1. Verbs + -ing

2. 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 like watching videos.

3. What do you like / don’t like doing on public transport? I enjoy reading on the train.

4. I hate standing on the MTR.

5. I don’t like seeing litter on the bus.

6. I like sleeping in the taxi.

7. 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

8. Verbs + Gerunds We can also use gerunds (-ing words) with these verbs: startstop keepquit Besides love, enjoy, hate and like.

9. Practice 1My uncle has ________________. (stop / smoke) 2 Ann _______________ swimming lessons last year. (start / take) 3 I __________________very much. (enjoy / dance) 4You can’t _____________ the same mistakes. (keep / make) stopped smoking started taking/to take enjoy dancing keep making

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

11. The boys like _______________ (play) football with one another. playing / to play Practice

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

13. Mum wouldn’t be able to finish all the housework unless we start ________________ (help) her with it. helping / to help Practice

14. The End