tailieunhanh - A complete English language course part 10

The words have changed in sound while the old spelling has stayed the same. This is a difficulty for people learning English, but it is something that must be accepted from the start - you will have to learn pronunciations as well as spellings. | 74 Language point 33 - liking doing things As well as talking about liking things you can also talk about liking doing things. Look at these two sentences Sue likes ice cream on a hot day Sue likes sitting under the trees on a hot day When we talk about liking doing things like is followed by the ing-form of the verb. Here are some more examples swim The children like swimming in the pool read Does your sister like reading magazines play Terry likes playing tennis on his days off watch I don t like watching football on TV sit I like sitting in the garden work Do you like working for the company And when someone asks you if you like something there are many answers you can give. Let s look as some of the possibilities starting with positive answers and going through to negative answers Do you like fast food Yes I love it Yes I quite like it It s OK I suppose I m not bothered Not really No I don t like it at all I can t stand it No I hate it Exercise 8 Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the box - use the different forms of the verbs to help you decide which ones belong where. The first one is done for you. 1 Would you like to help me with the washing-up 2 Do you like football 3 Jerry like on the beach 4 you like to_in this evening 5 I like_my exercises in the morning. 75 6 Fiona with the washing-up. 7 Would you to cricket with us today 8 I like in the evening. 9 Would you like to some aerobics at the health club this evening 10 you like to the radio helping sunbathing doing play help playing listening do don t does would do likes like working stay Exercise 9 Look at the answers to the question Do you like fast food at the end of Language point 33 - can you draw two lines to divide the answers into positive neutral and negative Language point 34 - choosing between two things and pointing them out You can use the verb prefer to say which of two things or actions you think is better Which would you prefer - tea or coffee I d prefer coffee thank you. We use .