Would like to: learn to tell what you want to do

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How good are you at suggesting leisure activities to your friends? And suggesting a plan when you have a date? This very important skill for interacting with people can be very easy to learn in English. Although there are many ways to suggest plans and say what we feel like doing, today we are going to teach you a very simple and easy-to-remember formula: would like to .




Express what you want
The structure would like to is used, among other things, to denmark phone number list what we feel like doing. It is sometimes abbreviated using the contraction I'd . It is equivalent to ˝me quisiera˝ in Spanish. In the following examples you can see how it is used.


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I would like to go to the beach. — I would like to go to the beach.
I'd like to stay at home this weekend. — I would like to stay at home this weekend.
We would like to play a football match soon. — We would like to play a football match soon.
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I would like to go stargazing.
You can also change would like to to would love to to express ˝I would love to˝:

Have you seen the new shopping centre? I 'd love to go!
We've been invited to Mike's birthday, and I'd love to go .
I'd love to look after your cats this weekend, but I'm afraid I'm going away too.
I'm sure she'd love to help you with your work, but she isn't home yet.
You can use these phrases to indicate what you would like to do when asked. It is a very useful structure for writing about your vacation plans or your future life projects. Use it wherever you can!

Propose plans
This formula can also be used, in interrogative form , to make proposals. If you want to ask the person you are talking to if they would like to do a certain activity, you can do it in the following way:

Would you like to go to the park? — Would you like to go to the park?
I know a great Chinese restaurant, would you like to go ?
Do you think your friends would like to come to the party?
I have tickets for the ballet, would you like to come? — I have tickets for the ballet, would you like to come?