Módulo I

Lectura:
LIKES, DISLIKES AND
PREFERENCES

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Likes, dislikes and preferences
verb to like

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I like I don’t like Do like?

You like You don’t like Do I like?
He likes He doesn’t like Does you like?
She likes She doesn’t like Does he like?
It likes It doesn’t like Does she it like?
We like We don’t like Do we like?
You like You don’t like Do you like?
They like They don’t like Do they like?

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1. We add –s or –es in the 3rd person singular. E.g. He likes. / He doesn’t

like.

2. In the interrogative form we use the auxiliary verb to do.

I I I
you you you
Do do. don’t.
we we we
they like…? Yes, they No, they
he he he
Does she it she it does. she it doesn’t.

E.g. Do you like oranges? / Does she like cakes?

3. In the negative form we use the auxiliary verb to do and the negative not.

I
You do not
We (don’t)
They
like.

He
does not
She
(doesn’t)
It

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 Verbos ‘like’, ‘love’ y ‘hate’

- Estos verbos son transitivos, es decir, necesitan un complemento directo. Este complemento
puede ser un sustantivo.

I like dogs. (Me gustan los perros.)

She loves the theatre. (A ella le encanta el teatro.)
They dislike Chinese food. (No les agrada la comida china.)
He hates spiders. (Él odia las arañas.)

- También puede hacer de complemento otro verbo terminado en –ing, que se traduce como un
verbo infinitivo en español:

She likes reading biographies. (Le gusta leer biografías.)

They love eating out. (Les encanta comer fuera.)
He doesn't like driving. (No le gusta conducir.)
I hate ironing. (Odio planchar.)

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