Aims and objectives

• UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE VERB TO LIKE WITH A

NOUN AND A VERB
• HOW TO USE IT IN THE NEGATIVE FORM
• HOW TO USE IT IN QUESTIONS
• CORRECT WORD ORDER IN QUESTIONS
• TO HAVE AN E2 LEVEL DISCUSSION WITH A PARTNER ON
THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AT HOME AND WHY/THINGS YOU
DON’T LIKE TO DO AT HOME AND WHY
• YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO GO INTO AN
ACCREDITED CLASS IN JANUARY
The verb to like
REGULAR VERB IN PRESENT SIMPLE
AND PAST SIMPLE
I LIKE
HE/SHE/IT LIKES
YOU (SINGULAR AND PLURAL) LIKE
THEY LIKE
WE LIKE
Examples with a noun

Reminder…..A noun is a name of a

thing, object, person or place.
A table
The fish
Helen
Plymouth
I have made books on articles for you
to do at home!! Remind me!!!!
Using like with a noun. Examples

►I like Helen.
► she likes chicken
► You like work
► They like Manchester United
► We like English
Ask your partner questions

► Task
► Work out 4 questions to ask your partner.
Notice change in word order
► Example:
► Do you like wine?
► Do you like soup?
► Do you like college?
Feed answers back to class

► Example:
► He likes fish. He doesn’t
(does not) like curry. He
likes children. He likes his
wife.
Using like with a verb

►A verb is a doing word

► Test it by asking does it need a
pronoun (I, he, she, it, you, they,
we) to make it work?
► I work, She plays, he sings, you
cook, they walk…….
Putting like with a verb

► RULE…..
► After like the second verb ends in “ing”(shopping) or
stays in the infinitive (to shop)
► I like painting pictures/I like to paint pictures
► You like cooking/You like to cook
► They like watching football/They like to watch football
► We like coming to college/We like to come to college
Your turn. Complete sentences with a
second verb

► Verbs: singing, playing football, watching TV,

talking to her family, swimming, to study
► He likes…………..
► She likes………….
► You like…………..
► They like………….
► We like……………
Rules for Questions……

► Verb “to do” + pronoun+ verb

“to like” + another verb +?
► Example
► Do you like dancing?
► Does she like cleaning?
Using like as a question

► Do you like swimming?

► Do you like to draw?
► Does he like fishing?
► Do you like to cook?
Use like as a negative question

► Grammar rule
► Do not becomes don’t
► Why don’t you like fish?
► What don’t you like doing in your
free time
► What don’t you like wearing?
Practice the questions with nouns and verbs
with each other

► Interviewyour partner for 5

minutes on
► Food you like to eat and why
► Food you don’t like to eat and
why
Card exercise

► In pairs, turn over a card and talk

for 5 minutes on topic
► Turn over next card when your
teachers tells you
► You SHOULD still be talking
when your teacher says STOP