Transcript Verbs + -ing

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.
love/enjoy / like
I
hate / don’t like
watching 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.
Practice
singing
1 Bill enjoys _________
(sing) karaoke with
his friends.
doing
2 Paul doesn’t like ________
(do) his
homework every day.
sleep
3 Sara didn’t _________
(sleep) last night.
eating
4 May hates _________
(eat) vegetables.
watching
5 I like __________
(watch) TV in the
evening.
buy
6 I want to _________
(buy) a robot.
Verbs + Gerunds
Besides love, enjoy, hate and like.
We can also use gerunds (-ing words)
with these verbs:
start
stop
keep
quit
Practice
1 My uncle has ________________
stopped smoking .
(stop / smoke)
2 Ann _______________
started taking/to take swimming lessons
last year. (start / take)
enjoy dancing
3 I __________________very
much.
(enjoy / dance)
keep making the same
4 You can’t _____________
mistakes. (keep / make)
Practice
dancing (dance)
Tom and May enjoy _________
with each other.
Practice
playing / to play (play)
The boys like _______________
football with one another.
Practice
Air pollution will get worse unless
driving (drive) our own
we stop _______
cars all the time.
Practice
Mum wouldn’t be able to finish all the
housework unless we start
helping / to help (help) her with it.
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The End