Questions with "like"

'Like' is a word frequently used in English - in different ways. Check how it is used.

Ask for physical appearance

What does she look like?

She is good-looking, slim. She has long black hair and big brown eyes. (Notice that the answer doesn't use 'like')

Ask for personality

What is she like ?

She is really friendly and she has an easy-going nature. (Notice that the answer doesn't use 'like')

Tell me about...

What is the weather like ?

It is awful, it hasn't stop raining for the last three days.

Ask for hobbies

What does she like (doing) ?

She likes painting and making things with her hands

Ask about preferences at the moment(more polite that want)

What would you like (to) ?

What would you like to drink? A beer, please

Exercises
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit06/hwy_int_unit06_1/
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_like.htm
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/gc_21_like_quizzes.pdf

PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE

	The present perfect is used when the time period has NOT finished:	I have seen three movies this week. (This week has not finished yet.)
	The simple past is used when the time period HAS finished:	I saw three movies last week. (Last week is finished.)
	The present perfect is often used when giving recent news:	Martin has crashed his car again. (This is new information.)
	The simple past is used when giving older information:	Martin crashed his car last year. (This is old information.)
	The present perfect is used when the time is not specific:	I have seen that movie already. (We don't know when.)
	The simple past is used when the time is clear:	I saw that movie on Thursday. (We know exactly when.)

KEY WORDS (time expressions)

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
yesterday ... ago in 1990 the other day last ...	just over the past... all my/his life already up to now until now / till now ever (not) yet so far lately / recently

Past simple or present perfect
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper/tests?test1
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/tour/grand-canyon#exercises
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_pastorperfect1.htm


TASK

You have to interview a director, actor, writer, singer for the 82th Oscar Award.
Prepare a questionnaire with some questions the audience might be interested to know.

To share this exercise, write your questions and answers the director might give to you.
Example:
Have you won an Oscar award before? No, I haven't but I have won a Grammy award.
When did you win it? I won it three years ago.

CONDITIONALS (Zero, 1st, 2nd and 3rd)

We use the grammar stuctures "conditionals" when we want to talk about conditions and their results.
There are conditionals to express real-life or probable situations (zero conditional and 1st conditional) and to express unreal, imaginary or improbable situations (2nd conditional and 3rd conditional).

Zero conditional
It is used to talk about what you normally do, or what normally happens in real-life situations. To express something that is always or generally true.

When/If simple present + , + present
or
simple present + when/if present

Example:

• If you freeze water, it turns into ice.
• I get tired if I work too much.
• The water boils if you heat it at 100 ºC

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.zero.p.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.zero.i.htm
http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/preintermediate/zero%20conditional.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/0cond1.htm

1st conditional

It is used when you have a situation and you are not sure about its result. You express probable and possible results.

If simple present + ,+ future (will, going to, might)
or
future (will, going to, might) + if simple present

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond1.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-1/exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond2.htm

2nd conditional
It is used to talk about what you would generally do in imaginary situations, dreams or hypothesis about present situations.


If simple past + , + would/could/ might/should
or
would/could/ might/should + if simple past
Examples:

• If I owned a car, I would drive to work. But I don't own a car.
• A: What would you do if you won the lottery? B: I would buy a house
• I would play basketball if I were taller.

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/cond2.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises?02

3rd conditional
It is used to talk about talk about 'impossible' conditions, impossible because they are in the past and we cannot change what has happened. Dreams or hypothesis about past situations.

If past perfect + , + would/could/ might/should have + (verb in participle)
or
would/could/ might/should have + (verb in participle) + If past perfect

Examples:

• If she had had time, she might have gone to the party (but she didn't have time).
• I would have read more as a child if I hadn't watched so much TV. Unfortunately, I did watch a lot of TV, so I never read for entertainment.
• If Jack had worked harder, he would have earned more money. Unfortunately, he was lazy and he didn't earn much.

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/3rdconditional.php3
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3/exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond1.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/exercise1.swf
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/exercise1.swf



2nd conditional (present unreal) vs. 3rd conditional (past unreal)
http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional6.htm
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/condit3.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/allcnd1.htm

zero, 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional quiz
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_quiz.htm

1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional quiz
http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/conditionals.php
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?05
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?06
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/cat-and-mouse