Interests

Lead-in

  • How well can you cook?
  • What meals can you prepare?
  • Do you post your food on social media?
  • What do you think about people who post their food online?

Presentation

Pre

  • Do you post online about your interests?
  • What kind of posts do you think are interesting?

Top Down

  • Read the post about James Winterfield. What is the post about?
  • Professional interests
  • Personal interests
  • Future expectations
  • Professional interests
  • Personal interests
  • Future expectations

I really like singing, especially pop songs, but I can’t sing very well. I’m into all kinds of music. I can play the guitar and the piano. I try to play a little every day. I’m really interested in learning new languages and cultures. I can speak Portuguese and I’d love to learn Spanish but I can’t stand French. Cooking takes a lot of my free time and I love it (and my friends love it too!). I can cook delicious Brazilian dishes – my specialty is feijoada, a kind of bean stew mixed with beef and pork.

My dream: to travel by boat for a month on the beaches of Brazil with a great friend.

Bottom Up

  • True or False?
  1. He can sing very well.
  2. He would love to learn Spanish.
  3. He cooks Brazilian dishes.
  4. He wants to travel to Spain.
  5. He plays the piano.
  1. He can sing very well. False
  2. He would love to learn Spanish. True
  3. He cooks Brazilian dishes. True
  4. He wants to travel to Spain. False
  5. He plays the piano. True

Post

  • Do you think he is interesting?
  • What interests do you have in common with him?

Target Language

Expressing Interests and/or Likes with Adjectives

Be + Adjective + Preposition + Object or [Verb + ing]

  • She’s crazy about music.
  • He’s crazy about singing.
  • I’m interested in soccer.
  • They are interested in playing soccer.
  • You’re into games.
  • I’m into playing.

Expressing Intolerance or Dislikes

Certain Verbs + Object or [Verb + ing]

  • I can’t stand violence.
  • He can’t stand exercising.
  • They can’t stand apple juice.

Expressing indifference

  • I don’t mind cleaning the house.

Controlled Practice

  • Use the prompts to make sentences; first oral, then again written. Use the Target Language to help you.

Example: I / into / soda. > I am into soda.

  1. He / crazy / dance
  2. We / not / mind / Pop music
  3. You / interested / movies
  4. He / into / Netflix
  1. John / stand / smoke
  2. They / crazy / eat out
  3. She / interested / video games
  4. Mary / like / swim
  1. He is crazy about dancing.
  2. We don’t mind Pop music.
  3. You are interested in movies.
  4. He is into Netflix.
  1. John can’t stand smoke / smoking.
  2. They are crazy about eating out.
  3. She is interested in video games.
  4. Mary likes swimming / to swim.

Freer Practice

  • Use the prompts and vocabulary to talk about your interests.
    • What are you interested in?
      • I’m interested in …
      • I’m crazy about …
      • I can’t stand …

Production

  • Talk about your likes and dislikes using the Target Language. Make at least 5 sentences. Consider these topics:
    • Movies
    • Series
    • Video Games
    • School
    • Work
    • Food
    • Activities

Homework

Fill in the gaps. There is one example.

  1. He’s interested in surfing.
  2. They are crazy ____ coffee
  3. Maria can’t ____ waking up early.
  4. We ____ into rock music.
  1. Steven is ____ sports.
  2. Jefferson and Andy are ____ giving hugs.
  3. Britney is ____ about ice cream.
  4. My cat ____ stand baths.
  1. He’s interested in surfing.
  2. They are crazy about coffee
  3. Maria can’t stand waking up early.
  4. We are into rock music.
  1. Steven is into sports.
  2. Jefferson and Andy are into giving hugs.
  3. Britney is crazy about ice cream.
  4. My cat can’t stand baths.

Use the prompts to make sentences. Add any missing words and conjugate everything accordingly. There is one example.

  1. I am into comic books.
  2. She / crazy / pugs
  3. We / love / swim
  4. John / can’t stand / broccoli
  1. Mary / interested / detective stories.
  2. Run / good / your health.
  3. They / like / fast food.
  4. The Johnsons / crazy / board games.
  1. I am into comic books.
  2. She is crazy about pugs.
  3. We love swimming. / We love to swim.
  4. John can’t stand broccoli.
  1. Mary is interested in detective stories.
  2. Running is good for your health.
  3. They like fast food.
  4. The Johnsons are crazy about board games.

Select the best option. There is one example.

  1. Anne ____ cats. She is allergic.

    a) is interested in
    b) can´t stand
    c) is into
    d) is crazy about

  2. They’re ­­____ dancing. They dance every week.

    a) is into
    b) can’t stand
    c) interested in
    d) love

  3. She ____ singing. She hates it.

    a) hate
    b) interested in
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

  1. I’m ____ dogs. I have five of them.

    a) love
    b) interested on
    c) crazy about
    d) can’t stand

  2. Robert ____ working. He gets stressed every time he works.

    a) hate
    b) interested in
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

  3. John ____ playing video games. He plays so much!

    a) crazy about
    b) loves
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

  1. Anne ____ cats. She is allergic.

    a) is interested in
    b) can´t stand
    c) is into
    d) is crazy about

  2. They’re ­­____ dancing. They dance every week.

    a) is into
    b) can’t stand
    c) interested in
    d) love

  3. She ____ singing. She hates it.

    a) hate
    b) interested in
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

  1. I’m ____ dogs. I have five of them.

    a) love
    b) interested on
    c) crazy about
    d) can’t stand

  2. Robert ____ working. He gets stressed every time he works.

    a) hate
    b) interested in
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

  3. John ____ playing video games. He plays so much!

    a) crazy about
    b) loves
    c) like
    d) can’t stand

Fill in the gaps. There is one example.

  1. I’m crazy about chocolate cake. It’s the best!
  2. He’s ____ in playing guitar. He has classes every week.
  3. Carol ____ stand the smell of coffee. She thinks it’s too strong
  4. John is ____ cars. He loves it.
  1. They’re interested ____ movies. 
  2. David is crazy ____ working. He does it all the time.
  3. She can’t ____ cats. She thinks they are too aggressive.
  4. Joshua is ____ running. He does it every day.
  1. I’m crazy about chocolate cake. It’s the best!
  2. He’s interested in playing guitar. He has classes every week.
  3. Carol can’t stand the smell of coffee. She thinks it’s too strong
  4. John is into cars. He loves it.
  1. They’re interested in movies.
  2. David is crazy about working. He does it all the time.
  3. She can’t stand cats. She thinks they are too aggressive.
  4. Joshua is into running. He does it every day.

Correct the wrong sentences. There is one example.

  1. She’s interested in music.

  2. He can’t stand work.

  3. I’m crazy in soccer.

  4. You’re into on games.

  1. He’s interested in play games.

  2. They’re stand rock songs.

  3. I into games.

  4. She’s crazy about exercise.

  1. She’s interested in music.

  2. He can’t stand working.

  3. I’m crazy about soccer.

  4. You’re into games.

  1. He’s interested in playing games.

  2. They can’t stand rock songs.

  3. I’m into games.

  4. She’s crazy about exercising.

Writing

Write a post about your interests using the Target Language from this lesson.

Example: I am crazy about pizza. I order it every Tuesday.