite and “how about” is more informal, but also works.

My best to you.

Rebecca

Hello Rebecca. May you tell me which it’s the difference between “how about” and “what about” ? Thank you very much!!!

adyyy87

i did all ques wen we used how about if we cant used in on at (priposition)

dewinda

Thanks, Rebecca.

arasm

Good Day! As I Understanded, we need use -inf, after question like: How about? What about?

conakry

Excuse me – ing

conakry

Yes, you have to use a noun in this case a gerund.

In Latin and English grammar, the gerund is a non-finite verb form used to make a verb phrase that can serve in place of a noun phrase. The English gerund ends in -ing (as in I enjoy playing football); the same verb form also serves as the English present participle (which has an adjectival or adverbial function), and as a verbal noun.

krzysztof70

Hi Rebecca!!! Very good lesson!!! But what is the diference between how about… what about…? Can we say what about movie or what about Oxford? And Do we need to use a/an after how about …? For example, How about a movie? or How about movie?

Anastacia

Now I get it!!! We can say only How about a movie? :)

Anastacia

“What about” is almost the same as “how about”.
My best to you.

Rebecca

Thanks for teaching HOW About.

dharam

thanks rebecca. it is really usefull lesson

emre

thankyou for the lesson Rebecca. Happy new year 2013 to you and all the crew of Engvid.com

robybz

And a Happy 2013 to you too. Thank you very much.

Rebecca

thanks, very useful lesson. An easy way to ask questions.

sara

Thank You Rebecca, very useful lesson. If I had had you as a teacher in my high school, my english wouldn’t have been so bad.
P.S
Is it correct form of third conditional?

zielonyburak

Thank you Rebecca…

ubiracymafra

Is it possible to say ‘What about …’ instead of ‘How about …’?

bonhob

thanks so much for you , how about lessons for TOEFL .

asala

There are several TOEFL lessons on our site. Just look under the heading TOEFL or type TOEFL into the search in the top right section. All the best.

Rebecca

thanks Rebecca.i am greatful for giving me this lesson.You are really a good teacher who teaches in very simple way and make us better for each lesson.

Best regard

ahmed69

And have a good and happy new year

ahmed69

And for all of u inn Engvid.com

ahmed69

Thanks Rebeca great video.

peteko8

thank you Miss Rebecca , it’s a every rich and simple topic . thanks a lot

ibrahim0123

The best English lessons ever :)

Alex

I love this website ^ ^

nuzthakarn

Thank you so much! I thought it was “what about” instead of “how aboout” and I got a 100 on my quiz! Thanks again.

Anthony

Very nice video, I have a question. I want to know about 2 things.

1. I am not native English Speaker. When I talk to people I found that they talk fastly then I expect. When I talk with them then I got the speed not because I know something I am scared that I have speak something with mistake. This way their is hard to talk with people. Please help me on this.

2. When I listen to english music the word I thing is not exact what I got in Lyrics. Do someone can help me on these 2 cases.

Thanks again,
Kris

kris

Speed is always an issue when you are learning a language. It will improve with time, don’t worry. Just keep practicing and try not to be afraid. People would have the same problems if they tried to speak and understand your language.

In songs, the words are sometimes differently than in conversation and occasionally, people write the wrong words in the lyrics online.

My best to you!

Rebecca

thats wonderful

abed

It’s quite useful and short lesson to improve speaking. I really want one more tips like this.

Sane

…
Speaking of the expression How about,it’s correct 2 use both noun n gerund after that,innit?!!

I’ve got :).

fatiima8

Thanks a lot teacher :-)

negar

i want to take lessons in how to remember the new vocablary and how to improve my vocablary

Fahad

it is very use full but it is really every difficult to study, if i get more example it will be some more easy anyway thanks

sreesh

thank you so muck Rebecca :)

iliass

The subject is new for me, it was very useful.

Thanks a lot.

Ayad

ayad71

hi rebecca and thanks for all tjis great lessons.

rebbecca i-d like to see a video on WHAT ABOUT

THANKS

eleuterio

hi madam Rebecca ,
I want know
Do you come verb with “How about” to add -ing?
and thank you

soozoo

^_^ it is really usefull lesson

malik

Thank you Rebecca

Marta Tavares

thanks Rebecca for this useful lesson… ”I WANNA WISH YOU A VERY BLESSED NEW YEAR, AND TO ALL ENG-VID TEAM GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS”

odir

thank you 4 teaching lovely Rebecca.

Efrain Dominguez

very useful….thanks, rebecca!

fe espinosa

thanks dear Rebecca
Best regards
SMA

sher M Akbar

awesome

saif kajoo

Dear Rebecca, thanks a lot, a very structured method to follow.
Best Regards

Derrick Ng

thanks! I will try all my might to improve my English skill. :) Have a good day!

khoangvang1012

thank you so much ,my teacher

lonatran

speical thank for all

mohammed

That’s good. I learnt something.

cindychan01

thanks from my heart , very useful lesson

Ahmed Mokhtat

Thank you very much

michele1972

i glad to thanks

Shaik Mohammed

nice lesson thank you

karoom

thank you

sara4

How about giving you a BIG applause? Really help! thanks

Ekieen

Thank you very much)))

Assylzhan

Thank you very much

Daadirey

thank you so much ^^

How about cooking in holiday ?

Rowan

Thank you so much for your help, nice and useful presentation , very clear pronunciation ,excellent job !

Regards..

Ozden

It’s my best luck to find such great website …thanks all dear teachers

Mansour

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amal543

I answered all the questions correct!
I want to try to talk with other students. Are there a chat where we can talk and a teacher to correct us?

katia23

you are very good as usual god bless you happy new year from sweden special for you and your family

preemy

I got 10 aout 10! Engvideo is teh best site of the world! Thank you!

Sally S

Thank you so much for this lesson, when i already make the exercise i could understand well. thank so much again. and teach me by this technical again please.

Love engvideo

Thank you! 10 out of 10))

nataliamelikhova

Thank to you. I have been happy to have done thtis sxercise. I have been amazed to succeed 80% of questions.

I’ll continue to do those exercise.

Agbotsoka

Very useful Lesson !! Thank you very much

Allaa ibrahim

thanks,teacher

yousaf khan

thanks, mam rebecca

yousafkhankaz

I would like to say hello all of my friends. I like to learn English very much. Could you teach me English ?

Good

I have some doubts on how to say this phrase:
She said to me “Sorry for cutting you off at the meeting today”
She said to me “Sorry for having cut you off at the meeting today”
In the first one “cutting off” has a present meaning. But the second one has a past meaning.
Which one should I say? The first one or the second one that has the present perfect(have+participle) on it?
Thanks

henry19

Both of these sentences are correct. You could use either one. Good for you that you have reached the level to ask such questions! My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

hello Rebecca!
I’m used to say”what about…”does it have the same meaning of “how about..”???
please let me know
thanks

marco77

Thank u soo very much, how about a cup of milk with u? Lol!
I always have trouble in asking questions. But guess this will help me a lot…

Radabi

Perfect! Tahnk you very much for this lesson. I have a question: My native languague is Spanish, I would like to know if “How about a movie?” means “Que tal una película?”

katius

great lesson many thanks

george

ya, am agree with bilel booking and reservation are very important situation to be learned in a foreigen language.

khalid

thank you so much for this interesting lesson

argenis

thx Rebecca :-)

chanthy

thank you for your efforts

sara

Kalash..At last i found someone who can teach

shyamkaladi

thank you very much.

pits

Hello Rabecca! You are very nice. I hope that your help wil improve my English skill. How about thank you from me??

quangnhat

really thank you

maram4446

thanks a lot Rabecca i love you andi am trying to avoid my grammer confusion watching ur lesson . i would like to learn more and more grammer . thanks

sahuzee

Very easy to understand. How about the next lesson?

lamarana

Thank you so much, Teacher, your class is very good, Excelent!!!

Iralma

Thank you so much

eglose2000

thanks

waeladam

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edo miftah

Thank you!

euphoria

it’s so usefull. thank you so much.

marjan

thanx..it was very helpful..m lovin it..

snehai

Thanx to all..ur lessons are helpfull to understand ad speak english.but what is the meaning of..wussup?,gunna,wanna,what are you up to..?..i m waiting for hearing from you:)

shhhh

This is all slang, which we do hear quite often in movies and on television. In these cases, try to use the context to help you understand the meaning. Whazzup …what’s up?
gonna…going to
wanna…want to

and so on….

All the best to you!

Rebecca

that’s good.

jayakumarvinayagam

I hope if I met you before now when I’m a pupil
thanks too mush .

khalid

Better late than never and good that you still care enough to improve everyday. My best wishes to you, Khalid.

Rebecca

khalid

Thanks to all for your feedback, which means a lot to us at engvid. All the best to you!

Rebecca

this is really helpful for us.

dangirahul

thanks to you and may you increase us new words teachers?

hanad

very efficient and simple i like your way to explain lessons

ghazala86

Excellent teacher , very easy to understand, thankssssss

Aymee Designs

Very interesting this lesson, I wanna know about When do I use words with ing in the end, with means of infinitive. I Hope my questions is clear to you. Thanks!

vandroque

Hi teacher Rebecca
This lesson is very useful , thank you alot

reham26

Hello Rebecca , Could please teach me the write steps how can i learn english im not good in our language is not english . or advice me where should i start for example , first 8parts of speec after that what next pleaaaase step by step please

cedric

thanks teacher.i had mistake 7 and 10 questions but i dont understand why?if you help me i will be glad

legendary

excellent teaching and awesome
thank you

vijay

Thank you soooo much! very useful lesson and quiz!

sturdy20

Thanks Rebecca!
Your voice is so specialy :)

manhdat270192

i enjoy with your lesson too much
what about more lesson ?

motaz2014

Thank you, It is very helpful.

grolla

Simply fantatstic!

Ed Juarez

‘ How about + gerund / noun , used in informal situation. Thank you .
How about giving us several lessons regarding uncountable nouns ? I’m really confused when uncountable nouns shift into countable ones.

stupor67

it’s beautiful lesson thanx teacher

Haimmi

firs of tks to engvid…it is very use ful to me i know that word how word to useing the sentence..

zavithahamed

thks….next qustion

zavithahamed

Thanks for teaching simple and casual way to ask questions in English.
When I was in America, I expressed questions in complicated way.
For example, would you like to go to the beach?
Now, I can say it in simple way instead of it.
How about Beach.
That’s it. Very short.
Next time I go to America, I try to use this expression.
Thanks a lot!!

minourajapan

80:)

lianbiak

How about another lesson? Thank for your awesome lesson! Learning on engvid is now the most interesting and beneficial thing in my daily life. Thank for all your effort!

dejyunhou

Thanks rebecca

hajer77

Hi Rebecca,
Thanks a lot for your lesson.
What are the differences between “How about…?” and “What about…?”
BR

jpfromparis

Thanks for sharing your knowledge to us.

demelletesedgar

Useful lesson, mrs Rebecca!

HOW ABOUT make a video about kitchen commom nouns? Thanks a lot!

thulius

i have a question . could you give us lessons about the shop RadioShack? since you enter the shop. looking around the items. about the antenna,circuit board, user’s manual . how about making up dialog in buying , suggestions, useing technical english? replacement, soldering pistol , diodes leds, lantern,multitester, voltimeter,amperimeter. resistors,capacitors,ac/dc ,transformer,adapter dc.

aprendo1

thanks

arrapaty

Thanks ;)

wikikikame

Thank you Rebeca

rewda

thanks Rebecca !!

ahuacatera

Thanks Rebecca. How about hanging out without me everybody ? ^^

huenhanp102

When I’m asked what about “send”
My answer is “sending it by….”
But the correct answer is “send it by….”
In other words what about is followed by infinitive or by the base of the verb
Thanks

fatma1234589

thanks a lot!!!

olesya drobyazko

Thanks I got 70%.

Abdul Qayum

Thank you!

Iamhere.

Good works thank you Rebecca…How about next lesson?

osirkeci

Dear Rebecca,
This lesson is easy and very clear, thanks. How about the next course?
Best regards.

Peter

thanks a lot

vkachan69

Your lesson was well taught.Thank you.My question is; How can use “How about” to ask after a somebody.Like: How about James? please,clear my double on it.Thank you!