Unit 3: Like this, like that
'Like' for preference and description
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 2
In this session we continue looking at the word like. And to help you when giving descriptions, we do some vocabulary work. Time to learn some adjectives!
Session 2 score
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Activity 2
Describing cats
Do you like cats?
Now let's meet those cat lovers! They describe why they love their pets so much. Which words do they use? Later in the session, we'll do some work on the words that they say to help you use like for descriptions.
Watch the video and complete the activity
The thing I love about cats is that they're very independent but very loving. You can play with them… they're comforting… they're furry…
When he's out I get lonely, when he's in, fine, I'm alright…
You can see how lovely it is to have him near me and be able to stroke him.
To do
Cats are…? Which words did the cat owners use to describe their pets?
Describing cats
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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Words they used to describe their cats:
Words they didn't use:
Excellent! Great job! Bad luck! You scored:
Describing cats
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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You heard people describing their cats. Do you remember what they said? Move the words into the correct boxes.
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Excellent! Great job! Bad luck! You scored:
Well done if you got those right!
Next
But what do those adjectives mean? Learn the meanings of these and other adjectives which are useful for describing cats (and people!) in the next activity.
Session Grammar
Like (as verb)
We use like as a verb in this way: subject + like + object
Like (as preposition)
We use like as a preposition in this set phrase:
what + to be + noun/noun phrase + like?