Likes and Dislikes

Expressing Likes and Dislikes

To talk about your likes and dislikes, you can use these expressions.

Expressing likes: • I like… • I love... • I adore… • I ‘m crazy about… • I’m mad about… • I enjoy… • I’m keen on…

Expressing dislikes: • I don’t like… • I dislike... • I hate… • I abhor… • I can’t bear... • I can’t stand… • I detest... • I loathe...

Examples of likes and dislikes: “I'm mad about basketball, but I can’t bear ice hockey.” “I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the housework.” housework.”

If you neither like nor dislike something: "I don't mind doing the housework."

Things to remember about likes and dislikes: 1. When these expressions are followed by a verb, the latter is put in the -ing form. Examples: "I like listening to music." "I hate wearing sunglasses." I like VERB+ING I detest I don't mind

2. Note that" very much" & " a lot" always al ways come after the things you like. Examples: "I like basketball very much/a lot. NOT" I like very much/a lot basketball."

3. Be careful when you use "I don't mind..." Examples: "Do you mind playing football?" "No, I don't mind."(Although it's in a negative form, it means that it's ok for me. I neither neither love it nor hate it.)

Write “love, like, dislike or hate” in the gaps

1. I __________ eating Pizza on Saturdays. 2. My sister __________ tidying her room. 3. She __________ making dinner on Mondays. 4. Arthur __________ playing rugby with his friends. 5. My aunt __________ driving at night. 6. Your brothers __________ sleeping in the tent. 7. Those children __________ listening to the radio. 8. These men __________ working on Sundays. 9. My niece __________ reading adventure books. 10. Your father's friends __________ driving their car.

Write the verbs in blue in the corresponding gaps Get - Tidy - Do - Brush - Make - Go - Go - Have - Meet  –  Eat  Eat 1. She doesn't like __________ her room everyday. 2. Do you like __________ to bed at eleven o'clock? 3. My mother dislikes __________ up at 7am. 4. Does your sister hate __________ cold food? 5. Anne's father loves __________ to work by car.

6. I always like __________ my homework before 7 o'clock. 7. John likes __________ his teeth every night. 8. Your grandmother hates __________ dinner for 6 people. 9. Does she like __________ a shower after dinner? 10. Hannah loves __________ her friends once a week.

Order the following sentences 1. classical My likes mother to music. listening

2. his dad car. Ana's washing hates

3. travelling friend by loves My plane. father's

4. emails. emails. writing writing I long hate

5. watching dislikes films horror She TV. On

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