Adult General Intermediate, (HW,IM,U6,C1)
Lesson Duration: 50min
Lesson Aim: ‘Like’ as a verb and as a preposition
Student details: Age (s):
Date:
Time Student activity
Engagement activity
You like? (Headway, Inter, SB,
p.46)
TYG1) complete the sentences
TYG2) share sentences with the
group
2) complete the conversation using
the phrases in the box
Presentation stage
‘Like’ (Headway, Inter, SB, p.46)
1) write the questions using ‘like’
2) state which use like as a verb
and which use like as a preposition
Study stage
About you ‘likes’ (Headway, Inter,
SB, p.47)
1) in pairs ask and answer the
questions
2) listen to tack52 and tick the
question being answered
# students
Level:
Class Room
Teacher activity
Say that we will learn a bit about what
we’re like and what we like then set Test
Your Grammar 1) and share answers
Have students complete then act out the
conversation 2)
‘what… like?’ a description or comparison
(without ‘like in answer)
‘how…?’ present condition, health or
happiness, reactions and feelings,
‘what… like?’ – objective description
‘how…?’ - personal opinion
set 1) and look at 2) together
Have students in pairs ask and answer
the 1) questions then have students 2)
listen to tack52 and tick the question
being answered, then review together
Time Student activity
Practice Stage
What’s Ben like? (Headway, Inter,
TRB, p.39)
Read ‘how you know Ben’ cards
and answer the questions. Then
ask and answer the questions
mingling to see what we can learn
about ‘Ben’
Warm down/follow up
Like and would like (Headway,
Inter, WB, p.37-38)
1) answer questions about self
2) form questions with the
phrases
3) complete the conversation
2, 1) match the sentences
Teacher activity
Hand out ‘how you know Ben’ cards
and have them answer and ask these
questions in a mingling exercise,
1 How do you know Ben?
2 What did he look like?
3 What was he like?
4 What did/ didn’t he like?
Then compare ‘Bens’
Start with 2,1) sentence matching and
then if there is time move to 1)-3) or
set for homework,

Sources of materials used: Headway Elementary Student Book, Headway Elementary

Teacher’s Resource Book, Headway Elementary Audio CD1,

Materials: What’s Ben like? Cards (Headway, Inter, TRB, p.39) copied and cut out