When you talk about your favorite things you talk about the best liked or most enjoyed things.
Examples:

• "What's your favorite color?" "Green."

Study the dialogue:

Leila is talking to her new friend Cathy:

Asking about favorite things:

• What's your favorite sport?
• What sport do you like best?
• What sport do you like most?
• What kind of sport do you like best?
• Who's your favorite football player?

Responding:

• My favorite sport is football.
• I like football best.
• I like football most.

Cause and effect

When we talk about an effect resulting from a certain cause, we use expressions such as: because, since, as, owing to, due to...

 Examples

• The police arrested him because he broke into a bank.
• The police arrested him since he broke into a bank.
• She can't read the letter as she is illiterate.
• He can't run fast for he is too fat.
• Owing to his intelligence, he managed to solve the problem.
• Due to the bad weather, they didn't go for a picnic.

Other ways to express cause and effect:

Describing:

What are some good ways to describe

• people?
• things?
• feelings?
• yourself?
• personality?

See the phrases below for examples of descriptions in English.

Questions:

How to express regret

wish / if only

You can express regret by using wish or if only:

I wish / if only + Past perfect

Examples:

Suggestions

The following English phrases and expressions are all used to make suggestions and give advice to people.

Making suggestions:

• Let’s revise our lessons.
• What about going to the cinema tonight?
• How about playing cards?
• Why don't we do our homework?
• Couldn't we invite your grandmother to our party?

Asking about direction

To ask about directions use these questions:

• How can I get to . . . from here?
• How can I get to . . . ?
• Can you show me the way to...?
• Can you tell me how to get to . . . ?
• Where is . . . ?
• What's the best way to get to . . . ?

Shopping expressions

These are expressions used when you go shopping:

• Can / may I help you?
• Can I try it / them on?
• What size do you wear? What size are you?
• What color would you like?
• Extra small, small, medium, large, extra large
• How does it fit?
• Where is the changing room?
• How would you like to pay?
• Can I pay by credit card / in cash?