This document provides information about expressing likes and dislikes through common verbs like love, enjoy, like, can't stand, and hate. It discusses how these verbs are used in simple present tense to describe habitual actions and are often accompanied by nouns and verbs. The document also compares the verbs want and would like, explaining that want suggests demand while would like is more polite. It provides sample sentences to demonstrate the structures for expressing wants and likes.

1. EXPRESSING LIKES AND
DISLIKES

2. • The most common verbs to express these likes and
dislikes are love, enjoy, like, can’t stand and hate.
• They are used in simple present tense because they are
routines or habitual actions.

3. These verbs are regularly accompanied by two types of words:
nouns and verbs
• I love sport cars
• She likes horror movies
• We enjoy tropical music
• They hate bananas
• He doesn’t like spinach
• I love watching box fights
• I hate playing soccer
• Mary likes driving
• We hate eating meat
• The girls don’t love working on
Sundays

4. (+) STRUCTURE

5. (-) STRUCTURE
I can’t stand + ing
She can’t stand + ing

6. (?) STRUCTURE

7. WANT TO AND WOULD LIKE
Both want and would like, as verbs, mean to desire or wish for
something.
• Want suggests a demand.
• Would like is a more polite and formal way of expressing what you want.
I want to speak to you. (could be urgent and demanding)
I would like to speak to you. (more polite)

8. STRUCTURE
• WANT TO + INFINITIVE
(+) S + want(s) to + infinitive + c
I want to go to the movies.
Beth wants to go to the movies.
(-) S + aux (negative) + want to + infinitive + c
I don’t want to play football.
He doesn’t want to play football.
(?) Aux + S + want to + infinitive + c ?
Do you want to eat cookies?
Does she want to eat cookies?

9. STRUCTURE
Would like to + infinitive
I would like to go to the movies.
Would like + noun
I would like an orange juice.
(+) s + would like + infinitive / noun + c
(?) would + s + like + infinitive / noun + c
The short form of would like is ‘d like: I’d like a cup of coffee..