Want to, enjoy -ing

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Reading: Mary Kay AshReading comprehension
4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
5. 5Find the verb pairsGrammar exercise
6. 6Verb + to or verb + -ing?Grammar rule
7. 7To or -ing?Grammar exercise
8. 8The dog walkerGrammar exercise
9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12Your own businessSpeaking practice
13. 13About youGrammar exercise
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: Ms. Tanaka's new lifeGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a big decisionDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. Do you know a famous businesswoman from your country? Who is she?
2. What do you enjoy doing at work or at school?
3. What do you hope to do in the next five years?

Grammar rule

Verb + to or verb + -ing?

verb + to + verb

Verb	Example
want	I want to learn Italian.
decide	He decided to grow a beard.
hope	We hope to meet your parents soon.
plan	She's planning to get a cat.

You know more: would like to, need to. The negative is not to: He decided not to go.

verb + verb-ing

Verb	What it means	Example
enjoy	like doing a lot	He enjoys fixing old radios.
finish	stop when it is done	I finished reading the book on the train.
mind	Do you mind…? = Is it a problem for you? I don't mind… = It's OK for me.	Do you mind cooking tonight? I don't mind walking.
keep	again and again, or without stopping	My little brother keeps asking questions.

You know more: like, love, hate + -ing.

Watch out: not I enjoy to swim, not She wants going, not We decided go, not Do you mind to wait?. After to, use the base verb: decided to take (not to took, to taking). mind is almost always in questions and negatives.