In our lesson last Thursday we continued practicing the questions with like that were introduce on Tuesday. Remember,like may be a verb or a preposition. When like is a verb, you can say: What does she likedoing? when we are asking in general or What would she like to do? if we want to know about a specific situation.

During the class we listened to a recording of some people answering to different questions. Students had to decide what question they were answering to. Then, they had to try to remember ans say what the answer had been.

We read a Thank you letter written by the foreign student Soon-Hee to her host family in Australia. In this letter she uses a lot of verbs followed by an infinitive with to, as in I want to say,  followed by an object and an infinitive without to as in: you all made me feel, or by a gerund, as in I enjoyed meeting.
We know that choosing either one of those alternatives depends on the verb itself most of the times: that is, some verbs are always followed by to + infinitive. Some verbs are always followed by a gerund and some verbs, very few (make, let) are followed by an object and then an infinitive. In a few cases we may use either to+ infinitive or gerund and the meaning will change according to our choice. This is the case of the verb stop. In the letter  you can find the sentences I stopped feeling homesick (I wasn't homesick anymore) and I stopped to visit my aunt (I made a stop in my journey and visited my aunt).

Homework
Imagine you were the one who was studying abroad and lodging with a host family. Write your own Thank you letter. Write simple and clear sentences. And remember, when there is a direct object, make sure it follows the verb.