Basic Details
Word: Liked
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Past tense of like: found someone or something pleasant, or enjoyed something.
Synonyms: enjoyed, loved, admired, fancied
Antonyms: disliked, hated, loathed
How to Spell Liked
Syllables: liked
Tricky part: Like already ends in e, so only d is added. The ending sounds like t, which tempts some students to write likt or liket.
Watch out for: likd, likeed, lyked, liket
Memory tip: When a verb already ends in e, lend it just a d: bake gives baked, smile gives smiled, and like gives liked.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Everyone liked the new teacher from the very first day.
Example 2: I liked the film, but my brother found it too slow.
Example 3: She liked the blue kurta more than the green one.
Fun Fact
In Old English the verb lician meant to be pleasing, so the thing that pleased you came first: people said, in effect, the song likes me.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the suffix d to form its past tense. Choose it.
Suffix: d
a) run
b) like
c) sing
d) swim
Show answer
b) like. Like becomes liked by adding d, but run, swim and sing change their vowel instead: ran, swam, sang.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to liked as used in the sentence:
Everyone in the hostel liked the new cook's spicy poha, and the plates came back empty.
a) hated
b) ignored
c) enjoyed
d) refused
Show answer
c) enjoyed. The empty plates show the students enjoyed the poha; hated and refused point the other way.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Aarav likeed the old railway museum so much that he begged his parents to take him there again on Sunday.
a) parents
b) railway
c) likeed
d) museum
Show answer
c) likeed. Like already ends in e, so the past tense is liked with one e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a book is well liked, it is ____.
a) printed only in colour
b) hard to find in shops
c) popular with many readers
d) too long to finish
Show answer
c) popular with many readers
2. The -ed at the end of liked sounds like ____.
a) t, as in walked
b) nothing; it is silent
c) id, as in wanted
d) d, as in played
Show answer
a) t, as in walked
