Expressing likes and dislikes

Ex. 34. Give you opinion using expressions from Ex. 33.

Giving opinion

Speaking Activity

Ex. 33. Look at the way in which the people give their opinions. Learn them.Can you think the other ways in which people give their opinion

1. I think

2. For me

3. If you ask me

4. It should be

e.g. I can't stand window shopping.

1. hotel industry in your country 2. computers 3. classical music 4.extreme sports

5.body-building 6.wind surfing 7.diving 8. visiting Paris

Ex. 35. Look at these ways of talking about likes and dislikes. Study them.

1. I like smaller hotels.

2. I love going on holidays, especially in Europe.

3. I don’t mind paying for it.

4. I enjoy going to the seaside.

5. I hate flying.

6. I’m not too keen on Italian cooking.

7. I can’t stand lying on the beach all day.

8. I rather hate people who don’t say thank you.

9. We’re both fond of walking.

10. I dislike it when advised me where to go.

Ex. 36. Fill the gaps in using the words in brackets and reproduce the correct sentence.Listen and check.

e.g. (be keen on) I ________ watching extreme sports on TV.

I am keen on watching extreme sports on TV.

1. (like) I _____ Italian restaurants.

2. (enjoy/go) I _____ to foreign countries.

3. (hate/ travel) We _____ by motor coach.

4. (dislike/ when) He _____ he has to stay in noisy hotels.

5. (can’t stand) I _____ people who are keen on politics.

6. (enjoy) We _____ sea voyages.

7. (don’t mind/when) I _____ the service is slow.

8. (love/go out) I _____ every evening.

9. (don’t like/when) I _____ people put their feet up…

Ex. 37. Choose the phrase in italics which is grammatically correct and reproduce it. Listen and check.

1. I don’t like it when / can’t stand getting up early.

2. I love it / am keen on when I get the chance to go abroad.

3. I am not very fond / dislike of foreign food.

4. I am quite keen / enjoy on learning new languages.

5. I don’t mind it when / enjoy meeting new people.

6. I can’t stand it when / hate visitors who complain all the time.

Ex. 38. Match the phases in column A with the phrases in column B and reproduce the sentences. Listen and check.

A	B
As I get terribly seasick, so I hate Good service is improvement but I dislike I go abroad whenever I can, I am not fond of I am not very keen When the company’s paying for them I love I like working in the Reception because I enjoy I start work at six, I don’t mind. I speak three languages so I like	getting the chance to speak them welcoming the guests staying in five-star hotels getting up early when waiters don’t leave you alone going anywhere by boat on visiting historical sites of holidays in England

Ex. 39. 1) Can you put the expressions in order from “like most “to” dislike most”. Use Ex.35 for help.

2) Make sentences to say how much you like or dislike the following as in the example.:

e.g. I don't mind hot summers.

1. Russian food. 2. Going to the theatre. 3. Sunbathing. 4. Visiting art galleries.

5. Driving. 6. Rain. 7. Cold winters. 8. Television programmers on holiday and travel.

Ex. 40. Match the activities in A with places in B and make the sentence as in the examples.

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