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to begin uh 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
uh as the lesson continues please feel
free to send your uh example sentences
in the chat i will try to check live but
sometimes there's a lot so we'll see
okay let's begin i'm going to slow down
my uh speed of speech now uh so let's
get into it let's begin then uh 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
an action i like to verb
or
i like verb ing
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 verb in
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 too 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
uh someone says i like to listen to you
good i like to play cricket good okay
uh other examples
uh lukman on facebook says i like
learning english with you perfect nice
use of this one good examples someone
says joseph says i like to cry i like
crying okay i'm not gonna judge great um
others uh ina sorry lina says i love to
play basketball luis says i like to play
chess
manoj 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 or like 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 uh
to take a picture or like i'm into
a picture 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 blah blah blah
uh examples lots of people are using
i like the i like uh i'm into someone
says i'm uh i'll read your comments
because it's useful for grammar purposes
i'm into uh 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 two 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
uh
okay couple points here uh one person
akiel on youtube hello says i'm into
study study 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 it's
called a gerund yeah i'm into studying
i'm into studying really that's so we
use this expression as with like uh our
hobbies yeah
um so something that you uh 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 we have 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 uh
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 uh 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
uh
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 uh like embedded statements so an
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
uh 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 complement
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 uh your verb
right here
to change like is this a is this a past
action you want to complement or is this
something that person does regularly so
change your verb here uh according to uh
kind of the uh time period uh within
which you want to uh consider so some
examples are coming in good ones oh wow
there's a bunch on youtube let's take a
look uh many people say i like the way
you teach perfect perfect good example
uh someone says i like how you play
soccer good
oscar says i like how you teaching us uh
if you want to use uh the progressive
form don't forget your is or are i like
how you are teaching us so that means
like right now your progressive form is
right now uh
other ones i like uh i like the way so
if you use this whey pattern don't
forget the i like the way you talk uh
other examples i like the way how you
okay
oh hey again 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 you facebook uh i like how you
wrote your name says 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
uh someone said like for example i like
the way you smile good i like uh how you
look tonight good okay
i like the way you move good examples i
like 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 uh
what are the differences between how and
the way good question fairies on
facebook
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 uh 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 explain that idea or i like how
you put this presentation together so
that's uh how i choose between the way
and how but sometimes it just sounds a
little more natural like we kind of have
uh 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
uh 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 uh in this case that we like
that we like
uh 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
um
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 oka says i
like it when kobe bryant plays
basketball yeah good example sentence
unfortunate news about him recently for
sure
uh 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
uh
i like it when i watch netflix with my
brother good good uh i like it when i go
to my friend's house good okay uh good
examples everybody um i like it when you
accept your mistakes ooh that's an
interesting
interesting sentence okay i think you've
got it sounds good i like it when uh you
are teaching so again if you want to use
the progressive form of your verb like i
like it when you are teaching uh or i i
personally would use present tense there
i like it when you teach uh
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
okie dokie let's take a break uh and
then we'll go to dislikes
so i mentioned um
i would share this with you i talked
about
in this part here in this like kind of
like more basic grammar portion
about
leisure act i said i'd 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 uh 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 uh to ask questions
uh 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 uh relating to like
shopping oops sorry i picked up the
wrong one this one is this one's about
shopping at the supermarket yes i wanted
to show you the shopping one ah if you
like uh 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 uh 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 youtube or facebook for the link
okay
let's continue so let's continue to
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 uh 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 please like the video and share
the video so other people can find
today's lesson
okay let's go to dislikes
we talked about uh this first pattern in
the beginning of today's lesson i
introduced this pattern i like to and i
uh i like verb in yeah sorry 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 like something so please use
don't where possible uh as much as
possible uh 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 hate but please note that it
will become a very strong statement
michelle says i don't like cleaning
dishes good example
uh
i don't see others yet okay so i don't
like something someone says i don't like
to go to school okay common one good
good good uh all right so
i want to talk about the negative form
of into i talked about using into to
express your likes uh but to use into
you can use into to express your
dislikes too but uh 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 or 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
uh some examples are coming in uh some
people oh my gosh i don't like people
okay i don't like people and then you
have boring at the end there raymondo 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
uh 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 uh 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 uh i'm not really into eating spicy
food okay keep in mind with this pattern
oh i lost my with this pattern uh we
also with this noun phrase we tend to
use like i said
these
uh like hobby related words so if you
get too specific
uh
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 uh 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 uh word or a random
sentence into the conversation
just an idea okay let's continue on uh
because these two 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
uh as some of you are already doing
you can use a pattern like this and also
i want to note uh 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 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 uh patterns
that need this grammar i don't like
people who
i don't like people who
verb
so
uh or i don't like people who are
close-minded close-minded means uh
they're not open to new ideas i don't
like people who are close-minded here's
my verb
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
okay it's not a verb directly after who
here
i don't like people who never think
about others
rojita on youtube says i don't like
people who ask too many questions gotcha
good nice one uh i don't like people who
are lazy good uh
when okay okay
i don't like people who think only of
themselves is eric good nice job
uh i don't like people who lie good uh i
don't like people who
i'm not sure
maybe another maybe send a verb send a
verb after who here i don't like people
who uh judge uh 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 of someone me too
i would like to not catch the
coronavirus that would make me very
happy okay um
other examples i don't like people who
hate animals good okay 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
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
noun
so uh this is another one you can use
you can use a situation pattern with
a negative expression i don't like it
when i don't like it when i don't like
it when
i can't find the droids i'm looking for
so
oh my gosh okay let's uh we'll i'll look
for a couple more example sentences and
then i have to finish uh with uh these
expressions
at the end uh but again a good uh a good
thing to do i think for today's lesson
for this topic would be to choose i'm
picking some up right now would be to
choose a couple of these uh yeah there's
the one i wanted
there are a couple of these uh pdfs i
would say maybe are a nice match for
today's topic so i wanted to show you
the shopping one earlier
this has
verbs on the back this middle part here
is all verbs that you can use with this
pattern uh i showed you the the leisure
time one this is all hobbies
and then the music one as well oh there
it is
sports is another good topic for this so
pick up a couple of these and uh maybe
practice using the verbs on these with
this grammar uh those would be like some
natural verb choices to practice here
alrighty
oh
there's a lot to do today so we'll
finish this very quickly uh i'm going to
go to the last part of the lesson uh
and we're going to cover some
expressions and some idioms that use uh
that are related to expressing the
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
that's funny because i just read your
message how funny okay uh let's go to
some examples uh examples some
expressions and some idioms i'm sorry
i'm still laughing about that in that
comment okay uh let's look at these fond
of fond of 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
okay uh 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
or i don't mind working with that guy i
don't mind working with that girl so
don't mind is like i don't like it i
don't hate it
uh examples are coming in uh i'm fond of
your voice cool i'm glad uh 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're just
starting to like a little bit i'm fond
of something
uh other examples carlos says i don't
mind standing up as neither do i that's
great okay uh i'm fond of korean movies
ah interesting yeah i want to watch more
korean movies lately okay uh three more
and then we'll finish because i'm late
so uh first uh noun phrase is right up
my alley noun phrase is right up my
alley uh this is used now and then in
american english i feel perhaps in
british english too
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 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 two many of you know uh 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 like
horror movies very much so horror movies
aren't really my cup of tea means horror
movies or 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 ah to each their own which
means everyone can choose what they like
or dislike so we use it to respond to a
disagreement like uh whatever you know
everybody's different is the idea here
everyone can choose
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 the thing good morning um so
you can say that so uh cup of coffee uh
oh i see i see what your question is cup
of coffee instead of cup of tea i see no
you cannot if you if you say like uh
horror movies are not my cup of coffee
you another 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
in this expression that was very funny
though i would like to try that i like
the idea i like your creativity yeah uh
that's i see your question thanks for
that thanks always t always t okay
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 uh something
is growing on me means i'm gradually
starting to like that thing like ah 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 everybody who
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we'll be back next week's topic
is
something i have forgotten it is how to
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how to write emails many of you have
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