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Expressing Likes and Dislikes Describing People, Places and Things Offering, Accepting and Refusing

This document provides a lesson on expressing likes, dislikes, and descriptions of people, places, and things in English. It discusses the differences between questions using "like" as a verb meaning to enjoy versus as a descriptor meaning similar. Examples are given of questions using "What does he like?", "What does he look like?", "What is he like?", and appropriate responses not using "like" to describe a person's attributes. The document also provides sample answers to these questions about the author to model correct usage.

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Expressing Likes and Dislikes Describing People, Places and Things Offering, Accepting and Refusing

This document provides a lesson on expressing likes, dislikes, and descriptions of people, places, and things in English. It discusses the differences between questions using "like" as a verb meaning to enjoy versus as a descriptor meaning similar. Examples are given of questions using "What does he like?", "What does he look like?", "What is he like?", and appropriate responses not using "like" to describe a person's attributes. The document also provides sample answers to these questions about the author to model correct usage.

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Unit 9 - Lesson 42 - Getting to know you

Remember

Expressing likes and dislikes 


Describing people, places and things 
Offering, accepting and refusing

Learn

To Like, To Look Like, To Be Like

The questions:-

What does he like? 


What does he look like?
What would he like?
What is he like?
How is he?

What is the difference between these questions?

Check here!

Like

As a verb like can mean to enjoy or approve of.

For example:-

"I  like  your new car."

Like can also mean similar to or in the same way.

For example:-

Q. "What does he  look like?"

A. "He  looks  like  his brother."

The expression would like is used when we make requests and offers.

For example:-

"I'  d like  another glass of wine, please."

However "What is he/she/it like?" is a specific question about the personality of someone or
the attributes of something, here you do not use like in the answer.
For example:-

Q. "What is he  like?" - A. "He is very nice."

Q. "What is it  like?" - A. "It is very reliable."

Some answers (about me):-

The question What you would ask me? What would my answer be?

What do I like I like tea and coffee, I also like wine and
What do you like to drink?
to drink? beer. I don't like alcopops.

What do I like I like pasta and pizza, I also like fruit. I don't
What do you like to eat?
to eat? like fatty meat.

 
I am medium height and a little overweight. I
What do I look have long dark hair, a fair complexion and
What do you look like?
like? hazel eyes. Some people say that I am
attractive, but I don't think I am.
 

Who do I look Some people say I look like Nana Mouskouri.


Who do you look like?
like? I don't think I do.

 
I think I am quite nice. My husband says that
What am I I am impatient, but I don't think I am. I think
What are you like?
like? that I am very patient. A lot of people say
that I have a good sense of humour.
 

What is my What is your house like? It's quite small. It has a kitchen, bathroom,
house like? living room and two bedrooms.

!Note - Like is not normally used in the continuous form, you shouldn't say "I am liking ...".

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