WORDS AND SOUND EXERCISES

Likes and Dislikes

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I can't stand...

ANIMALS
SPORTS & HOBBIES
JOBS
CLOTHES
FOOD
DRINKS
 cat 
  tennis 
manager 
hat
soup 
tea
dog
volleyball
teacher  
 cap 
meat
coffee
 fish
basketball 
journalist
coat
steak
milk
 mouse 
skiing  
businessman
jacket
burger
cocoa
guinea-pig   
football
musician
cardigan
chicken
hot chocolate
rat
motor-racing
farmer
suit
fish
soft drink
rabbit
table tennis  
nurse
dress
potatoes
coke
parrot
swimming
waiter
pullover
chips
orange juice
spider
ice-skating 
secretary
sweater
vegetables
apple juice
bee
 horse riding
pilot
shirt
spaghetti
tap water
butterfly
cycling
computer programmer
blouse
pizza
mineral water
chicken
dancing
shop assistant
t-shirt
salad
tonic water
duck
hunting
cook
trousers
bread
lemonade
cow
jogging
police officer
jeans
butter
milkshake
horse
skateboarding
car mechanic
skirt
cheese
beer
pig
hiking
bank clerk
shorts
egg
wine
donkey
reading
postman
socks
sausage
cider
sheep
watching tv  
lorry driver
shoes
biscuit
strong drink
goat
listening to CDs
electrician
boots
ice-cream
whisky
snake
playing video games
plumber
trainers
cake
gin
lion
playing computer games
carpenter
tracksuit
jam
rum
monkey
 going to the cinema
dentist
pyjamas
pancake
champagne
bear
meeting friends
butcher
nightdress
fruit
brandy
elephant
collecting stamps
hairdresser
slippers
apple
cocktail

I like pets. We’ve got two cats and a dog. My wife can’t stand getting up early in the morning, so I take the dog for a walk every day. I don’t mind that.
My wife comes from a small village in the country. Her parents live on a large farm and they have a lot of animals: cows, pigs, chickens … I can’t stand hunting. I can’t understand how somebody can kill an animal! My wife’s father is a hunter, but he says he never kills animals – he only watches them. I don’t believe him.

In my free time I like listening to CDs.  I like all kinds of pop and rock music. Right now I like listening to indie music. My wife prefers jazz. I don’t mind that classical jazz – Ella Fitzgerald, for example – but I don’t like free jazz. I simply don’t understand it! My wife loves it! She collects jazz CDs.
I like doing all kinds of sports – tennis, basketball and skiing in winter. Cycling, for example, is very good for your health. Also, swimming is a good way to relax after a long day at the office.

  At the weekends we often meet friends. I like having friends over for dinner. My wife likes cooking. She makes excellent Indian vegetarian dishes. And I love her pancakes with jam.

We sometimes go to see a film at the cinema, but I prefer staying at home and watching a film on TV.  I don’t like playing games. I’m bad at losing. My wife loves going to parties. She says it’s a lot of fun.  She likes dancing and talking to people.

At work I always have to wear a suit. I can’t stand that because I love T-shirts, jeans and trainers. You feel so free in them! I have a lot of “talking” T-shirts. The one I like best says, “A better world is possible”. At home I always wear a tracksuit because it’s comfortable.