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Uses of LIKE

'like'

V e r b	like + noun
	Mum likes tea. Dad doesn't like horror films. Do you like this colour? Jill really likes her friend Sue.
	like + gerund
	I like running. I don't like ironing. Betty likes cooking / Betty likes to cook
	like + infinitive
	I like my children to be polite towards teachers.
	would like conditional
	What would you like to drink? I would like an orange juice, please. / I'd like an orange juice


Do you like champagne?	Would you like some champagne?	Cheers!

P r e p o s i t i o n	Lucy has got blue eyes like her father. A magpie can't sing like a nightingale. You should go to bed early, like me. You should go to bed early as I do (NOT ' ~~like I do~~ ')

	to be like What is the weather like today? What is John like? He has black hair and he is a nice guy.

	to look like Phoebe looks like her sister. What does John look like? He has black hair and he wears glasses.

	I love acid fruit like lemon, grapefruit and red currant.

	to feel like to feel like + gérondif Your jacket is nice, it feels like leather. Do you feel like going out tonight?
	to sound like Fanny sounds like her mother on the phone.
	to taste like This fish tastes like salmon.

When you go hang-gliding you truly feel like a bird.

N o u n
	likes (pl.) My sister and I have the same likes.
	like (sing.) Mozart was a prodigious composer, we will never see his like again.

	and the like I never listen to punk music, metal, techno and the like.
	to compare like with like

Have you ever heard the like?

A d j e c t i v e	in like manner 'of like mind' I am glad to see that my father and my husband are of like mind.

	Your son's portrait is very lifelike. Who painted it?
S u f f i x	-like/suffix
S u f f i x	shell-like catlike godlike ladylike childlike homelike) warlike

Mum! Teddy suffers from flu-like symptoms.

idioms:

          to drink like a fish
          to lie like a thief
          to eat like a horse
          to feel like a million

Like father, like son.

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Compléter avec le mot qui convient
Complete with the right word.
- Look at that strange flying object!I have never seen the likes of it!
Angela is a very good singer, she sings like Madonna.
The weather is fine, would you like to go for a walk?
' What is it like to be a bat?' is a famous article written by the american philosopher Thomas Nagel
Here are some of my likes and dislikes.  I like: swimming in the sea      I don't like: alcohol
                                                                        .......................listening to music                          the sound of rain
I don't like people who are rude and selfish.

What do chayotes ? A bit like potatoes.
   Chayotes
I have a strong headache, I staying in bed all day.
What language does this man speak?It Portuguese.
What does your son ? Exactly like his father.
Just now, I don't having a cold drink. I'd like a hot one please.

I'll have pork with apple sauce you, I love pork with apple sauce they do in England.
Peter, you should behave your sister does. Stop acting a fool!
I have never seen Chicago. this town like New York?
I'll make some chocolate brownies. you like them?
What your cousin David like doing?

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