Like [regular verb]=enjoy, find pleasant: Steve likes cooking. [plural noun]= things you like: What are your likes and dislikes? [preposition]= similar to: you look like your sister. Grammar patterns 1. like + NP (+ adverbial): How do you like our town? I don’t like it much. 2. like + -ing: I like reading in bed. 3. like + to-infinitive: Sylvia likes to get up early and go for a run before breakfast. 4. like + NP + to-infinitive: My father liked us to call him “Sir”. 5. Verb + like +(preposition) + NP: Their dog is exactly like ours

like Collocations like (verb) frequently occurs after these adverbs: really, quite, and before these adverbs: best, ver much, at all. e.g. I really like Paul Newman. like (preposition) is often preceded by words like feel, taste, sound, look and smell. e.g. Evan says he can’t make up his mind. ~That sounds like him. like (preposition) is often modified by words like: quite, rather, very, just, a lot and exactly. e.g. She’s a lot like her sister, isn’t she? You can also use something and nothing: A quince is something like a big pear.

like Set phrases Would you like ….? Would you like a cup of tea? ~I’d love one. How do/did you like …? How do you like your eggs? If you like. We could have a break now, if you like. What I (don’t) like about… What I like about Madrid is “las tapas” I don’t like it when … / I don’t like the way… I don’t like the way they fight all the time. What’s ….. like. What’s Mark like? like I said. It’s sad, but like i said, it’s his own fault. like this/like so. Tie the two ends together, like so.