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verbs that express likes and dislikes:

like, enjoy, love, hate

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Like it… or not…?

Look at the following pictures.

If you don’t like the activity click on don’t like.



eating ice cream


ElinorD. (2007). Cono de helado de fresa.



cleaning your bedroom


Fred, J. (2005). FC-home furnishing







listening to music


Frantzen, L. (2015). Beautiful girl listening to music with headphones



doing homework


Bauer, L. (n/d). Math homework.






Every day of our lives we express, conscious or unconsciously, our preferences. That is our likes and dislikes about things, people or daily activities.

The most common verbs to express likes and dislikes are love, enjoy, like and hate. They are used in simple present tense because they are routines or habitual actions.




Objective:

By the end of this topic, you will structure statements using the verbs like, enjoy, love and hate to express preferences, likes and dislikes in diverse situations.

Verbs that express preferences, likes and dislikes:

love, enjoy, like and hate



When you want to express preferences, likes and dislikes, we commonly use the simple present tense with the verbs "love", "enjoy", "like" to express likes and "hate."

These verbs are followed by two types of words: nouns and verbs. Let’s see the difference:




Structure

The verbs love, enjoy, like and dislike follow the same structure of the simple present tense.

Look at the following charts to remember the structure of the simple present tense.


  • Affirmative form

    subject

    love
    enjoy
    like
    hate

    verb in gerund form

    complement

    The boys

    love

    playing

    video games

    I

    like

    studying

    English

    We

    enjoy

    dancing

    rock and roll

    You

    hate

    staying

    at home

    Remember that he, she or it use the “s” form

    Tom

    likes

    eating

    Chinese food

    Susan

    loves

    playing

    the piano

    The cat

    likes

    drinking

    Milk

  • Interrogative form

    Do
    Does

    subject

    love
    enjoy
    like
    hate

    verb in
    infinitive form

    complement
    +
    ?

    Do

    the boys

    love

    playing

    video games?

    Do

    I

    like

    studying

    English?

    Do

    we

    enjoy

    dancing

    at home?

    Do

    you

    hate

    staying

    at home?

    Remember that he, she or it use the “auxiliary does”.

    Does

    Tom

    like

    eating

    Chinese food?

    Does

    Susan

    love

    playing

    the piano?

    Does

    the cat

    like

    drinking

    milk?

  • Negative form

    subject

    do not
    does not

    love
    enjoy
    like
    hate

    verb in
    infinitive form

    complement

    The boys

    do not

    love

    playing

    video games

    I

    do not

    like

    studying

    English

    We

    do not

    enjoy

    dancing

    at home

    You

    do not

    hate

    staying

    at home

    Remember that he, she or it use the “auxiliary does not"

    Tom

    does not

    like

    eating

    Chinese food

    Susan

    does not

    love

    playing

    the piano

    The cat

    does not

    like

    drinking

    milk






Infinitive form or gerund form?

In general, when you want to use two verbs together in a sentence in English, you have only two options.


- 1 -
You use “to” between the two verbs. That is, the second verb needs an infinitive form.

Example:

  • I want to work
  • We need to study
  • Susan deserves to win
  • Mike plans to travel
  • They decide to go
The verbs that are always followed by another verb in its infinitive form are: agree, arrange, decide, deserve, expect, fail, forget, hope, intend, learn, offer, plan, promise, refuse, remind and want.

- 2 -
Some verbs require the second verb in a gerund form
(ING ending)

Example:

  • I avoid working on Sundays
  • Tom enjoys playing soccer with us
  • Sharon finishes working at 9:00
  • Alice practices playing the guitar on Mondays
  • John admits copying during his exams
The verbs that are always followed by another verb in its gerund form are: admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, deny, enjoy, finish, imagine, mind, miss, practice, quit, regret, resent, suggest and postpone

- 3 -
Some verbs can be followed by verbs in the infinitive form or the gerund form, with a little difference in meaning if you use either structure. That is they can use both forms

They are: begin, continue, hate, like, love, prefer, start, stop and try





In a nutshell...

The verbs "love", "like" and "hate" are often followed by "gerund" when its meaning in general. So you are usually going to use them in this form.

They are followed by a verb in infinitive form to refer to a particular moment or situation.

The verb “enjoy” is always followed by a verb in the gerund form.







Exercise

George

Mike

Jack

Ava

Mia

Lisa

Love

Enjoy

Like

Hate


Reading

Activity 1

We like our holidays

First answer these questions:


In this activity, you will read a text about the activities a young man and his family do during their holidays.

Read the text carefully “We enjoy our holidays.

Then, choose the different options to the appropriate spaces from the right side to complete the sentences. You can know your score at the end of the exercise.

Listening

Activity 2

A nice day

In this activity, listen to the conversation between Lucy and her friend Susan.

Then decide if the following statements are True or False by choosing the appropriate option. At the end of the activity, you can check your score.


Writing

Activity 3

Wonderful places I know


Check the following example:

I love listening to music. One thing I enjoy a lot is doing top hit mash-ups. Also, DJing is one of my favourite hobbies. Although I want to buy a new console, a good DJ software could be excellent. I love to go to nightclubs because I can listen to the latest hits that latter I can download or buy.

Write a composition about activities you, your parents or your friends like to do.

Write a120-150 word composition using as many times as you can the verbs love, enjoy, like and hate.

When you write your composition, go back to the grammar explanation to check the correct use of verbs the verbs like, enjoy, love and hate. Use the rubrics to guide and evaluate yourself.

Speaking

Activity 4

My favourite activities

In this activity, you will have to talk about activities you like to do routinely, on holidays or in special events with your parents, friends or by yourself.

Remember to use as many times as you can the verbs love, enjoy, like and hate.

Before recording yourself, take a look at the rubrics to study the aspects that will be evaluated.

When you have your recording, go back to the grammar explanation and check the correct use of verbs the verbs like, enjoy, love and hate. Use the rubrics to guide you. Listen to the example so you can have an idea of how to do your recording.


 

This is the end of this unit “verbs used to express preferences likes and dislikes: love, enjoy, like and hate”. We hope you have learned how to use them and didn’t make mistakes using them.

We invite you to try to use them in English with your friends and relatives from now on.





Self-assessment

Old times

Based on the context, read the text and fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box.


References

Basic references

• Fuscoe K. (2010). Attitude Student’s Book 2. MacMillan. Mexico. DF.
• McCarthy M (2005). Touchstone 3. Cambridge University Press. New Your USA.
• Raskin J. (2010) Future English for results 3. Pearson Longman. New Your USA.
• Richards J. (2006). Interchange 3. Cambridge University Press. New Your USA.
• Saslow J. (2011). Top Notch 3. Pearson Longman. New Your USA.
• Soars L. (2003). American Headway 3. Oxford University Press. New Your USA.
• Soars L. (2009). American 2. Oxford University Press. New Your USA.


Complementary references

• Learn English with Emma [engVid]. (2015). English Vocabulary: other words for LIKE and DON'T LIKE [video]. Retrieved 22/05/17 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPNCwE-hRRo
• Luisthree. (2012). INGLÉS. 38- LIKE, -ING, Hobbies. Inglés para hablantes de español. Tutorial [video]. Retrieved 22/05/17 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjIGeVFKVOY