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
Im mad about
I enjoy
Im keen on
Expressing dislikes:
I dont like
I dislike...
I hate
I abhor
I cant bear...
I cant stand
I detest...
I loathe...
Examples of likes and dislikes:
I'm mad about basketball, but I cant bear ice hockey.
I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the 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 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 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
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. writing I long hate

5. watching dislikes films horror She TV. On






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