like and dislike

3.The British have in fact always imported food from abroad.From the time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.English kiychens,like the English[r]

Likes and dislikes

Like

Verb + -ing or infinitive?

Signs and soundbites

Aims

• Help the students know and use Like as a verb, a

preposition and some grammar spots of the lesson.

• Help the students know a number of basic verb

patterns in English.

• Help the students understand relative pronouns and

participles in a description

Objectives

• Students are able to understand and distinguish

between the different uses of Like

• Students are able to practice verb patterns, relative

pronouns and participles in a description

• Through the reading, listening, speaking Students are

able to translate the texts into Vietnamese and practise the sentence patterns

Introduction to like

Like can be a verb or a preposition

Like as a verb can be followed by - ing or to, sometimes with a change in meaning

I like going out at the weekend (general enjoyment)

I like to sit in a hot bath and read (habits and preferences)

Like as a verb has a person as the subject:

I like modern art

I don't like the way he looks at me

Do you like fish?

Would you like a drink?

Like as a preposition has an object after it:

She's wearing a hat like mine

He's nothing like his father

That sounds like the postman

You're behaving like children

This new girlfriend of his - what's she like?

• TEST YOUR GRAMMAR

1.In the following sentences, is like used as a verb or a preposition?

a How do you like your coffee, black or white?

b I’m just like my father We’re both tall and thin with black hair and brown eyes.

c Don’t you think that Pedro looks like Tom Cruise?

d What would you like to do tonight?

e ‘We went to that new restaurant last night’.

‘Really? What was it like?’

f ‘How do you tie a tie?’

‘Let me show you Like this’.

g ‘Shall we go home now?’

‘If you like’.

what like?

What is/are/was/were like? is used to ask about the permanent

nature of people and things It asks for a description or an impression

or a comparison

What's the health service like in your country?

What are the new students like?

(!) Be careful!

1 With a description or an impression, we do not use like in the

answer.

What's London like? It's quite big, and it's very interesting.

NOT It's like quite

What is Amanda like? She's tall, attractive, and very funny.

NOT She's like tall .

2 With a comparison, we can use like in the answer Here, like means

similar to / the same as.

What’s London like? It's like New York, but without the tall

buildings (= It's similar to )

What’s Amanda's daughter like?

She's just like Amanda.

(= She's the same as )

How ?

1 How ? is used to ask about the present condition of something

that can change

2 To ask about the weather, we can use both questions

3 How ? is also used to ask about people's health and happiness.

Compare:

4.How ? is also used to ask about people's reactions and feelings

How's work these days? It's better than last year.

How was the traffic this

He's a nice guy He's quite tall, has dark hair

How's the weather

How's your meal?

How's your new job?

How ? or What like?

Sometimes we can use What like? or

description How ? asks for personal feelings

Compare:

How's the party?

What's the party like?

It's great ! It's very noisy, but there's lots

to eat and drink

2 Match a sentence with a picture

1 They stopped to talk to each other

2 They stopped talking to each other

What’s the difference in meaning between

sentences 1 and 2?

Questions with like

1 In Britain, some school children go on exchanges to another country

They stay with a family for two weeks, and then the boy or girl of the

family comes back to Britain for two weeks Does this happen in your country?

2 Read the conversation between Anna and Nina, two schoolgirls Put one

of the questions from the box into each gap.

Anna: My French exchange visitor came

Anna: She’s really nice I’m sure we’ll get

on really well We seem to have a lot

in common.

Nina: Why do you say that?(2)

………

Anna: Well, she likes dancing, and so do

I And we both like tennis and

listening to music.

Nina: That sounds great I saw you with

someone this morning Was is

or shall we go to the cinema?

(4)………

Anna: I’ll ask her tonight and tell you tomorrow By the way, someone told me your mum’s not very well What’s the matter?(5)……… Nina: Oh, she’s OK She’s had a bad sore throat, that’s all, but it’s

getting better now.

Anna:Oh, it’s not too bad, then.

What would she like to do?

What does she look like?

How is she?

What does she like doing?

What’s she like?

2 Read the conversation between Anna and Nina, two schoolgirls Put one of the questions from the box into each gap.

a. = Tell me about her physical appearance.

b. = Tell me about her interests and hobbies c. = Tell me about her because I don’t know

anything about her.

d. = Tell me about her health.

e. = Tell me about her preference for tomorrow

evening.

2 In which questions it like used as a verb, and in which is it a preposition?

What's she like?

What does she look like?

What would she like to do?

How is she?

What does she like doing?

Question and answers

Match a question in A with an answer in B.

He likes swimming and skiing, and he’s a keen football fan.

He’s quite tall, average build, with straight brown hair.

LISTENING

Listen to nine short descriptions of people or things.

Write an appropriate question for each.

Listening

Descripsion

Gosh! Haven’t you ever tried

Indian food? It’s absolutely

delicious Really rich! It can be

hot, but it doesn’t have to be.

Question

What’s Indian food like?

Descriptions

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.

a What sort of things do you like doing?

b How are your parents?

c Who do you look like in your family?

d Who are you like in terms of character?

e What are you like as a person?

f What’s your school like?

g What does your teacher look like?

Descriptions

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.

a What sort of things do you like doing?

b How are your parents?

c Who do you look like in your family?

d Who are you like in terms of

character?

a What are you like as a person?

b What’s your school like?

c What does your teacher look like?

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Verb pattern

Verbs+ sb+ to+

infinitive

Verbs+ sb+

infinitive (no to)

Verbs+ -ing or

to + infinitive ( with no change in meaning )

Verbs + - ing

or to + infinitive ( with a change

of meaning )

Manage Choose Dare decide expect Need Offer Promise refuse Seem want would hate would like would love would prefer

To do

To come

To cook

Notes

1 Help and dare can be

used without to

We helped clean up the

Verbs + sb + infinitive (no

to)

help let make

Her us

do

Notes

To is used with make in the

Allowed

to is used instead

the

m

som eone

to do

to go

to come

Verbs + - ing or to + infinitive

(with little or no change in

Verbs + - ing or to + infinitive (with

a change in meaning) remember

remember stop try

(= I have a memory

now of a past action:

posting the letter.)

2 I remembered to

post the letter.

(= I reminded

myself to post the letter.I didn't forget.)

of coffee.)

5 tried to sleep.

(= I wanted to sleep, but it was

difficult.)

6 I tried counting sheep and drinking

a glass of warns milk.

(= These were possible ways of getting to sleep.)

Verbs+ pre+ - ing

Be bored with

Be interested in

Be fed up with

Doing Learning

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to

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ried (d) gettin g/to get/

get an earl ier

loved (e) drivin g/to driv

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and we often sto

pped (f) walk/ walking/t

invited u s (g) having /to have/

have a meal with the

hine all the t ime we

were the re Leav

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to know/ knowing/

know if you’re evfe in

the area You

must ca ll in.

Best wis hes, Sandra

PRACTICE

Grammar and listening

When one verb is followed by another, different patterns are possible Put the verbs from the Presentation text in the correct box.

Verb + -ing Verb + infinitive (with to)

Verb + person + infinitive with to

Verb + person + Infinitive without to

Discussing grammar

Work in pair and discuss your answer.

In the following sentences, two verbs are possible and one is not Underline the

verb that is not possible.

a My father………to mend my bike.

b She……her son to turn down his music.

c I……… going on long walks.

d We……….to go shopping.

e She……….me do the cooking.

f I……… working for the bank twenty

years ago.

Change the sentences in Exercise 1 using the verb you underlined.

1 refuse 2 can’t stand

LANGUAGE REVIEW

Asking for descriptions

1.What’s London like? means ‘Tell me about London because I don’t know

anything about it’ It is a very general question.

When it is asked about a person, the answer can refer to character or

appearance or both.

What’s Peter like?

He’s quite tall, with short blond hair.

He’s really nice You’d like him.

2 What does she look like? asks for a physical descriptions.

What does she look like?

She’s very pretty She’s got long black hair, and dark, mysterious eyes.

3 How are your parents? asks about their health and general happiness It does not

ask for a description.

How are your parents?

They’re fine, thanks My mother had a cold, but she’s better now.

1 Look at the following groups of words Which four of

the surrounding words in each group cannot go with

the noun in the centre?

PEOPLE

reserved bored

busy exciting

seaside agricultural

overcrowded

tasteful FOOD

home-grown disgusted

wealthy

Put a suitable adjective from Exercise 1 into the gaps in the following

Conversations If necessary, use their comparative or superlative froms.

Example

Billy’s only two so he’s the youngest in the family

a ‘What is Anna’s brother like?’

‘Well, he is certainly ………., dark and handsome, but I didn’t

enjoy meeting him at all He is even ………than she is!’

b ‘What was your meal like?’

‘Ugh! It was awful The pizza was……… We were absolutely

………, but we still couldn’t eat it!’

c ‘Did you have a good time in Amsterdam?’

‘Excellent, thank you There’s so much to do It’s a really……….

city And there are so many people from all over yhe world, it’s even

……… than London.’

d ‘Mmm! These courgettes are……… Did you grow them yourselves?’

‘Yes, we did All our vegetables are……….’

3 T.45 Listen and check your answers Work with a partner and practise

saying some of the dialogues, paying particular attention to the intonation.

1.How come it is so difficult to find English food in England?

In Greece you eat Greek food, in France food, in Italy Italian food,

But in England, in any High Street in the land,it is easier to find Indian

and Chinese restaurants than English ones.In London you can eat

Thai,Protuguese,Turkish,Lebanese,Japanese,Russian,Polish,Swiss,S

wedish,Spanish<and Italian-but where are the English restaurants?

2.It is not only restaurants that foreign dishes are replacing traditional

British food.In every supermarker,sales of pasta,pizaa and

poppadoms are booming.Why has this happened?What is wrong with

the cooks of Britain that thay prefer cooking pasta to potatoes?Why do

the British choose to eat lasagna instead of shepherd’s pie?Why do

they now like cooking in wine and olive oil?But perhaps it is a good

thing.After all,this is the end of the 20th century and we can get

ingredients from all over the world in just a few hours.Anyway,wasn’t

English food always disgusting and tasteless?Wasn’t it always boiled

to death and swimming in fat?The answer to these questions is a

resounding ‘No’,but to understand this,we have to go back to

beforeWorld War II

3.The British have in fact always imported food from abroad.From the

time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on

British cooking.English kiychens,like the English language,absorbed

ingredients from all over the word-chickens,rabbits,apples,and tea.All

of these and more were successfully in corporated into British

dishes.Another important influence on British cooking was of course

the weather.The good old British rain gives us rich soil and green

grass,and means that we are able to produce some of the finest

varieties of meat,fruit and vegetables,which don’t need fancy sauces

or complicated recipes to disguise their taste

4.However,World War II changed everything.Wartime women had to

forget 600 years of British cooking,learn to do without foreign

imports,and retion their use of home-grown food

The Ministry of Food published cheap,boring recipes.The joke of the war was a dish called Woolton Pie(named after the Minister for food!).This consistedof a mixture of boiled vegetables covered in white sauce with mashed potato on the top.Britain never managed to recover from the wartime attitude to food.We were left with a loss of confidence in our cooking skills and after years of Ministry recipes

we began to believe that British food was boring,and we searched the world for sophisticated,new dishes which gave hope of a better future.The British people became tourists at their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land!This is a tragedy!Surely food is as much a part of our culture as our landscape,our language,and our literature.Nowaday,cooking British food is like speaking a dead language.It is almost as bizarre as having a conversation in Anglo-Saxon English!

5.However,there is still one small ray of hope.British pubs are often the best places to eat well and cheaply in Britain,and they also increasingly try to serve tasty British food.Cam we recommend to you our two favourite places to eat in Britain?The shepherd’s Inn in Melmerby,Cumbria,and the Dolphin Inn in Kingston,Devon.Their steak and mushroom pie,Lancashire hotpot,and bread and butter pudding are three of the gastronomic wonders of the world!

Pre-reading task

Work in pairs.

France India Switzerland

Turkey Spain America

Italy Mexico Greece

kebabs, figs.

omelette, paella, tapas.

burgers and French fties, steak, turkey pasta, osso bucco, spaghetti bolognese taco shells, chilli con carne, peppers lamb, salad, yoghurt, calamare.

roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast lamb, sausages, fish and chips, custard.

What do you think influences a country’s food? What

Influences the food in your country?

2 Read these quotations about English food Do all the people have the same opinion about English food?

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‘It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast-even

the English can’t do it!’

J K Galbraith, economist

‘On the Continent people have good food;

in England people have good table manners.’

George Mikes, writer and humorist

‘If the Eglish can survive their food, they

can survive anything!’

George Bernard Shaw, writer

‘Even today, well-brought up English girls are taught to boil all vegetables for at least

a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests comes without his teeth!’

Calvin Trillin, American writer

‘English cooking? You just put things into boiling water and then take them out again

after a long while!’

An anonymous French chef