Like, love, hate + -ing

  • A1 · Beginner
  • Grammar lesson
  • 60 min
  • like, love, enjoy, hate + -ing

like, love, enjoy and hate + -ing or a noun: I love riding my bike. I hate losing. Do you like fishing? The student reads what four people love doing on weekends, practices the forms, and finds out if the student and the teacher are good travel partners.

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like readinglove cookinghate ironing

What's in the lesson

  1. 1Warm-up
  2. 2In this lesson
  3. 3Reading: weekend peopleReading comprehension
  4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
  5. 5Find the -ing wordsGrammar exercise
  6. 6like, love, enjoy, hate + -ingGrammar rule
  7. 7Which is right?Grammar exercise
  8. 8Grandpa's SundaysGrammar exercise
  9. 9Questions and answersGrammar exercise
  10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
  11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
  12. 12Travel partnersSpeaking practice
  13. 13About youGrammar exercise
  14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

  1. 1Homework: my sister and meGrammar exercise
  2. 2Homework: questions and answersGrammar exercise
  3. 3Homework: make sentencesGrammar exercise
  4. 4Homework: my perfect weekendDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

  1. What do you do for fun on weekends?
  2. Which chore is not fun for you?
  3. Is Sunday a busy day for you?

Grammar rule

like, love, enjoy, hate + -ing

+ -ing (an activity)+ a noun
loveMy boss loves telling jokes.I love jazz.
likeWe like sitting in the yard.We like this café.
enjoyMy cousin enjoys skating.She enjoys long walks.
don't likeThey don't like flying.They don't like airports.
hateI hate ironing.I hate Mondays.
After like, love and hate, Americans also say to + a verb: I like to skate. Both are right. After enjoy, only -ing: I enjoy skating. (not I enjoy to skate)

Questions and short answers

  • Do you like flying? — Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
  • Does he enjoy his job? — Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.
  • What does your aunt love doing? — She loves dancing.

-ing spelling

Most verbs: + ing (fish → fishing) · e at the end: no e (skate → skating) · short verbs with one vowel + one consonant: double it (shop → shopping, get → getting), but not w, x or y (fix → fixing, play → playing)

Watch out

  • -ing after the verb: I like knitting. (not I like knit)
  • No am / is / are: I like it. (not I'm like it)
  • he / she + -s: She loves it. He enjoys it.
  • enjoy needs a thing after it: I enjoy it. (not I enjoy.)

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