How to buy somebody a drink in an English pub or cafe

If you are out with an English friend and you want to offer to pay, there are some great phrases that you can use to sound like a native English speaker. Watch the video or read on for some great English pub language!

Offering to pay

When it’s time to pay, you can choose one of these natural English expressions to say to your friend:

“I’ll get these.”

“These are on me.”

“It’s my treat.”

Nice and easy, hey! But they will make your English sound so natural!

Making sure your friend doesn’t pay

If you friend then tries to get out their wallet. You say:

“No really, I insist!”

By the way, you can also use all of this English vocabulary to buy somebody a coffee/cake in a cafΓ©!

If you want to buy drinks for everyone in your group

“It’s my round!”

Test yourself on this English pub language

Using those little ‘Real English’ phrases will make your English sound great πŸ™‚ Do you want to test yourself on this English pub language? See if you can remember the phrases from the prompts below:

  • I’ll g________ t________
  • These are o________ m________
  • It’s m________ t________
  • No really, I i________!
  • It’s my r________ (for taking turns in a group)

What do you think? Could you use this English pub language the next time you are out having a drink with somebody?! I hope you will give it a try and tell me how it goes in the comments section below πŸ™‚

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8 Responses

  1. hi,there.it is a great pleasure to receive this sort of excercises from you.Learning and using this vocabulary gives me encourage to keep on studying english and also confidence to comunicate with native english people.Thank you so much and I hope to get more information that might be interested .

    1. Nicki The English Teacher says:

      Ah, thank you so much for your lovely feedback Julio. I’m really pleased you found this vocabulary useful….I hope you will get a chance to use it soon πŸ˜‰ Yes, lots more to come in future blogs!

  2. maria fatima suarez says:

    Gracias. Es muy util e interesante aunque no es facil . Lo practicare para fijar estos conocimientos

    1. Nicki The English Teacher says:

      That’s great news Maria Fatima! It will get easier I promise πŸ™‚ Thanks so much for commenting, please try to write in English next time if you can πŸ˜‰

  3. Hi Nicki that was I looking for!

    Thank you

  4. Laura Serafinelli says:

    Hi Nicki I’m really glad you have started off your you tube channel. I’ve found your way of teaching very competent. It’s a pleasure to follow you.

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