Improve your English today at ANGLOPOD.COM. Hi everyone, I’m Dan and today we’re going to learn about the difference between using WOULD YOU LIKE and DO YOU LIKE. We use WOULD YOU LIKE to make offers or suggestions, but we use DO YOU LIKE to ask someone their opinion about something. Let’s find out more…

Firstly, you could use WOULD YOU LIKE with a noun, so “WOULD YOU LIKE a glass of wine?” You’re making a specific offer here. You’re offering a glass of wine. However, you could also use DO YOU LIKE with a noun, like this: “DO YOU LIKE wine?” But in this case, you’re asking for an opinion. What does this person think about wine in general? You could say “DO YOU LIKE wine?” and then say “WOULD YOU LIKE some wine?” or “WOULD YOU LIKE a glass of wine?” but DO YOU LIKE and WOULD YOU LIKE have different purposes.

You can also use WOULD YOU LIKE and DO YOU LIKE with a verb, but the structure is different. You could make a suggestion or invite someone by saying: “WOULD YOU LIKE to go dancing tonight?” or “WOULD YOU LIKE to dance with me?” This is a specific suggestion or invitation, so the verb after WOULD YOU LIKE is infinitive, ‘to dance’ or ‘to go dancing’.

However, you could ask for a general opinion about dancing: “DO YOU LIKE dancing?” You’re asking if that person enjoys the activity of dancing, so in this case DO YOU LIKE is followed by the gerund form of the verb, meaning the -ing form. A gerund is just a noun made from a verb.

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