When you use the verb LIKE, you MUST say what you like.
‘I like’ is NOT a complete
sentence!
The correct pattern is:
subject + like + what you like
Subject + like
+ noun
You like chocolate
You have to use the simple
present to say what you like:
You like chocolate. She likes
chocolate.
You don’t like
chocolate. She
doesn’t like chocolate.
Do you like
chocolate? Does
she like chocolate?
When you like
something a lot, you have to use the verb LOVE.
We love Italian
restaurants.
We don’t love Italian
restaurants.
Do we love Italian
restaurants?
The verb like is ALWAYS followed by what you like [the object].
If you want to use very much, a
lot, or so much, put them
AFTER like:
subject + like + what you like + very much/a lot/so much
*You can NOT put very
much, a lot, or so much between like and the object.
INCORRECT:
X: I like so much playing football!
X: I very like playing football!
[Very cannot be used by itself]
CORRECT:
I like
playing football so much.
If you want to say that you like doing something you have to use:
SUBJECT +
LIKE + GERUND
YOU LIKE
PLAYING
Examples:
I like playing
football.
You don’t like
going to the cinema.
Does he like
eating chocolate?