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Language Focus 2. We can use really and quite after be and
before other main verbs to make our
1. We can talk about likes and dislikes in statements stronger or weaker.
different ways.
We use really with positive and
Expressing likes negative statements.

I love / like / enjoy noun I love chocolate.
I?셫 interested in + I really love chocolate. (stronger)
I?셫 into
-ing form of the verb I?셫 not into opera.
I?셫 not really into opera. (weaker)
I?셫 interested in politics.
I enjoy going to museums. We can use quite with positive statements
only, to make them weaker.
Expressing dislikes
I like watching TV.
I hate noun I quite like watching TV. (weaker)
I don?셳 like / +
don?셳 enjoy X I don?셳 quite like listening to music.
I?셫 not interested in -ing form of the verb
I?셫 not into We don?셳 use quite with love or hate.

I?셫 not interested in sports. X I quite love history.
I?셫 not into reading history books. X I quite hate listening to heavy metal music.

Questions and short answers

What are you interested in?

Do you like politics?
Yes, I do. / No, I don?셳.

Are you into music?
Yes, I am. / No, I?셫 not.

Practice

6 Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

a hate / to / the dentist / I really / going
I really hate going to the dentist.

b I?셫 not / hiking / really / into

c cooking / enjoy / do / you

d into / tennis / she?셲 / really

e interested / in / what / you / are

f in / quite / foreign films / he?셲 / interested

g new / people / they / really / love / meeting

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