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Expressing Likes and Dislikes

The document discusses expressing likes and dislikes in English. It provides an example conversation where children talk about their favorite school subjects and least favorite subjects. They use phrases like "I like geography, it's my favorite subject" and "I don't like physics." The document then lists additional ways to express likes, such as "I love," "I'm crazy about," and "I enjoy." Ways to express dislikes include "I don't like," "I dislike," "I hate," and "I can't stand." It concludes by giving the question "What is your favorite..." as a way to ask what someone prefers most.

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Expressing Likes and Dislikes

The document discusses expressing likes and dislikes in English. It provides an example conversation where children talk about their favorite school subjects and least favorite subjects. They use phrases like "I like geography, it's my favorite subject" and "I don't like physics." The document then lists additional ways to express likes, such as "I love," "I'm crazy about," and "I enjoy." Ways to express dislikes include "I don't like," "I dislike," "I hate," and "I can't stand." It concludes by giving the question "What is your favorite..." as a way to ask what someone prefers most.

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Talking about likes and dislikes in English
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Listen to Linda and her children talking about what their favourite subjects at
school are. This lesson will give you some useful expressions of talking about
likes and dislikes in English. You can use many ways to express likes and dislikes
to improve your vocabula . It is better to learn phrases than to learn words. Pay
attention to how they say “like” and “don’t like”
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Linda So, is this your class at school, Adam?


Adam Yes, it is. That’s me there with my friend, Ma in. That’s Mrs Harris.
She’s our Geography teacher. She’s really good. I like Geography. It’s
my favourite subject.
Linda What other subjects do you like?
Adam Oh, well, I like IT.
Linda What’s IT? 
Adam Information Technology – you know, computers and things.
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Adam Oh, right. I like A , too, but I don’t like Cooke , and I don’t like English
ve much.
Linda And what about you, Holly? What’s your favourite subject?
Holy Well, I like P.E., but my favourite subject is French.
Linda Oh, are you good at languages?
Holy Yes, I am.
Linda I was good at languages, too, when I was at school – French and
German, but my favourite was Latin.
Holy Latin! Wow! Cool! We don’t do that at our school.
Linda And which subjects don’t you like?
Holy I don’t like Science. Well, Biology is OK – I like that, but I don’t like
Physics and Chemist .
Linda So, what do you like, Joe?
Joe I like Histo and I like Music, too – oh, and P.E.
Linda Well, you’re good at spo .
Joe Yeah, but Histo ’s my favourite subject. I don’t like Maths. I’m not ve
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When you want or don’t want something, you can use the expressions:
I like… (you want it)
I like football.
I don’t like… (you don’t want it)
I don’t like ice-cream.

There are many ways to talk about likes and dislikes in English, not only to use
the verb “like”.
How to express likes in English?
I like…
I like red roses.
I love…
I love sunny days.
I adore…
I adore fashion and more.
I ‘m crazy about…
I’m crazy about cycling.
I’m mad about…
I’m mad about that boy.
I enjoy…
I enjoy listening to music
I’m keen on… 
I’m keen on doing di cult math exercises.
How to Express dislikes in English?
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I don’t like cigarettes.
I dislike…
I dislike crazy people.
I hate…
I hate seeing him at work.
I can’t bear…
I can’t bear your constant complaining.
I can’t stand…
I can’t stand that smoke from the facto .
I detest…
I detest coming back to his house.

What is your favourite subject?

When you ask people what they like something more than any other, you
can use the question “What is your favourite …?”
A: What is your favourite subject at school?
B: My favourite subject is English.
A: What are your favourite spo s? 

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