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In this grammar refresh, we're going to go over the ways we can use the word like.

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Now the word like.

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Can be used in a number of different ways that have slightly different meanings.

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Now, obviously, the main way that most people know the word like is to express that you enjoy something,

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right?

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I like pizza.

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Something like that.

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But there are other ways.

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Let's go through these examples.

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And each example is using it in a different way.

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The first example reads, I want to do something special.

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Like baking a cake or making a video by myself.

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So here we have that word like the part where it says, like baking a cake.

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Now, this use is meant to be in place of for example, and so like baking a cake is the same as saying,

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for example, baking a cake.

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So it used to say it this way, I want to do something special, like baking a cake and you can use

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this for anything.

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I want to do something this weekend, like riding a bike.

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I want to go to a new country like Spain or Brazil and just in place up, for example.

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Let's look at the next use, so our next sample sentence is I can't help it, I just like dressing up.

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Now, this is the common way.

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We like to be fond of something.

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I just like dressing up and you enjoy it, right?

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The one that most people know, but like it's used for.

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Let's move on to the next news, the sample sentence is, would you like to buy something like this?

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Now, in this in this sentence, we have like twice, but we're going to focus on the second, like,

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where it says something like this here we're using, like.

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You mean.

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Who resemble something or to be like something when we say something like this is something that is

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similar to this.

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Would you like to buy something like this or something similar to this?

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And the last U.S.

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OK, we're going to read the sentence, it says it's so like Nate, it's so like Nate.

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And this use this means typical, right?

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It's just like Nate, so like Nate, it's typical of him.

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This is something they would always do it, so it's so like Nate to get up early.

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So typical of Nate.

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These are the different ways we can use, like a I suggest, going through them and try to make your

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own sentences with each example, you can get an idea of how to use, like, different ways.

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In this grammar refresh, we'll just review quickly the idea of contracted forms.

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In writing, sometimes, maybe you don't want to always use the forms as they come off very casually

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and informal, but in spoken English we use contracted forms most of the time when we're just casually

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speaking.

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We use these contracted forms because it speeds up our speaking, makes it easier for us.

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And it's just something that happens naturally, so you should know most of the contracted forms by

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now.

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For example, I am becomes I'm I don't is from I do not.

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Where is we are.

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So these are the contracted forms.

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And again, you know, formal writing.

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We don't use contracted forms.

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But in spoken English speaking, which is what we're focusing on in this class, we're going to mostly

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always use contracted forms.

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But let's look at our examples because I can't believe and did that that's so unlike her.

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The other one is I didn't get a word of what you've just said.

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So these are using contractions now.

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There is something you can do to add emphasis your sentence, right, and that is you can use the non

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contracted forms, but when you use non contracted forms during speaking.

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It's not going to sound casual, so if you say it casually, it might sound weird, but what it does

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is it will add emphasis.

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But let me read this now, Nonconstructive, how you could do it.

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OK, I cannot believe and did that.

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That's so unlike.

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So when I read it both ways, I can't believe and ended that that's so unlike her versus I cannot believe

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and did that.

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And so you can see when I don't contract it, it adds some emphasis to the sentence, some extra expression,

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emotion.

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So you can do this if you're.

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Maybe annoyed or you're really trying to get your point across and you can use the non contracted forms.

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Let's try it with the second contract that I didn't get a word of what you've just said versus non contracted.

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I did not in a word of what you've just said.

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And so you can see the second sentence, right.

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There's more emphasis.

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It comes off.

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Kind of annoyed or angry, almost, depending on how you say.

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So, again, when you're just casually speaking, you want to use these contracted forms.

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But if there is a time you want to add some real emphasis or you're annoyed or angry, upset with the

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person or the situation, you can use the non effective way.