Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

________________________ ?

8 Offer someone some more

soup:

________________________ ?

9 Ask if someone likes tea:

________________________ ?

10 Offer Dave some pizza:

________________________ ?

Language point 31 – offering to let

someone do something, or suggesting it

As well as offering something to somebody, we can offer to let somebody do something. Look at these two sentences: Would you like a sandwich?

Would you like to go to the pub this evening?

When we offer to let someone do something, Would you likeis followed by the TO-FORM of the verb. So we say:

Would you like

+ NOUN

Would you like+ to+ VERB

Here are some more examples:

(sit here)

Would you like to sit here?

(play a game of chess)

Would you like to play a game of

chess?

(order the food)

Would you like to order the food?

(practise your English)

Would you like to practise your

English?

(do some aerobics)

Would you like to do some aerobics?

(have lunch with us)

Would you like to have lunch

with us?

Exercise 5

Unscramble each sentence to make a question. The first one is done for you.

1

come like would round you to tonight ?

Would you like to come round tonight?

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2

coffee more like you some would ?

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3

like museum visit would to you the today ?

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4

afternoon this swimming go to like you would ?

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5

another would like cake you ?

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6

the like you menu to would see ?

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Language point 32 – asking if someone

likes something, and saying you don’t

In Dialogue 6, Dave says:

Do you like . . .?

and when he’s talking about Paul he says:

. . . does he like?

likeis a word describing a mental state , so we make present tense questions using Do . . . ?and Does . . . ?: Do you like tomatoes?

not

‘Are you liking tomatoes?’

Does Sally like black coffee?

not

‘Is Sally liking black coffee?’

Do they like Indian food?

not

‘Are they liking Indian food?’

Do your friends like fish and chips?

not

‘Are your friends liking . . .?’

In Dialogue 6, Neil says:

. . . he doesn’t like curry

and Dave says:

I don’t like Chinese food

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We make likenegative by using don’tand doesn’t: I don’t like salad

not

‘I’m not liking salad’

Geoff doesn’t like Italian food

not

‘Geoff isn’t liking Italian food’

she doesn’t like hamburgers

not

‘she isn’t liking hamburgers’

we don’t like coffee

not

‘we aren’t liking coffee’

they don’t like cornflakes

not

‘they aren’t liking cornflakes’

Exercise 6

Change the sentences as indicated: (+) statement, (?) question, (–) negative. The first one has been done for you.

1

They like Indian food

(?)

Do they like Indian food?

2

James likes ice cream.

(?)

_____________________

3

My parents like fish

(–)

_____________________

4

Does Sarah like apples?

(+)

_____________________

5

Fiona doesn’t like vegetables (?)

_____________________

6

They don’t like fish and chips (+)

_____________________

7

Do Fred and Kim like sport? (–)

_____________________

8

Pete doesn’t like carrots

(?)

_____________________

Exercise 7

Some of these sentences have mistakes in them – can you see which ones? And can you correct them?

1 Does Susan like coffee?

____________________

2 Would you liking some more coffee? ____________________

3 I don’t like fish and chips.

____________________

4 Are you like English food?

____________________

5 James isn’t liking hot weather.

____________________

6 Does you like ice cream?

____________________

7 Would you like some ice cream?

____________________

8 Do your sister like oranges?

____________________

9 Would you liking an orange?

____________________

10 Is Jerry liking milk with his tea?

____________________

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Language point 33 – liking doing things

As well as talking about liking things, you can also talk about liking doing things. Look at these two sentences: Sue likes ice cream on a hot day

Sue likes sitting under the trees on a hot day

When we talk about liking doing things, likeis followed by the ing-form of the verb. Here are some more examples:

(swim)

The children like swimming in the pool

(read)

Does your sister like reading magazines?

(play)

Terry likes playing tennis on his days off

(watch)

I don’t like watching football on TV

(sit)

I like sitting in the garden

(work)

Do you like working for the company?

And when someone asks you if you like something, there are many answers you can give. Let’s look as some of the possibilities, starting with positive answers and going through to negative answers: Do you like fast food?

Yes, I love it!

Yes, I quite like it

It’s OK, I suppose

I’m not bothered

Not really

No, I don’t like it at all

I can’t stand it!

No, I hate it!

Exercise 8

Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the box – use the different forms of the verbs to help you decide which ones belong where. The first one is done for you.

1 Would you like to helpme with the washing-up?

2 Do you like ____ football?

3 ____ Jerry like ____ on the beach?

4 ____ you like to ____in this evening?

5 I like ____ my exercises in the morning.

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6 Fiona ____ ____ with the washing-up.

7 Would you ____ to ____ cricket with us today?

8 I ____ like ____in the evening.

9 Would you like to ____ some aerobics at the health club this evening?

10 ____ you like ____ to the radio?

helping

sunbathing

doing

play

help

playing

listening