Do you like going on holiday?
Do you like spending time with your family?
Do you like watching T.V.?
Or do you just love doing all of them?
By the end of this lesson you will:
Express your likes and dislikes through different contexts such as family, cultural or recreational to show a preference.
Content
Uses:
The present simple is used to talk about your routines, habits and facts. For example:
Routine: I like to take a bubble bath in the morning.
Alexas_fotos. (2016). Kermit / Bath / Bath foam / Funny / Frog / Cute / Swim / Foam. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/bSfEVm
Habit: I love singing in the shower every day.
Alexas_fotos. (2016). Frogs / Bathroom / Funny / Cute / Frog / Sweet / fun / Swim. [graphic]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/NtUiqN
Fact: Water evaporates at 100°
Three shots. (2017). Pan / Water / Kitchen / Boiling Water / Fire / Stove. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/RKBvqF
Sometimes you need to have more information in the complement to make your sentence logical.
For the sentence to be clear, you need more information.
When you use the verbs “like” and “love,” it is necessary to provide more information. When that information is an action, there are specific rules.
Every time we use the verbs “like” and “love” we have two options, and both of them have the same meaning.
Pexels.(2016). Art / Arts And Crafts / Blank / Colorful / Colourful. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/gKNgmh
My friends and I | like | exercising | together |
Subject | like / love | Complement | |
Gerund Infinitive |
skeeze.(2011). Boat / Teamwork / Training / Exercise / Military / Paddle. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/dXBkmG
skeeze.(2013). Boxing / Training / Workout / Silhouettes / Exercise. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/TGVHWj
Pexels. (2015). Barbell / Bodybuilding / Effort / Exercise / Fitness / Gym. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/jV2a7c
She | doesn´t | love | going to the cinema alone. | ||
Subject | Auxiliary Do / does | Not | like / love | Complement | |
Gerund Infinitive |
grapefrugten. (2010). Alone at the movies. [photography]. Retrieved from:https://bit.ly/2r1LPvJ
Do | you | like | Spending time at home? |
Do / Does | Subject | like / Love | Complement |
Gerund / Infinitive (?) |
Short answers
Yes, I do.
No, I don´t.
Third person
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn’t.
agron4571. (2011). Homework. [edited photography]. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/f8zqj9
What | do | you | like | to do with your family? |
WH word | Aux Do / Does | Subject | like / love | Complement |
Gerund / Infinitive |
skeeze. (2015). John Kennedy Family / Jacqueline / Caroline / John Junior. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/2rQ2zu4
Activity 1
In the next activity, you will read about one of the most famous families in Hollywood. You will also practice your reading comprehension using the information in this lesson.
Click on activity to begin:
marie claire.(2016).Retrieved from: https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/the-jolie-pitt-family-album-153030
Activity 2
Listen to four cinema critics giving their opinion about the Oscar.
While you listen, practice your listening comprehension. Based on the topic reviewed in the content, answer the sentences in the exercise according to the information you heard.
lincolnblues. (2009). Oscar. [photography]. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/2sOEi4N
Activity 3
You have listened to people talking about favourite movies, actors and activities.
Through this activity, you will practice the use of the Present Simple to express your preferences.
Use the information in the content to talk about every activity you love to do. Write at least 40 words using this information.
Consider the points on the rubrics so that you can identify the points considered. Then evaluate yourself.
Activity 4
We have expressed our preferences in many ways, so on this activity, you will practice fluency, pronunciation and the uses of the present simple… using everything we have explored previously.
Now, you talk about your favourite movie and consider talking about all the characteristics of the film, the actors, the music, the setting and the quality of an image, etc.
Follow the link to Vocaroo so you can record yourself. It is easy.
Use the next rubrics to evaluate yourself.
After reviewing all the information about “Present Simple “love” and “like”” follow the rules in the content, to put your knowledge to practice.
Follow the rules in the content and practice what you have learned.
If necessary, you can go over the grammatical explanation of the topic by click here.
Write down the mistakes on a piece of paper and compare them with the rubric.
• Cambridge University Press. (2017). Cambridge dictionary. from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/question-words/when
• ELT base. (2008-2016). ELT base. from Famous Hollywood families: https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/famous-hollywood-families-149862#5sIjYXdmisZMIW7Q.99
• Marie Claire. (s.f.). www.marieclaire.co.uk. from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/
• Swan, M. (2005). Practical English Usage. En M. Swan,Practical English Usage (págs. 616 - 618). New York: Oxford University Press.