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We use -ing forms after love, like, (not) mind (='(not) dislike'), dislike, hate.
^ Put in -ing forms of the verbs in the box.
cook eat get u p / play shop study wash watch watch wear work
► I hate in the winter before he sun is up.
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1 George dislikes.............................................. dishes, so he often eats out.
2 I don't like playing baseball, but I like...............................................it.
3 I don't mind...............................................late if my boss asks me.
4 Joe's two-year-old sister loves.............................................with her toys in the bath.
5 Jenny and her sister like.............................................. each other's clothes.
6 When I was at school, I hated.............................................history.
7 I like...............................................nature programmes on TV.
8 I hate...............................................in supermarkets.
9 My father likes..................................... , and we all like ., so we go well together.
Q Write about ten things you love/hate etc doing. Use expressions from the box or
write about other things.
cooking dinnerfor friends dancing until 1a.m. eating out with friends getting up early
listening to loud music lying on a sunny beach reading novels swimming in the ocean
travelling to new places walking in the mountains walking in the rain watching old films
After love, like and hate we can also use infinitives with to with the same meaning.
I love to sing. = I love singing. Rachel likes to go out / going out with friends.
Mum hates to cook/cooking on an electric cooker.
(BUT NOT / dislike to listen to opercn AND no t Be-you-mind to wait for a few minutes?)
In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full INFINITIVES AND -INC FORMS 135
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.