Some uses of "LIKE" in English

We have worked the " What  would you like to have? ¿ qué querrías tomar, que te apetecería tomar?. 

But we mentioned that there are different uses of LIKE. For example "like" in present and "would like "Estas son las 2 formas que nosotros hemos visto en clase.

Son dos tiempos verbales diferentes. El primero se refiere al tiempo presente ,luego hace referencia a una situación habitual, rutinaria en la vida diaria. En el segundo caso se hace referencia "a este momento en cuestión" ahora mismo. Cuando estamos hablando.

DO YOU LIKE = te gusta...

WOULD YOU LIKE = te gustaría...

Do you like tea? Te gusta el te?

Would you like a cup of tea? Le/Te apetecería una taza de te?

Pero hay más usos de "like". Here you have a summary of them

Usos de 'Like' en Inglés

Like' puede ser usado como verbo o como preposición. Existen diversas preguntas comunes con 'like' que son fáciles de confundir.

1. What's he like? - 'What … like?' es usado para preguntar sobre el carácter de una persona u objeto y es de naturaleza general.
2. What does he like? - Este uso del verbo 'Like' es para preferencias generales. 'Like' como verbo es generalmente seguido por la forma 'ing' del verbo (I like playing tennis).
3. What does she look like? - 'Like' es usado como preposición para expresarse sobre una apariencia física. En este caso, 'like' también puede significar 'similar to' si está haciendo comparaciones con otras personas.
4. What would you like to drink? - Otro uso común de 'like' es un 'would like' para expresar deseos. Note que 'would like' es seguido por la forma en infinitivo del verbo y no por la forma '-ing'.

Usos de like

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Food related vocab and some phonetics

What about revising some more food vocab with a bit of phonetics?

Follow and repeat the words in the next video.

My favourite food

Our topic in Unit 4 " BED AND BREAKFAST" deals with different items:

1. Food and drink
2. countable and uncountable nouns
3. There is /there are
4. Description of a house and furniture

Here you have some videos where you can revise some of those items.

Nouns that can be both countable and uncountable

Nouns that can be Countable and Uncountable

Sometimes, the same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of meaning.

Countable		Uncountable
There are two hairs in my coffee!	hair	I don't have much hair.
There are two lights in our bedroom.	light	Close the curtain. There's too much light!
Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise. There are so many different noises in the city.	noise	It's difficult to work when there is too much noise.
Have you got a paper to read? (newspaper) Hand me those student papers.	paper	I want to draw a picture. Have you got some paper?
Our house has seven rooms.	room	Is there room for me to sit here?
We had a great time at the party. How many times have I told you no?	time	Have you got time for a coffee?
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works.	work	I have no money. I need work!

****English tip (consejo)


Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually uncountable. But if we are
thinking of a cup or a glass, we can say (in a restaurant, for example):
Two teas and one coffee please.

Countable and uncountable nouns

Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:

• music, art, love, happiness
• advice, information, news
• furniture, luggage
• rice, sugar, butter, water
• electricity, gas, power
• money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

• This news is very important.
• Your luggage looks heavy.

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:

• a piece of news
• a bottle of water
• a grain of rice

We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

• I've got some money.
• Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

• I've got a little money.
• I haven't got much rice.

Uncountable nouns are also called "mass nouns".

Here are some more examples of countable and uncountable nouns:

Countable	Uncountable
dollar	money
song	music
suitcase	luggage
table	furniture
battery	electricity
bottle	wine
report	information
tip	advice
journey	travel
job	work
view	scenery

When you learn a new word, it's a good idea to learn whether it's countable or uncountable

Countable and Uncountable nouns

Countable Nouns

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

• dog, cat, animal, man, person
• bottle, box, litre
• coin, note, dollar
• cup, plate, fork
• table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

• My dog is playing.
• My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

• A dog is an animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

• I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
• Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

• I like oranges.
• Bottles can break.

We can use some and any with countable nouns:

• I've got some dollars.
• Have you got any pens?

We can use a few and many with countable nouns:

• I've got a few dollars.
• I haven't got many pens.

"People" is countable. "People" is the plural of "person". We can count people:

• There is one person here.
• There are three people here.