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Favourite – What’s your Favorite; Day: 88

Favorite – What’s your Favorite

The word favorite is used a lot in spoken English. It is very common to talk about your favorite things with your friends or acquaintances. Topics can range from favorite movies, favorite TV shows, favorite food, favorite cars, etc. Since there are so many favorite things in the world, you should pay close attention to this lesson.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ – āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋ

āĻ•āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻļā§‹, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤

Asking questions is the most common way to use the word favorite:

“Who is your favorite singer?”
“Who is your favorite person?”
“Who is your favorite athlete?”
“Who was your favorite ex-girlfriend?”
“Who was your favorite elementary teacher?”

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž:

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‡?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻ•ā§‡?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦā§€ āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨?”

Are you following me? It’s very easy. Just change the word at the end and you can make dozens of sentences.

“What is your favorite show?”
“What is your favorite movie?”
“What is your favorite dessert?”
“What is your favorite program?”
“What is your favorite class?”
“What is your favorite game?”
“What was the title of your favorite song?”
“What was the name of your favorite sit-com?”

āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‹? āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ. āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ• āĻĄāĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĄā§‡āĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ°ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŸ-āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

We used ‘who’ and ‘what’ in our sentences. It’s possible to use ‘where’, ‘how’, and ‘when’, but the most common is ‘what’ and ‘who’.

I’ll provide a couple of sentences for the other words.

“Where is your favorite vacation spot?”
“When is your favorite time of day?”
“How is your favorite noodles cooked?”

It’s not common, because even though it is grammatically incorrect, you can ask the same question with ‘what’

“What is your favorite vacation spot?”
“What is your favorite time of day?”

Nobody is really going to notice and it’s not a big deal. After this lesson is over, I suggest practicing with ‘what’ and ‘who’, but don’t bother with the others. It’s not as important.

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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ?”

“āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ˛āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ?”

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖāĻ—āĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻ•ā§€’ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

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