CHAPTER 4.

LIKES AND DISLIKES

Elicitation

Look at the picture below and then try to guess what the people like, how much they like it, and
why they like it!

Well, in this chapter, you will study how to use the word like and dislike in a sentence. You will
practice expressing likes and dislikes, preference, the degree of like and dislike and the reasons
why you like or dislike something.

General Instructional Objective.

After completing this lesson, students should be able to express like and dislike fluently and
accurately both in spoken and written communication
Specific instructional objectives.

• Express likes and dislikes by using nouns and verbs

• Use “Yes/No and WH- questions” to ask about what someone likes and dislikes
• Answer “ Yes/No and WH-questions” asking about what someone likes and dislikes
• Ask and answer about preference
• Ask and answer about what someone likes most
• Ask and answer how much someone likes or dislikes things
• Ask and give reason why someone likes or dislikes things

Dialogue 1

Mr. and Mrs. White are on holiday in Bali

Made : Do you like in here Mrs. White?

Mrs. White : Yes, very much

Made : What do you like most?

Mrs. White : The scenery. It’s lovely. And I like the dances too. They are fantastic

Made : Which one do you like better, the scenery or the dances?

Mrs. White : I like the scenery better than the dances

Made : And what do you think of the traffic?

Mrs. White : Well, frankly speaking many motorcyclists rode dangerously.

Made : And what about you, Mr. White?

Mr. White : Well, I like some things but I don’t like others.

Made : Do you like the weather?

Mr. White : I am afraid I don’t. It is too hot for me

Made : What else don’t you like?

Mr. White : I don’t like those people riding their motorbikes on the beach. You know, it’s

dangerous and noisy

Made : And do you like the food?

Mr. White : Yes, I like hot food very much.

Questions

1. Does Mrs. White like the traffic in Bali?

2. What does she like in Bali?
3. Why does she like the dances in Bali?
4. Why does Mr. White like the food in Bali?
5. How much does he like hot food in Bali?

Dialogue 2.

Bob, sally and Ken are choosing card and present for David’s birthday tomorrow

Bob : It is David’s birthday tomorrow. Let’s buy some cards. Which one do you like?

Ken : I like this one.

Sally : I like the one with the car. Now it’s time for us to choose the present. Do you think he

likes books?

Ken : I think yes. He likes books. What about the ball? I want to give him the ball.

Bob : I think he likes playing foot ball. I want to give him a dictionary because he likes reading

books.

(After buying the presents for David)

Bob : Here are some presents or David. I am wrapping up my present

Ken : I am tying a bow

Sally : I am tying a knot

(Then Bob, Ken and Sally come to David’s house)

Sally : We’re giving David his presents and cards.

Ken : Happy birthday David

Bob : Happy birthday David

 Here’s a present for you and here’s a card for you.

David : Tank you

I have three nice presents

The square one is from Bob

The round one is from Ken

The flat one is from Sally

Questions.

1. Whose birthday is it tomorrow?

2. Who wants to buy a present for David?
3. Does David like the present?
4. Which card does Sally like?
5. What does Sally want to give David?
6. What does Sally say to ken when she wants to choose the present?
7. Why does Bob want to give David a dictionary?

In dialogue 1 and 2, you can study how to express likes and dislikes using nouns and verbs.

Using nouns:

• Mr. White likes hot food

• Mr. White does not like hot weather

Using verbs:

• David likes reading

• David likes playing foot ball.

You can also learn how to ask and answer about likes and dislikes, preferences, the degree of
likes and dislikes and the reasons. The detail expressions about likes and dislikes are as follows:

Asking and answering likes and dislikes:

 • Do you like the weather? I am afraid, I don’t.
• What do you like most? I like the scenery

Asking and answering preference:

• Which one do you like better, the scenery or the dance?

• I like the scenery better than the dance
• Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea?
• I prefer tea to coffee

Asking answering the degree of likes and dislikes:

• How much do you like in here? Very much

• Why do you like the scenery? It is lovely

The detail language expressions used in this lesson can be learnt as follows:

Asking about likes and dislikes:

• Do you like ……………………………………………..?

• Does he like ……………………………………………?
• What do you like in ………………………………..?
• What doesn’t he like in …………………………..?
• What (kind of) ………………………do you like?
• What (kind of) …………………… does he like?
• What (kind of) ……………………. don’t you like?

Answering the questions:

• Yes, I do / No, I don’t

• Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t
• I like ……………………… in ………………………
• He doesn’t like ……………… in ……………..
• I like ………………………….
 • He likes ……………………..
• I don’t like …………………

Asking about preferences:

• Which one do you prefer, ……… or ……….?

• Which one do you like better, …………… or …………..?
• What (kind of) ……….. do you like better, ….. or ………?

Answering the questions:

• I prefer …………… to ……………….

• I like ……. Better than ……………

Asking about the degree of likes and dislikes:

• What (kind of) ……….do you like most?

• What (kind of) ………..don’t you like most?
• How (much) do you like …………………….?

Answering the questions:

• I like ……………. most.

• I don’t like ………….. at all
• I am crazy about ……………..
• I like ……………… very much
• It’s OK
• I don’t mind
• I hate ………….

Asking the reason of likes and dislikes:

• Why do you like ………………………………?

• Why don’t you like ………………………….?
Answering the questions:

• I like ………….. because ……………………

• I don’t like ……… It is …………………….

Practice 1. (individual work)

Fill in the blank spaces with the following words or phrases!

Like - to - hike - at all - prefer - crazy about - hiking - better - hate - quite

1. She is so kind and beautiful. I am …………… her

2. Which do you like ………………….? Tea or coffee?
3. I like ………………… better than camping.
4. It’s so boring. I don’t like it …………….
5. I ……………………..like it. It is not too bad
6. Do you like to go on picnic or ………………..?
7. She is a kind of girl that I ………………. She is charming with long hair and she has a good
personality
8. Charles Bronson? I’ve never like him. I …………….. him
9. She prefer me ……………………….. him
10. I think I ………………………….. Jass to rock music.

Practice 2 (individual work)

Answer the questions concerning about yourself!

1. What do you like to do when you are free? ………………………………..

2. Do you like to go fishing? ……………………………………………………………
3. How much do you like camping? ………………………………………………..
4. Do you like music? How much? ………………………………………………….
5. What type of music do you like? ………………………………………………..
6. Who is your favorite musician?
Practice 3. (pair work)

Study the dialogue then hold similar dialogue by using the clues below!

A : Do you like music?

B : Yes, do.

A : What kind of music do you like?

B : I like pop, jass and rock music.

A : What kind of music don’t you like?

B : I don’t like dangdut.

A : which one do you like better, pop or rock?

B : I like rock better than pop

A : What music do you like most?

B : I like music jass most

A : Why do you like music?

B : Music is beautiful. It can make me happy.

Practice 4 (pair work)

1.Watch TV 2. movies

3.Read 4. Balinese food

5.Sing 6. Balinese dance

Summary
In an English sentence, the word “Like” can be followed by nouns and verbs e.g. “John likes
orange”, “John like camping/ John likes to go camping”. To express preferences, you can use
the word “prefer/ like better”.

Using nouns:

• Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea? I prefer tea to coffee?

 • Which one does she like better, coffee or tea? She likes tea better tha coffee.

Using verbs:

• Which do you prefer, writing or reading? I prefer reading to writing.

• Which does he like better, writing or reading? He likes reading better than writing.

The degree of likes and dislikes can be expressed by using the word(s): crazy about, very much,
most, ok, don’t mind, hate.

• He is crazy about music

• I like Bali very much
• She likes dancing most
• How do you like it? It’s ok
• How do you like it? I don’t mind
• I hate him

To know the reasons why someone likes or dislikes something or doing something, you can use
the question word “why”, e. g. Why do you like Bali? Because Bali is beautiful/ Why do you like
boxing? Because it is a challenging sport.

Formative Test.

Complete the following dialogue by crossing the best option A, B, C, or D!

1. X : Do you like classical music?

Y : ……………………………………..
A. Yes, it, boring
B. No, it’s very nice
C. Yes, it’s interesting
D. No, it’s no problem
E.
2. X : Do you always go to movies?
Y : …………………………………………..
 A. No, I like movies very much
B. No, but they are too childish for me
C. No, it is wasting money
D. Yes, they are boring
3. X : ………………………………………………….
Y : I like it very much
A. Why do you like action film?
B. Who is your favorite film star?
C. What film do you like?
D. How do you like action film?
4. X : …………………………………………………
Y : It is too noisy
A. Why do you like rock music?
B. Why don’t you like rock music?
C. How much do you like rock music?
D. What is your favorite music?
5. X : Which one does she like better, singing or dancing?
Y : ……………………………………………………………………………..
A. She likes singing most
B. She doesn’t like singing
C. She likes singing very much
D. She likes singing better than dancing
6. X : What do you think of traditional Balinese music?
Y : It’s good. I like ……………… all types of music
A. Listen
B. Listens
C. Listened
D. Listening
7. X : John is the best student in class A, isn’t he?
 Y : Yes, he is. He likes ……………………………………
A. Study hard
B. Studying hard
C. Studies hard
D. Studied hard
8. X : ……………………………………………………………….
Y : Yes, he does.
A. What does he like poetry reading
B. Does he like poetry reading
C. Is he like poetry reading
D. Does he likes poetry reading
9. X : Do you like watching TV?
Y : ……………………………………
A. Yes, I do
B. Yes, I am
C. No, I am not
D. Yes, I do not
10. X : ………………… kind of Balinese food do you like?
Y : I like lawar
A. Whose
B. Which
C. How
D. what

Use the key to formative test 7 given at the end of this book to check your answer. Calculate
your correct answers and then use the formula below to see the degree of your comprehension
to the material of chapter 7.

The total of correct answers

The degree of comprehension = --------------------------------------- X 100 %
The total of items
Note: 90 – 100 % = very good

80 – 89 % = good

70 -79 % = Ok

< 70 % = bad

If your comprehension is ≥ 80 %, you can continue to chapter 8. It is good. However, if it is < 80

%, you have to read chapter 7 again especially the materials that you do not understand well
yet

Glossary .

- like - better
- more - prefer
- most - how
- which - what
- mind - ok
- hate - crazy about
- very much - dance
- sing - hike
- work - go camping
- go fishing - go shopping
- read - listen
- travel - watch
- swim - sport
- music - film
- food - weather
- scenery - people
- English - poetry
- news - culture
- him - her
- apple - orange
- beach - service