LIKES AND DISLIKES

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

 Ask about somebody’s likes and dislikes;
 Express his or other people’s likes and dislikes;
 Use various degrees of likes and dislikes;
 Express preferences.

Dialogue 1
Robert : “What do you do during your spare time, Tim?”
Tim : “I watch TV.”
Robert : “What TV programs do you like?”
Tim : “I like quiz, musical programs and some serial.”
Robert : “Do you like to watch sport programs?”
Tim : “Yes, I do. I especially like to watch football and boxing game.”
Robert : “What do you like to do besides watching TV?”
Tim : “I like to listen to music. Oh, I can do it anytime I want to. I can listen
to music while working, while eating or while chatting with friends”
Robert : “Really? Why don’t turn on the stereo then?
Here I’ve brought a new cassette of John Denver.”
Tim : “Okay.”

Dialogue 2
John : “Do you go to the movies often?”
Harry : “Yes I do. I like it very much.”
John : “what sort of movies do like?”
Harry : “I like action movies. I am especially crazy about James Bond movies.”
John : “Are you? How’s about western movies?”
Harry : “I hate them. I don’t like them at all.”
John : “But western movies are full of action, too.”
Harry : “Yes, but they are too childish for me.”
John : “I see. And who is your favorite film star?”
Harry : “Sean Connery, of course.”

Questions
1. What does Tim like to do during his spare time?
2. What TV programs does he like?
3. What else does he like to do?
4. What does Harry like to do?
5. Why does he like James Bond movies?
6. Does he like western movies? Why/why not?
7. Who is Harry’s favorite film star?
REMEMBER

To ask about somebody’s likes/dislikes, you say:

 What do you like to do during your spare time?

during your vacations?
does he during his spare time?
she her
 What do you dislike to do during your spare time?
hate

To answer those questions, you say:

 I like to watch TV
to listen to music
going to the movie

dislike staying at home

hate fishing
watching western movies

To ask about specific favorites or likes you say:

 What sort of movies do you like?

kind
apples
fruit
or:

 What movies do you like?

clothes

To answer those questions, you say:

 I like James Bond movies.

action
New Zealand apples
mangoes
casual clothes
T-shirt
To ask about the degree of somebody’s likes or dislikes, you say:
 How much do you like western movies?
dislikes
hate staying at home?
working on Sunday

To answer those questions, you say:

 I really like them  I quite like them.
it  I don’t like them.
 I like them a lot.  I don’t like them at all.
I just like them a little.  I hate them.

or you can also say:

 I am crazy about it.
 It’s alright
 I hate it
To ask about somebody’s preferences, you say:
 Which do you like better?
prefer?

To answer those questions, you say:

 I prefer camping to staying at home.
walking to riding a bike.
tea to coffee.
Sean Connery to Roger Moore.

 I like camping better than staying at home.

listening to music better than staying at home.
tea better than coffee.
Sean Connery better than Roger Moore.

Exercise 1

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 crazy about her.

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

Rephrase the following sentences using :

like ............. better than ..................
prefer ................... to .........................

1. He prefers watching TV to going to the movie.

He likes watching TV better than going to the movie.
2. My mother likes trousers better than skirts.
3. Andi prefers Charade to Forsa.
4. John likes to read magazine better than to listen to the news.
5. Does James prefer reading novels to watching videos?
6. Does Mary like John better than Robert?
7. Mom doesn’t prefer hot-dogs to pizza.
8. Juan used to like pineapples better than lychee juice.
9. Tracy and Tresna prefer soccer to volley ball.
10. I liked being here better than there.

Exercise 3

Ask your friends about the table below.

For examples:
Does Cathy like the study club? Yes, she does.
How much she like it? She likes it a lot.

No Activities/Things Cathy
.
1. Study club v
2. Camping
3. Orchid
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
10
11
12
13
14
15
Notes:
V : The person quite likes it.
VV : The person likes it a lot.
VVV : The person likes it very much.
X : The person doesn’t like it
XX : The person hates it.
XXX : The person hates very much.
Exercise 4

Ask your friend about he/she likes/dislikes to do, especially in their spare time. Then, write the notes into the
table below.
For example:
You : Donny, what do you like to do in your spare time?
Donny : I like to watch TV.
You : What TV program do you like best?
Donny : I like musical programs.
You : What do you dislike the most?
Donny : I dislike cooking.

No. Name Likes Like best Dislike Dislike most

1 Donny Watch Tv Musical program Cooking
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Exercise 5

Answer the questions by yourself.

I : “What do you like to do when you are free.”
You : “Watching Korean Drama”
I : “Do you like to go fishing?”
You : “No, I don’t”
I : “How do you like camping?”
You :
I : “How about music? Do you like it very much?”
You : I really like music. It’s make me happy
I : “What type of music do you like?”
You : I like pop and jazz music
I : “And who is your favorite musician?”
You : “Isyana Sarasvati and Tulus. They are great musician, they can sing, creat good music, compose, and
play the instrument of music.”
You :
Don’t forget

spare time
free
holidays
vacation

To express likes
like
love
be kin on
be akin to
be familiar with
be accustomed to
be interested in
be happy with
be glad to
dream of
appreciate
be crazy about
can’t help + -ing form
adore

To express dislikes
don’t like/dislike
hate
be bored of
be boring
be allergic to
be sick of
loathe

To express preference
like ............ better than…..
prefer ............. to .............
would rather ….. than…..
quite much
very much
a lot
a little