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
The End