Uni 1 LEISURE TIME
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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

1

WARM-UP
Go around the classroom and find:
Find someone who…
Name
1 likes playing computer games.
2 enjoys knitting.

Find someone
who…
Example: Do you like playing computer games?

3 detests cooking.
4 fancies going shopping.
5 loves doing puzzles.
6 hates hunting.
7 dislikes watching TV.
8 prefers going to the cinema.

PRESENTATION
Verbs of liking

love
prefer
like
enjoy
fancy

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

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.
V_ing

• Some are followed by both
gerunds and to-infinitives.
Example: I love going
/ to go to
/ to_V
the cinema.
V_ing

PRACTICE

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

like
enjoy

Verbs followed by
gerunds only
detest
fancy
dislike
enjoy

detest
hate

fancy
prefer

Verbs followed by both
gerunds and to-infinitives
love
like
hate
prefer

PRACTICE

2

Choose the correct answer(s).
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. travel

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. to watch

B. watch

C. watching

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.
A. hunting

B. to hunt

C. hunt

PRACTICE

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

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

2. The girls _______________.
enjoy knitting
(enjoy)

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 (hate)
4. My father________________________.

PRACTICE

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

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

Write 5 sentences about your own hobbies, using
verbs of liking/disliking in both forms.

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