What do you like doing?Talk about activities in EnglishWhat do you like doing?

I like playing the piano. I also like running.

At the weekend I like walking in the park or shopping.I don't like playing tennis, and I hate swimming, but I love reading.

What does your sister like doing?

She likes walking and playing the violin. She doesn't like reading and she hates running.She loves cycling and she also enjoys swimming.

Match the activities above with the pictures on the right.Then answer the question about you:

What do you like doing?

I like ______________________

I don't like ___________________

I love ______________________

I hate ____________________

Likes and Dislikes in English

We can use the verbs "like", "love", "hate" and "enjoy" to explain our likes and dislikes:

I love chocolate. ++He likes classical music. +I don't like cold weather. -We hate spiders. --

If we use a verb, it must be in the "-ing" form:

I love listening to music. ++I like walking in the park. +She doesn't like swimming. -He hates going to school. --

Spelling:For verbs which end in a single vowel and single consonant (except W and Y), we double the consonant in the "-ing" form.

run ---> runninghit ---> hittingswim ---> swimming

but

play ----> playingdraw ----> drawing

For verbs which end in "e", we remove the "e" before we add "ing".

write ----> writingskate ----> skating

Exercise: put the verbs in the correct form.

example: He (like) (read) ----> He likes reading.

1. She ____________________________(not like) (run)2. I _________________________________ (love) (walk)3. We ____________________________ (hate) (do) homework4. They____________________________ (not like) (eat) cabbage5. He ____________________________ (love) (sing)6. I ____________________________ (not like) (cook)7. Men___________________ (not like) (shop), but women___________________ (love) (buy) clothes8. Children ____________________________ (enjoy) (play) games9. We ____________________________ (love) (go) to the cinema10. He ____________________________ (hate) (watch) TVHobbies and Activities

Can you match these activities with the pictures on the right?

reading swimming playing the pianocooking doing homework having a partydoing housework knitting singingcycling watching TV sewing parachuting running playing tennisdoing yoga travelling writing a letter

Write "Love , like, don't like, doesn't like, dislike or hate"

1. I eating Pizza on Saturdays. 2. My sister tidying her room. 3. She making dinner on Mondays. 4. Arthur playing rugby with his friends. 5. My aunt driving at night. 6. Your brothers sleeping in the tent. 7. Those children listening to the radio. 8. These men working on Sundays. 9. My niece reading adventure books. 10. Your father's friends driving their cars when it is raining.

Write the verbs in blue in the corresponding gaps: Get - Tidy - Do - Brush - Make - Go - Go - Have - Meet - Eat1. She doesn't like her room everyday2. Do you like to bed at eleven o'clock?3. My mother dislikes up at 7.4. Does your sister hate cold food?5. Anne's father loves to work by car.6. I always like my homework before 7 o'clock.7. John likes his teeth every night.8. Your grandmother hates dinner for 6 people.9. Does she like a shower after dinner?10. Hannah loves her friends once a week

Order the following sentences: 1. classical My likes mother to music. listening

2. his dad car. Ana's washing hates

3. travelling friend by loves My plane. father's

4. emails. writing I long hate

5. watching dislikes films horror She TV. on

6. in Tommy dancing the loves disco.

7. English. My speaking maths loves teacher

8. doesn't early.friend's sister My like getting up 9. the I getting dressed mornings. like in 10. a at bath aunt having nights. loves James'