Verbs + -ing

Talking about likes and dislikes

We use love, enjoy, hate, like and don’t like to talk about our likes and dislikes.

We add -ing to the verb after these words.

e.g.

I love/enjoy / like

hate / don’t likewatching videos.

What do you like / don’t like doing on public transport?

I enjoy reading on the train.

I hate standing on the MTR.

I don’t like seeing litter on the bus.

I like sleeping in the taxi.

1 Bill enjoys _________ (sing) karaoke with his friends.

2 Paul doesn’t like ________ (do) his homework every day.

3 Sara didn’t _________ (sleep) last night.

4 May hates _________ (eat) vegetables.

5 I like __________ (watch) TV in the evening.

6 I want to _________ (buy) a robot.

Practice singing

watching

doing

sleep

eating

buy

Verbs + Gerunds

We can also use gerunds (-ing words) with these verbs:

startstop

keep quit

Besides love, enjoy, hate and like.

Practice

1 My uncle has ________________ . (stop / smoke)

2 Ann _______________ swimming lessons last year. (start / take)

3 I __________________very much. (enjoy / dance)

4 You can’t _____________ the same mistakes. (keep / make)

stopped smoking

started taking/to take

enjoy dancing

keep making

Practice

Tom and May enjoy _________ (dance)with each other.

dancing

The boys like _______________ (play)football with one another.

playing / to play

Practice

Air pollution will get worse unless we stop _______ (drive) our own cars all the time.

driving

Practice

Mum wouldn’t be able to finish all the

housework unless we start

________________ (help) her with it.helping / to help

Practice

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