Speaking

1. Talking about likes and dislikes.

To talk about likes and dislikes in English, you can use these expressions:

WAYS TO EXPRESS WAYS TO EXPRESS NEITHER LIKE NOR

LIKES DISLIKE DISLIKE SOMETHING
I like… I don´t like…
I love… I don´t love…
I adore… I dislike… I don´t mind…
I´m crazy/mad about… I hate… It´s all the same to me…
I enjoy… I can´t stand… I don´t really care either
I´m keen on… I´m not keen on… way
I´m really/quite
I can´t bear…
interested in…

Table 1. Expressing likes and dislikes

Remember about likes and dislikes:

When these expressions are followed by a verb, this verb is in the “-ing” form.
Examples:
"I like listening to music."

Shall we practise?
1.1. Talk about what you like, and you don’t like (hobbies, sports, food…).
Record yourself for 30 seconds.

2. Phonics

In Present Simple tense we have learnt, we need to add an -s to the end of the verb
in the third person of singular. We have different alternatives to pronounce the -s as
/s/, /z/, or /ız/.

The are some rules to learn how to pronounce the -s properly.

• When the verb ends in /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /s/, /z/, /ʃ/ sounds, we pronounce the
-s as /ɪz/.
 /tʃ/ teach /dʒ/ judge /s/ miss /z/ lose /ʃ/ finish
• When the verb ends in /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/ or /θ/ sounds, we pronounce
the -s as /s/.

/p/ hope /t/ put /k/ make /f/ surf /θ/ breath

• When the verb ends

in /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ or /l/ sound or a vowel
sound, we pronounce the -s as /z/.

/b/ climb /d/ spend /g/ beg /v/ love /ð/ bath
/m/ come /n/ run /ŋ/ sing /l/ call