Uses of LIKE

'like'

like + noun
Mum likes tea. Dad doesn't like horror films.
Do you like this colour? Jill really likes her friend Sue.
like + gerund
V I like running. I don't like ironing.
e
r Betty likes cooking / Betty likes to cook
b like + infinitive
I like my children to be polite towards teachers.
would like conditional
What would you like to drink?
I would like an orange juice, please. / I'd like an orange juice

Do you like Would you like some

Cheers!
champagne? champagne?
 Lucy has got blue eyes like her father.
A magpie can't sing like a nightingale.

You should go to bed early, like me.

You should go to bed early as I do (NOT ' like I do ')

to be like What is the weather like today?

P What is John like? He has black hair and he is a nice guy.
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p
o to look like Phoebe looks like her sister.
What does John look like? He has black hair and he wears
s glasses.
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o I love acid fruit like lemon, grapefruit and red currant.
n
to feel like to feel like + gérondif
Your jacket is nice, it feels like leather.
Do you feel like going out tonight?
to sound like
Fanny sounds like her mother on the phone.
to taste like
This fish tastes like salmon.

When you go hang-gliding you truly feel like a bird.

 likes (pl.)
My sister and I have the same likes.

N like (sing.)
Mozart was a prodigious composer, we will never see his like again.
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u
n
and the like
I never listen to punk music, metal, techno and the like.

to compare like with like

Have you ever heard the like?

A in like manner
'of like mind'
d
j I am glad to see that my father and my husband are of
e like mind.
c
t
i Your son's portrait is very lifelike. Who painted it?
v
e
S -like/suffix
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f
f shell-like
i catlike
x godlike ladylike
childlike homelike) warlike
 Mum! Teddy suffers from flu-like symptoms.

idioms:
to drink like a fish
to lie like a thief
to eat like a horse
to feel like a million

Like father, like son.

English exercise "Uses of LIKE" created

Identify, what is the function of the word “LIKE” in each sentence:

Principio del formulario

- Look at that strange flying object! I have never seen the likes of it!
Angela is a very good singer, she sings like Madonna.
The weather is fine, would you like to go for a walk?
' What is it like to be a bat? It' is a famous article written by the
american philosopher Thomas Nagel
Here are some of my likes and dislikes.
I like: swimming in the sea I don't like: alcohol.
..I like listening to music I don´t likethe sound of rain

I don't like people who are rude and selfish.

What do chayotes ______________ ? A bit like potatoes.

I have a strong headache, I _____________ staying in bed all
day.
What language does this man speak?
It _______________ Portuguese.
What does your son _________________ ? Exactly like his
father.

Just now, I don't ___________________ having a cold drink.

I'd like a hot one please.
Chayotes

I'll have pork with apple sauce ________________ you, I love

pork with apple sauce _________________ they do in England.
Peter, you should behave ________________ your sister does.
Stop acting ___________________ a fool!
I have never seen Chicago. ______________________ this
town like New York?
I'll make some chocolate brownies. ___________ you like
them?
What _____________ your cousin David like doing?