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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

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WARM-UP
Go around the classroom and find:
Find someone who…
likes playing computer games.

Find someone
who…

enjoys knitting.
detests cooking.
fancies going shopping.
loves doing puzzles.
hates hunting.
dislikes watching TV.
prefers going to the cinema.

Name

PRESENTATION
Verbs of liking

love
prefer
like
enjoy
fancy

Verbs of liking are used to express positive attitudes
towards people or things.

PRESENTATION

Verbs of disliking

detest
hate
dislike

Verbs of disliking are used to express negative attitudes
towards people or things.

PRESENTATION
• Some verbs of liking and disliking can
be followed by gerunds only.
Example: They dislike surfing the net.
• Some are followed by both gerunds
and
to-infinitives.
Example: I love going / to go to the
cinema.

PRACTICE

1 Work in pairs. Put the verbs in the appropriate column.
love
dislike

like

detest
enjoy

Verbs followed by gerunds
only
detest
fancy
dislike

enjoy

fancy
hate
prefer

Verbs followed by both
gerunds and to-infinitives

love
like
hate
prefer

PRACTICE

2 Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.
1. I love ______, so in my leisure time, I go to some
villages near Ha Noi to relax and enjoy the outdoors.
A. travelling

B. travelled

C. to travel

2. Tom enjoys ______ puzzles, especially Sudoku.
A. doing

B. do

C. to do

PRACTICE

2

Choose the correct answer(s).

3. When do you like ______ TV?

A. watched

B. watch

C. to watch

4. Do you fancy ______ to the cinema this weekend?
A. go

B. going

C. to go

5. I detest ______. I think it's cruel to harm animals.

PRACTICE

3

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences, using the verbs in brackets in
their suitable form.

surfing / to surf the Internet (like)
1. Mark likes
_________________________.

enjoy knitting (enjoy)
2. The girls ____________.

PRACTICE

3 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences,
using the verbs in brackets in their suitable form.

3. My cousin ______________.
dislikes cooking (dislike)

hates going / to go shopping
4. My father_________________.
(hate)

PRACTICE

3

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences, using the verbs in brackets in
their suitable form.

5. Tom and his sister __________________.
prefer doing / to do puzzles (prefer)

PRACTICE

4 Complete the sentences about yourself.
All about me

I like ______.
I prefer ______.
I love ______.

I dislike ______.
I hate ______.
I detest ______.

PRODUCTION

5

Likes and dislikes mimes

Work in groups. One mimes a leisure activity he / she likes or dislikes.
The others guess the activity by asking yes / no questions using the verbs they have learnt.

Example:
A: Do you like surfing the net?
B: No, I don't.
C: Do you love messaging your friends?
B: Yes, I do.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to use verbs of liking and disliking

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

Do exercises in the workbook.

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