What do you like doing in your free time?
Do you like reading, dancing, swimming, studying, cooking...?
To talk about what we like or we don't like we use the verbs love, enjoy, like and hate. After these verbs we can use a noun
She loves ice-cream
They don't like tennis
Does she enyoy parties?
But we can also use a verb. When we use a verb it usually takes the form of the gerund, that is, we add -ing to the verb.
He loves going to the beach
She doesn't like playing football
Do they enjoy cooking?
To talk about it, learn some vocabulary in this wonderful interactive book:
Remember that there are some rules to add -ing:
* most of the times we just add -ing directly to the verb
go ---> going work ---> working
study ---> studying play--->playing
* but when the verb ends in a silent final e preceded by a consonant, we drop the -e and add -ing
live ---> living write ---> writing
* when the verb ends in a consonant and it is a strong one syllable verb then we double the final consonant. Also when the verb has two or more syllables but the stress is on the last syllable.
stop ---> stopping begin ---> beginning
* most of the times we just add -ing directly to the verb
go ---> going work ---> working
study ---> studying play--->playing
* but when the verb ends in a silent final e preceded by a consonant, we drop the -e and add -ing
live ---> living write ---> writing
* when the verb ends in a consonant and it is a strong one syllable verb then we double the final consonant. Also when the verb has two or more syllables but the stress is on the last syllable.
stop ---> stopping begin ---> beginning
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