Talking About Your Likes Dislikes in English

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lesson now and then I’m going to begin

so as I said today we’re going to talk

about likes and dislikes patterns you

can use to express your likes and your

dislikes we’re going to cover some basic

grammar to begin as the lesson continues

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so Lizzy okay let’s begin I’m going to

slow down my speed of speech now so

let’s get into it

let’s begin then over here I’m going to

begin by talking about expressions for

your likes so when I say likes I mean I

mean I mean how to talk about the things

that you like how do you express what

you like so you can use a very simple

pattern like this for an action this is

something you can use for in action I

like to verb or I like verb in this is a

really common question that I get from

you from viewers they say what’s the

difference between I like to verb and I

like verbing here there’s no difference

so for some verbs we have to choose

between the two verb form and the verb

ing form this is called the gerund form

sometimes we have to choose between

these however with the verb like either

is fine so the difference here it

depends on the verb that’s used with the

verb like or with the verb love you can

use either I like to verb I like verbing

for example I like to cook or I like

watching movies either is fine here so

you can use this pattern with like or

you can replace it with love I love to

to emphasize it to give it a stronger

meaning I love to do something you can

use either of these to express an

activity that you like to do some

examples are coming in Michelle says I

like play video games don’t forget this

• if you want to use this pattern do not

forget this part this is the infinitive

form of the verb you need to use to plus

your verb someone says I like to listen

to you good I like to play cricket good

okay other examples Luqman on Facebook

says I like learning English with you

perfect nice use of this one good

examples

someone says Joseph says I’d like to cry

I like crying okay I’m not gonna judge

great um others uh inna sorry Lena says

I love to play basketball Luis says I

like to play chess my knowledge says I

like to sing songs good good good nice

examples so this is the basic way to

express an activity that you enjoy

something you like to do then let’s talk

about this pattern I’m introducing this

I’m into I’m into this is common in

American English I think it’s used in

British English as well I’m into plus

noun phrase I’m into plus noun phrase so

in this pattern we’re using verbs yeah

these are verb related expressions or

these are patterns that focus on a verb

here we’re using a noun or a noun phrase

so for example I’m into photography or

I’m into music I’m into rock music

whatever here we use a noun phrase so

sometimes like I hear people mix these

two for example I hear learners say like

I’m into to take a picture or like I’m

in to pick

sure or something like that so we need

to use like the kind of category like

the the name of the hobby or like the

name like the topic title in this

pattern I’m into photography I’m into

music and so on I’m into means I am

interested in noun phrase I’m interested

in so this is a casual way to express

your interest in something I’m into

laughs laughs laughs examples lots of

people are using I like the I like I’m

into someone says I’m read your comment

because it’s useful for grammar purposes

I’m into love we do not use love in this

case we use this if you want to talk

about your feelings for someone you say

I’m in love with someone I’m in love

with to is incorrect I’m into a person

you can say that you can say I’m into

him or I’m into her that is correct

grammatically but if you want to use the

expression in love you need to say I’m

in love with someone I’m in love with

someone

okay couple points here one person Akil

on YouTube hello says I’m into steady

steady is a verb study is the verb the

base form of the verb study I’m into

studying studying so make this a noun so

reminder you can make a verb into a noun

by putting this ing at the end is called

a gerund yeah I’m into studying I’m into

studying really that’s so we use this

expression as with like our hobbies yeah

hmm so something that you like to do

usually in your free time usually in

your free time so that’s why I chose

these examples like photography music

actually I think sounds like a cheat

sheet that’s all about your leisure

activities I’ll show that to you later

but keep in mind we use this expression

when we’re talking about things that we

like to do in our free time not just

things that we do like a lot like at

work or at school or whatever

I’ll show this to you a bit later okay

let’s go to a couple of more advanced

patterns then so these are basic

patterns we can use throughout today’s

lesson and basic patterns that are easy

to remember but I want to talk about

some other expressions to help you be

more specific so let’s take a look at

these it’s hard to see I know this says

situations situations so when you want

to talk about a specific situation I

want to give you a couple patterns you

can use to do that so these are going to

use like embedded statements so in

embedded statement is like a statement

inside a sentence so it’s kind of like

you’re saying two things at the same

time so let’s look at some examples the

first pattern I want to share is this

one I like how or I like the way

something something something so some

examples of this I like the way you did

your hair I like the way you did your

hair so this is another way to say like

I like your hairstyle today I like the

way you did your hair you could use how

here as well I like how you did your

hair another example uh I like how you

explained that idea I like how you

explained that idea so in these example

sentences this pattern this I like how

or I like the way is followed by in

these cases you but the person who is

doing the action or maybe if it’s not a

person it’s like the noun that is doing

the action and then we have this past

tense expression in this case I like how

you did your hair so this is a past

we’re talking about a past action that

we want to compliment in both cases I

like how you explained that idea we can

also use present tense in these examples

to talk about an action

or something a person does regularly

that we like so for example I like how

you explain grammar that’s a present

tense example sentence so you can use

your verb right here to change like is

this a is this a past action you want to

compliment or is this something that

person does regularly so change your

verb here according to a kind of the

time period within which you want to

consider so some examples are coming in

good ones oh wow there’s a bunch on

YouTube let’s take a look

many people say I like the way you teach

perfect perfect good example someone

says I like how you play soccer

good Oscar says I like how you teaching

us if you want to use the progressive

form

don’t forget your is or our I like how

you are teaching us so that means like

right now your progressive form is right

now uh other ones I like I like the way

so if you use this way pattern

don’t forget the I like the way you talk

other examples I like the way how you

okay manage again oh hey good uh don’t

mix these two I like how you talk or I

like the way you talk but not together

we can’t use them together over on

Facebook I didn’t forget your Facebook I

like how you wrote your names as Joseph

good okay uh I like how you learn okay

remember learn is your perspective you

are learning I am teaching

I like how you teach English I like how

you teach English someone said like for

example I like the way you smile good I

like how you look tonight good okay I

like the way you move good examples I

like ooh that’s interesting I like the

way you sleep okay that’s creative you

are getting creative in the chat today

everybody that’s very funny

what are the differences between how and

the way good question for east on face

generally in terms of the meaning that

is communicated there’s not really a

difference you’ll find though that there

are just some expressions that sound a

little bit more norm or more natural

with how and some expressions tend to

sound a little more natural with the way

so for me I tend to use the way for kind

of more like casual like like person

related activities like I like the way

you did your hair or I like as in

someone’s example sentence I like the

way you smile and if I want to give like

a more professional sounding compliment

I might say I like how you explained

that idea or I like how you put this

presentation together so that’s how I

choose between the way and how but

sometimes it just sounds a little more

natural like we kind of have we usually

say it with one word or the other okay

we have to move on to the next point oh

my gosh okay next one another

situational point is I like it when I

like it when note we’re using when here

so that means we’re talking not about

someone’s action as we talked about here

but we’re talking about like a condition

so some examples I like it when my

friends come over for dinner I like it

when my friends come over for dinner so

again after when I’m talking about a

noun phrase in this case my friends so

who are the people or who is the person

acting and what is like the situation

we’re creating I like it when my friends

come over for dinner another example I

like it when I get to leave work early I

like it when I get to leave work early

here it’s me I’m talking about myself I

like it when I get to so get to I like

it when I am allowed to or I have the

privilege of leaving work early I like

it when I get to leave work early so we

use when to talk about these situations

these

conditions in this case that we like

that we like so I will look for your

example sentences with this pattern then

so you can use this to talk about

situations I like it when I get all my

work done in one day ah yeah on Facebook

says I like it when Alicia teaches good

so that’s a situation right now is the

situation so I like it when Alicia

teaches good nice example sentence and

thank you um yeah Peterson has the same

one that I wrote I like it when my

friends come over for dinner yes yes yes

oh that says I like it when Kobe Bryant

plays basketball yeah good example

sentence unfortunate news about him

recently for sure someone said I like it

when my sisters call me ah make sure in

this expression don’t forget it I like

it when I like it when I like it when I

watch Netflix with my brother good good

I like it when I go to my friend’s house

good okay good examples everybody mmm I

like it when you accept your mistakes

that’s an interesting okay I think

you’ve got it sounds good I like it when

you are teaching so again if you want to

use the progressive form of your verb

like I like it when you are teaching or

I would use present tense there I like

it when you teach you but if you want to

use progressive for some reason don’t

forget before your ing form I like it

when you are teaching don’t forget that

helping verb there okey-dokey let’s take

a break

and then we’ll go to dislikes so I

mentioned I would share this with you I

talked about in this part here and this

look kind of like more basic grammar

portion about

leisure act I said I would show you this

one this PDF is all about hobby related

activities so there’s vocabulary words

here you can use to talk about your

hobbies sorry I know it’s hard to see

but it says things like watch movies go

shopping surf the internet play an

instrument and so on if you need some

ideas check this out and it has some

expressions to ask questions about your

activities in your free time so this one

might be a good one

for today’s lesson of course there are

lots of other things too relating to

like shopping oops sorry I picked up the

wrong one what is this one’s about

shopping at the supermarket yes I wanted

to show you the shopping one ah if you

like if music is one of the topics that

you’re interested in you might pick up

this one I know it says singing but on

the back is a list of music related

vocabulary hard to see I know it’s hard

to see so go check the link below the

video on YouTube or above the video on

Facebook to get these whatever however

many you want you can download them all

if you’re watching on Instagram check

the YouTube or Facebook for the link ok

let’s continue let’s continue do

dislikes if you’re just joining us today

today’s topic is how to talk about your

likes and dislikes the things you like

and things you do not like there’s a lot

still to do so let’s continue uh we’re

gonna go to dislikes now so before we

talk about dislikes liked the video and

share the video so other people can find

today’s lesson okay let’s go to dislikes

we talked about this first pattern in

the beginning of today’s lesson I

introduced this pattern I like to and I

I like verbing yes or I can see so I

like cooking or I like to cook both are

fine to make this negative to express

something you dislike just put don’t

don’t is the reduced form of do not in

speech please use don’t it sounds kind

of unnatural to say I do not like to I

do not

something so please use don’t where

possible as much as possible in your

speech I don’t like to so we can use

exactly the same grammar I talked about

before either to plus your verb or verb

in the ing form I don’t like to cook or

I don’t like watching TV you can use the

same pattern and to make this a little

well a lot stronger you can replace

don’t like with hate if you want to I

hate to cook I hate watching TV

I hate whatever so you can use hates but

please note that it will become a very

strong statement Michelle says I don’t

like cleaning dishes good example

I don’t see others yet okay so I don’t

like something someone says I don’t like

to go to school okay a common one good

good good

all right so I want to talk about the

negative form of into I talked about

using into to express your likes but to

use into you can use into to express

your dislikes too but generally we kind

of make this softer so you can say I’m

not into noun phrase that’s fine but

often often times we want to soften the

expression you can do that with really

or so as well I’m not really into noun

phrase or I’m not so into noun phrase

for example I’m not really into rock

music I’m not really into rock music or

I’m not really into museums I’m not

really into visiting museums so you can

use really to sort of make it a softer

expression so yes really is used as an

emphasis word like I’m really hungry or

I’m really sleepy but if you want to

make this like disagreement phrase this

kind of negative phrase softer you can

use really or so to do that some

examples are coming in some people who

my gosh I don’t like people okay I don’t

like people and then you have boring at

the end there Raimondo I don’t like

people because they are boring or I

don’t like people who are boring we’re

going to talk about this grammar later I

don’t like gossip people okay lots of

you are sending some example sentences

that you should keep for later I’m going

to introduce a pattern you can use for

that I’m not really into studying good

I don’t oh I missed one on Facebook

sorry I don’t like playing games good

good good I don’t like to eat Japanese

food good I’m not really into eating

spicy food okay keep in mind with this

pattern with this pattern we also with

this noun phrase we tend to use like I

said

these like hobby related words so if you

get too specific well what should I say

we use the words that are already being

discussed in the conversation so if you

just throw something out there that’s

like you know I’m not into eating spicy

food yes that’s a grammatically correct

sentence just make sure that that’s a

topic of conversation already like don’t

just throw like a random word are a

random sentence into the conversation

just an idea okay let’s continue on

because these to some of you are already

sending sentences that are similar to

this grammar so I want to spend our time

here today when you want to talk about

people as some of you are already doing

you can use a pattern like this and also

I want to note the situation patterns

over here I talked about you can also

use those with dislikes just make them

negative yeah

so like I don’t like how or I don’t like

the way or I don’t like it when blah

blah so here let’s practice using a a

people related pattern you can make this

positive by removing don’t so lots of

you are sending patterns that need this

grammar I don’t like people who I don’t

like people who verb so or I don’t like

people who are close-minded close-minded

means they’re not open to new ideas I

don’t like people who are close-minded

here’s my verb are it’s my be verb so I

don’t like people who something

something something so some examples you

sent before I don’t like people who

gossip

I don’t like people who are boring this

is the grammar you need to make that

sentence correct another example I don’t

like people who never think about others

I don’t like people who never think

about others so here never is modifying

think so that’s a

it’s not over directly after who here

I don’t like people who never think

about others rakita on YouTube says I

don’t like people who ask too many

questions gotcha good nice one

I don’t like people who are lazy good

when okay okay okay I don’t like people

who think only of themselves is very

good nice job I don’t like people who

lie good I don’t like people who I’m not

sure it’s all one maybe another maybe

send a verb and a verb after who here I

don’t like people who judge a judge

maybe books by their cover or judge

people based on their looks and so on I

don’t like people who don’t understand

the feelings of others good I don’t like

people who never feel for others nice

examples guys I don’t like the

coronavirus has someone me too but I

would like to not catch the coronavirus

that would make me very happy okay

other examples I don’t like people who

hate animals good oK you’ve got it I

think so we use a verb after this who

here

let’s now practice this situation

pattern I introduced earlier let’s talk

about this in the negative form so we

practiced I like it when let’s practice

I don’t like it when like I don’t like

it when a friend is unhappy so in this

pattern I don’t like it when we follow

not with a verb but with a noun phrase

the person or the thing I don’t like it

when a friend is unhappy I don’t like it

when now so this is another one you can

use you can use a situation pattern with

your a negative expression I don’t like

it when I don’t have like it to win I

don’t like it when I can’t find the

droids I’m looking for okay let’s uh

we’ll I’ll look for a couple more

example sentences and then I have to

finish with these expressions at the end

but again a good a good thing to do I

think for today’s lesson for this topic

would be to choose and picking some up

right now would be to choose a couple of

these yeah there’s the one I wanted

there are a couple of these PDFs I would

say maybe you’re a nice match for

today’s topic so I wanted to show you

the shopping one or

this has verbs on the back this middle

part here is all verbs that you can use

with this pattern I showed you the the

leisure-time one this is all hobbies and

then the music one as well after it is

sports is another good topic for this so

pick up a couple of these and maybe

practice using the verbs on these with

this grammar

those are memes like some natural verb

choices to practice here alrighty oh so

we’ll finish this very quickly I’m going

to go to the last part of the lesson and

we’re going to cover some expressions

and some idioms that use that are

related to expressing things you like

and you dislike I will continue to try

to check your answers live someone says

I don’t like it when you don’t read my

messages ha ha ha that’s funny because I

just read your message how funny ok

let’s go to some examples examples some

expressions and some idioms I’m sorry

I’m still laughing about them in that

comment ok uh let’s look at these fond

of fonda you might hear fond of noun

phrase I’m fond of noun phrase or I’m

not fond of noun phrase fond of means

kind of like or like a little bit like

I’m fond of fruity drinks lately or I’m

kind of fond of that movie like

something you kind of like a little bit

especially for a short time I’m fond of

you might also hear people say I’m fond

of you or I’m fond of him or I’m fond of

her maybe we use it for someone we don’t

know super well just yet but we kind of

like them a little bit you can use this

for friends it doesn’t have to be like

romantic relationships ok another one is

don’t mind don’t mind I don’t mind is

like saying that thing or that person is

not so bad like I don’t like it but I

don’t hate it I don’t mind

it so for example I don’t mind washing

dishes you can use this for chores like

household tasks

I don’t mind washing dishes or I don’t

mind doing the laundry so we have some

kind of noun phrase here I don’t mind

working with that guy I don’t mind

working with that girl so don’t mind

it’s like I don’t like it I don’t hate

it

mm-hmm examples are coming in

I’m fond of your voice school I’m glad

someone says I’m fond of cool music so

if you like music just use like so fond

of sounds kind of like something that

you are just starting to like a little

bit I’m fond of something the other

examples Carlos says I don’t mind

standing up as neither do I that’s great

okay

I’m fond of Korean movies I’m

interesting yeah I want to watch more

Korean movies lately okay three more and

then we’ll finish because I’m late so

first noun phrase is right up my alley

noun phrase is right up my alley this is

used now and then in American English

I feel perhaps in British English too a

noun phrase is perfect for me that’s

what this means so for example this new

restaurant looks like it’s right up my

alley right so an alley is a street it’s

an old word for Street or sometimes it’s

also just means a very very small Street

so the idea with this expression is that

something is just right for me so that

thing is right up your alley or this

restaurant is right up my alley means

it’s perfect for me

final to many of you know I have in

parentheses not my cup of tea not my cup

of tea or it is my cup of tea means

that’s not something I like in the

negative form it’s not my cup of tea

for example horror movies aren’t really

my cup of tea that’s true I don’t so

horror movies aren’t really my cup of

tea means horror movies are something I

don’t really like very much this is a

soft way to say that

final expression sorry to go quickly I’m

out of time to each their own to each

their own

this expression means everyone can like

or dislike whatever they want so we use

this expression to respond when we’re

like when we’re disagreeing with someone

so if you think nah horror movies are

great and I’m like horror movies aren’t

my cup of tea

you might say up to each their own which

means everyone can choose what they like

or dislike so we use it to respond to a

disagreement like up whatever you know

everybody’s different is the idea here

everyone can choose hmm

so those are a couple of expressions

relating to your likes and your dislikes

I hope that that was helpful can I say

my cup of coffee well

in what context like cup of coffee is a

thing good you can say that so a cup of

coffee oh I see I see what your question

is cup of coffee instead of cup of tea I

see no I think you cannot if you if you

say like a horror movies are not my cup

of coffee you the other person will

probably laugh like I’m doing right now

like this the expression is cup of tea

it’s always cup of tea you cannot

replace the beverage this expression

that it was very funny though I would

like to try that I like the idea I like

your creativity yeah that’s I see your

question thanks for that thanks for

always tea always deep ok control desk

is wildly mentioning the time to me so

I’m gonna finish uh something is growing

on me yes I can’t read your name sorry

something is growing on me means I’m

gradually starting to like that thing

like this is growing on me or oh that

person is growing on me means I’m

gradually starting to like that thing

I’m out of time I’m very late so I have

to finish there thanks very much to

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