What We liked vs What we like

Both "what we liked" and "what we like" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "What we liked" is past tense and refers to things that we enjoyed in the past. "What we like" is present tense and refers to things that we currently enjoy or have a preference for.

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What We liked

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to things that were enjoyed in the past.

This phrase is used to talk about things that we enjoyed or had a preference for in the past.

Examples:

I asked them what we liked about the movie.
She reminded me of what we liked to do when we were kids.

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That's good 'cause that's what we liked about it.
It is true that the interest rate is not what we would have liked.
I really liked what we were doing.
She really liked what we were doing.
The State Department never liked what we're doing in the border region.
This has probably not been adequate and not what we would have liked it to be, but at least the international community has adopted an objective attitude.
The results are obviously not what we would have liked, but it is important to make a start and we may have more success at the next Council meeting.
What about that guy we liked before, the social worker?
I believe that we must look beyond the frustrations inherent in any consensus in order to praise this Charter, rather than dwelling on what we would have liked to have seen and still envisage.
What we would have liked to see are monitoring programmes before the seven years are up, i.e. a fixed time-limit but with monitoring programmes that start before that date.
I am extremely pleased with your reply, which is what we would have liked to have heard from the Austrian Presidency, which gave a completely unintelligent reply last month.
I have tried very hard to do this on behalf of my group, but what we would have liked to have seen - namely the Czech Presidency rising to the challenges - did not actually happen.
What worries me, we liked the Zonda because it was completely bonkers, yes?
We asked for your photos and we liked what you sent us Over a period of months we asked people to send us their photos based on a number of themes chosen by us.
Mr President, Commissioner, we listened carefully to what you had to say, and also liked what we heard, because you intend to allow Parliament to play its legislative role, and you can rely on us to do just that.
I would now like to tell you what proposals we would have liked to have seen in the resolution voted for by the European Parliament, and which, unfortunately, do not feature in it.
We liked everybody north of Market on that one.
He asked me if we liked living here.
Hitchcock and I discovered immediately that we liked to talk.
Yes, we liked the hot baths.

Alternatives:

what we enjoyed
what we were fond of
what we found appealing

What we like

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to things that we currently enjoy or have a preference for.

This phrase is used to talk about things that we currently enjoy or have a preference for.