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1 Warm up
Match the words to complete a phrase. Use the pictures to help.

1. do a. a cake

2. go out with b. a good book

3. go c. the guitar

4. make d. my friends

5. play e. with my family

6. read f. shopping

7. spend time g. the bus

8. take h. my homework

What other activities can you describe with the verbs go, play and take?

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2 Listening

A TV journalist is at a shopping centre. He wants to ask people some questions about their free time
activities. Listen to what two people say and circle the activities they talk about.

✷ baking a cake ✷ going shopping

✷ doing homework ✷ going out with friends
✷ taking the bus ✷ playing the guitar
✷ cleaning the house ✷ taking the train
✷ spending time with family ✷ reading a good book

Can you remember:

1. Which activities does the man talk about?

2. Which activities does the woman talk about?

Listen again and circle the words the speakers use to describe each activity.

1. going shopping: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

2. taking the bus: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

3. taking the train: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

4. spending time with my family: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

5. making cakes: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

6. doing homework: love / like / don’t like / hate / prefer

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3 Language point

Study the sentences below.

• What do you like doing at the weekend? I love going shopping for new clothes.
• Do you like taking the bus? No, I don’t. I really hate it - it’s very slow. I prefer taking the
train but it’s very expensive.
• I’m a student so I have homework. But I don’t like doing homework.

We use love / like / doesn’t or don’t like / hate to talk about how we feel about doing
something.

We use prefer to say we like one thing more than another thing.

Choose the right phrase to complete the rules:

1. After love / like / hate / prefer we use the -ing form / the infinitive of a verb.

2. When we make short yes / no answers, we say "Yes, I like" or "No, I don’t like" / "Yes, I do" or
"No, I don’t".

3. We use the adverb really to show strong feelings. This word comes before / after the main verb.

Make -ing forms

infinitive verb + -ing spelling rule

work / spend I like working. / She doesn’t verb + -ing

like spending time with her
family.

make / take We love making cakes. / verbs ending in -e, remove

They don’t like taking the the final -e and add -ing
bus.

travel You love travelling. one vowel + one consonant

→ double consonant + -ing

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4 Practice
Look at the table. Then read sentences 1-8, add the correct name and write a complete sentence with
the words you are given.

Example:

0. loves / going shopping / but / not like / doing homework

Andrew loves going shopping but he doesn’t like doing homework.

++ love + like - don’t like - - hate

reading books going shopping making cakes doing

homework

Andrew + ++ -- -

Neil ++ -- - +

Kate - + -- ++

Louisa + - ++ --

Mark - ++ + --

1. hates / making cakes / but loves / doing homework

2. likes / reading books / but not like / going shopping

3. likes / doing homework / prefers / reading books

4. really likes / making cakes / but not like / reading books

5. not really like /reading books / but likes / going shopping

6. not like / making cakes / and / really hates going shopping

7. likes reading books / but prefers / going shopping

8. really loves / making cakes / really hates doing homework

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5 Speaking

You are going to interview a partner. Ask your partner how they feel about the activities on the list
and record their answers on the table using this key: ++ love / + like / - don’t like / - - hate. Use really
(!) to show a strong feeling and record what your partner prefers, if you can.

Example: Ana, do you like taking the bus? I like taking the bus but I really prefer walking.

1) go 2) read books 3) spend time 4) do 5) take bus

shopping with family homework

Example: My + + ++ - + walking!
partner’s
name: Ana

My partner’s
name:

My new
partner told
me about:

Example: My ++ -! + -- -
new partner
told me
about: Marco

Share the information from the table with a new partner. Ask and answer questions in pairs and
record the new information.

Example: Does Marco like reading books? No, he really doesn’t. He prefers spending time with his
family.

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6 Extra practice / homework

The journalist from Channel 6 News asks another person about their free time activities. Choose the
best answer to complete the sentences.

Journalist: Hello, Channel 6 News. What 1 do / does you do in your free time?

Man: I like 2 play / playing the guitar.

Journalist: Do you play alone?

Man: No, I 3 don’t / doesn’t. I like playing with my best friend. He plays the guitar
but he 4 prefers / prefer singing. We have a band and we like playing music in
bars. People like 5 dance / dancing to our music.
Journalist: I see. Lots of people also like reading. Do you like reading?

Man: Yes, I do like / do.

Journalist: What kind of books do you like reading?

6
Man: I really love / love really reading books about music in other countries. I
love 7 traveling / travelling.
Journalist: How interesting!

7 Optional extension

We can also use a lot / not very much to show stronger feelings in sentences with like/don’t like:

• Positive sentences: I like making cakes a lot. He likes going shopping a lot.

• Negative sentences: I don’t like making cakes very much. She doesn’t like taking the bus
very much.
These words go at the end of the sentence.

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Put the words in order to make sentences. Then say which sentences are true for you. Change the
other sentences to make them true.

1. watching TV / likes / My sister / a lot.

2. likes / My family / travelling / a lot.

3. relaxing on the beach / don’t like / I / very much.

4. very much. / I / cooking / don’t like

5. a lot. / going to the gym / like / My brother and I

6. doesn’t like / very much. / going shopping / My best friend

7. in my class / playing basketball / The other students / like / a lot.

8. don’t like / very much. / However, they / playing football

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