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What Do You Like? - Likes and Dislikes: Positive Negative

The document discusses likes and dislikes in English using positive and negative expressions of degree. It provides examples of questions to ask someone about their preferences for various free time activities on a chart ranging from love to hate. It then provides a short conversation example where Sara, Steve and Carl discuss their likes and dislikes of various activities like basketball, riding, dancing, playing chess using the expressions and questions provided.

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What Do You Like? - Likes and Dislikes: Positive Negative

The document discusses likes and dislikes in English using positive and negative expressions of degree. It provides examples of questions to ask someone about their preferences for various free time activities on a chart ranging from love to hate. It then provides a short conversation example where Sara, Steve and Carl discuss their likes and dislikes of various activities like basketball, riding, dancing, playing chess using the expressions and questions provided.

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What do you like?

- Likes and dislikes


Read the next expressions used when we want to talk about what we like or don’t like in English.

Positive Negative
Yes, I love… (100%) No, I don’t really like/ I really dislike … (40%)
Yes, I really like… (90%) No, I don’t like/dislike … very much (30%)
Yes, I like… (75%) No, I don’t like/dislike … (10%)
Yes, I kind of like… (60%) No, I hate … (0%)

Put an X on the free time activity or thing you love, like, kind of like, don’t like, hate or have never
tried. Then, ask a classmate about their preferences. Use the examples below the chart.

Free time activities Love Like Kind Don’t Hate Have never
of like like tried
Watching TV
Swimming
Singing
Boxing
Studying
Reading
Walking
Jogging
Listening to music
Driving a car
Shopping
Painting
Travelling
Chatting with your
friends
Playing videogames
Cooking
Eating
Riding a bike
Going to the cinema
Doing exercise
Playing chess
Doing sports
Drawing
Examples of questions and responses to ask someone about their likes and dislikes:
Do you …. (_______)? Yes, I … / No, I….
-Do you like boxing? No, I have never tried.
-Do you hate reading? No, I don’t. I like it.
- Do you like travelling? Yes, I really like it. I travel a lot!

Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in brackets.
SARA: Hi you two! What are you doing?
STEVE: We’re playing basketball. Do you want to play?
SARA: No thanks. I (1) ________________________ (not like / play) basketball.
CARL: Wow! I (2) ________________________ (love / play) basketball, it’s great!
STEVE: What do you (3) ________________________ (like / do)?
SARA: Well, I (4) ________________________ (like / ride).
CARL: Yeah! That can be fun.
SARA: And I (5) ________________________ (like / dance).
STEVE: Dancing! Oh, I (6) ________________________ (hate / dance). I can’t dance.
SARA: That’s not true. Everyone can dance.
STEVE: Not me!
SARA: So I know you (7) ________________________ (like / play) basketball, but what else do you
(8) ________________________ (like / do)?
STEVE I: (9) ________________________ (like / play) chess.
CARL: Chess! That’s boring. Designed by Karol Adrian Meza

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