hi there it's asiya in ielts speaking you often need to say if you like or dislike something and
in this video you're gonna learn a plethora of words and expressions to express your preferences
they will help you to sound more natural and achieve a higher score for your vocabulary
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first of all let's talk about likes and how you can say that you like something a lot the first
word is to adore you can use it to talk about people or things i adore my children or i adore
working with small children i simply adore puppies or i adore a good book you can use it in every
situation the next word is to be crazy about again it's very informal i'm crazy about internal design
or i've always been crazy about cars you can use it to talk about people too i'm crazy about him
but that's probably not for ielts the next word is to love i love swimming i love vanilla ice cream
it's very common and there is nothing wrong in using common words i like i love
as long as you don't use them every time the next phrase means to like something a lot to be fond
of it's a great phrase to know you can be fond of people it means you have warm and loving feeling
towards someone who you've known for a long period of time i've always been fond of my aunt ellen
you can use it to talk about things too to be fond of something it means to like something very much
especially for a long time i'm fond of horses or i'm fond of dogs yeah by the way
when you're talking about dogs and cats you can simply say i'm a dog person or i'm a cat person
and everyone knows who you like but talking about fondoff here is a good example i like to travel
but then again i'm very fond of my home you can be fond of doing something i'm fond of driving and my
husband is usually happy to be a passenger maybe you can also use this expression to criticize
someone my brother is always fond of pointing out my mistakes you can use formed with a noun
fond memories this is a collocation these are words that are often used together
i have formed memories of my childhood have a look at this example and think if it's correct or not
i'm fond of the movie i watched last night is it correct the answer is no because to
be fond of something means to like something for a long time and in this particular example
it's better to say i liked the movie i enjoyed the movie last night you can also use font to talk
about something you dislike i'm not fond of i'm not fond of spicy food it makes me cry
or i'm not really fond of our neighbor she's so gloomy all the time the next word is very common
and of course you know it to enjoy something it means to get pleasure from something i really
enjoyed that movie that book or that meal you can say that you enjoy doing something
i want to travel because i enjoy meeting people and seeing new things please note that you need
to add ing to every verb you use with enjoy i enjoy traveling and seeing a great expression to
use is to enjoy yourself it means to get pleasure from the situation you are in i enjoyed myself
tremendously at the party or the festival was a huge open air event with music stalls and everyone
enjoying themselves a great expression to use is to be keen on something it's informal and it means
that you have a lot of interest in something or you're quite enthusiastic about something
i'm quite keen on the idea it means you're enthusiastic about this idea or
i quite like different sports but i'm particularly keen on tennis you can say that you are keen on
doing something i was keen on going to the party despite the terrible weather outside and you can
use it in negative statements to be not keen i'm not keen on spicy food as you know it makes me cry
or she's not keen on being told what to do now let me show you a few phrasal
verbs you can use to talk about your likes and the first one is to revel in something
it means to enjoy something very much when i moved to london and left my parents house
i reveled in my newly found freedom here is another one someone or something grows on me
it means that at first you didn't like him or it but now you're starting to like it
more and more i wasn't sure about this book at first but it's growing on me it means at first
i didn't like the book but now i'm beginning to like it more and more it's growing on me
or i didn't like him at first but he's really grown on me at first i didn't like him now i
like him a lot he's grown on me another phrasal verb is to take to someone or something it means
to start to like someone or something so to take two doesn't imply that you didn't like it at first
i took to my new boss immediately it means i started to like my new boss immediately
you can say to take to doing something i didn't take to skiing straight away but now i love it
and in this sense you can say that skiing has grown on me i didn't take to skin straight away
but now i love it it's grown on me to take to something also means to begin doing something
as a habit i've taken to waking up at 6 00 am every morning now let me show you a couple of
phrases or expressions you can use and the first one is to have a weakness for
something it means to like something when you know you shouldn't i have a weakness for chocolate but
i know i shouldn't eat it because i'm trying to lose weight you can also say to have a soft spot
for someone or something it just means to like someone or something very much
i have a soft spot for my cousin or i will always have a soft spot in my heart for paris
there is one more formal verb you can use to relish it's great for writing but you can use
it in ielts speaking too to relish means to like or enjoy something i always relish a challenge
and that is a collocation to relish a challenge these words are often used together
you can say i'm relishing the prospect of studying in london next year and you can also use it as
a noun for example with relish it means with pleasure i would go to study abroad with relish
you can say no relish i have no relish for hunting animals before we continue
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what can you say if you're not sure if you like or dislike something first of all you can say
i don't mind i don't mind cooking it means i don't like it but i don't dislike it i don't mind
you can also say i don't really care either way or it's all the same to me
now let's talk about your dislikes and first of all about the verb to dislike
in english it's quite formal and it's actually not used in ielts speaking or just in speaking
too much it's more used in writing but you can still use it in certain situations for example
there are very few foods that i actively dislike
here it's good and if you're surprised to see the word foods it means different kinds of food
i dislike being away from the family that's quite serious and you can actually say that
but what about i dislike running can you say that it sounds a bit weird in this context it's
better to say i don't like running i don't like is much more flexible than i dislike
in english it is common to soften your language to sound more polite and so phrases like i'm
not keen on or i'm not fond of are very common you can also say i'm not a big fan of
i'm not a big fan of football or i'm not a big fan of parties or noisy parties
you can say something is not my thing jogging is not really my thing i prefer playing tennis or
music festivals are not really my thing i can't imagine partying all day for several days even
though it is common to soften your language it is also common to slightly exaggerate how much
you dislike something you can say i can't stand i was exhausted i can't stand being kept waiting
or i can't bear this class was so boring i couldn't bear it or i can't bear having
five cats in a house the next verb is to hate it is strong and serious but in spoken english
it can be used to talk about less important things for example i hate overcooked pasta or
i hate when someone is always late the next one is to loathe again it is strong and serious but
can be used in less important situations i loathe doing housework the next phrase to be allergic to
something you know what it means literally but you can use it to say that you don't like something in
a humorous way you can't use it about anything but it's really common to say something like
i'm allergic to housework i'm allergic to cooking i'm allergic to washing dishes
now i want to give you two strong and more formal verbs
you can use them in ielts writing and you can use them in ielts speaking when you talk about
serious topics particularly in part three and the first one is to the test
it means to hate something very much i detest any kind of cruelty or i detest racism in any form
so these issues are so serious that they require a serious verb another one is to abhor it also
means to hate something for example a way of behaving or thinking especially for moral reasons
the example is most decent people uphold corruption in government
or i applaud all forms of racism okay these are the phrases you can use to talk about your likes
and dislikes in ielts speaking quite often you also need to talk about things you agree
and disagree with and express your opinion and you can learn phrases to do that in
this video and thank you for watching me today good luck with your preparation and your exam bye