Summary of this lesson

Summary of this lesson

In this lesson, you should have learned… some useful vocabulary for discussing likes and dislikes how to express indifference how to express preferences how to demonstrate a range of vocabulary some model responses for talking about likes, dislikes and...
Some complete examples

Some complete examples

Here are some complete examples of giving an extended answer when talking about likes, dislikes and preferences: 1. I’d prefer to live in the countryside than in the city. Admittedly, the night-life is a little bit lacking but tranquillity is more important to me. 2....
Video: Expressing preferences

Video: Expressing preferences

Narration: Expressing preferences. In addition to saying whether you like or dislike something, you may also have to show a preference. Look at this example question. To give a full response to this, you could use some of the following language. When expressing...
Some complete examples

Candidate’s answer with errors

Read the response below. The candidate has made 5 errors. See if you can identify them, then scroll down to check. Ermm.. well I am not minding it. I suppose it has some good and bad points. I really love the garden we have in the back of the house. It’s quite...
Video: Expressing preferences

Video: Expressing likes, dislikes and preferences

Narration: Expressing likes and dislikes. You have just seen that there are a number of different words and phrases that can be used to express likes, dislikes and indifference. It is important to note that they show different degrees of feeling as we can see here. I...