| HOME | THE COURSE | THE SCHOOL | STUDENT´S ROOM | CONTACT | Grammar Like   Besides being a verb, 'like' is also used to show that people or things are similar or look the same; inclination for things; examples and preferences. Let´s study a few examples.     # Example 01 New York City isn´t like Paris: there are many differences between these cities (similarity) 02 Cats aren´t like dogs: they are totally different animals and they are natural enemies (similarity) 03 Sometimes I feel like traveling the world but I can´t since I have to work and pay my bills (inclination for something) 04 What do you feel like doing now? Would you like to go dancing or having a dinner? For me, whatever suits you best (inclination for something) 05 We gotta take some food with us like bread, ham, cheese and other things we like. Would you like anything in particular? (for example, such) 06 I like traveling but there´s no place like home: no matter where I am, I always feel like coming back (verb; quality of something; inclination) 07 What´s happened to you? You look like a zombie. Haven´t you slept well these days? (similarity) 08 Hey, look at that girl standing at the entrance; she looks like that famous American actress but I can´t remember her name (similarity) 09 Cats, Tigers, Lions and the likes are very independent animals and they dislike being confined (noun: similars) 10 Please write down your likes then I´ll make my best to try to get everything for you but I can´t promise I´ll get them (preferences)   Practice Write phrases according to what is requested below:   # Type Your phrase 01 Similarity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02 Inclination __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03 Example/such __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04 Quality of __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05 Similar (noun) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06 Preferences __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07 Similarity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08 Inclination __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09 Similarity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Inclination __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved