Like, love, hate + -ing: I love dancing – exercises for talking about likes and dislikes
About this lesson
This A1 drill lesson gives like, love, hate + -ing exercises, with enjoy and don't mind, -ing spelling, questions and very much.
- Grammar
- I love dancing. She enjoys cooking. He doesn't mind waiting. To + verb after like, love, hate but not after enjoy; Do you like…? – Yes, I do.; What do you like doing?
- Topic
- Sign-up day at an invented Philadelphia community center: Aaliyah's club form, the leader's flyer and post, her texts with Connor, and a chat with Mr. Russo.
- Activities
- True or false, sorting, choices, gap-fills, an anagram, drag-and-drop, mistake quizzes, a table, word order, matching, a memory game, a chat and a test, checked on the spot.
What's inside
Chapter 1The rule
- PictureUnlock
- Study the scheme: like, love, hate + -ingGrammar schemeTry it
- Is the sentence correct? Mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
- Sort the sentences: like or likes?Sort into columnsTry it
- Choose the right form of the verbChoose the optionUnlock
- Write the right form of the verbFill in the gapsUnlock
Chapter 2Verb + -ing
- Sort the verbs: which -ing rule?Sort into columnsUnlock
- Choose the correct spelling of the -ing formChoose the optionTry it
- Write the verbs with -ingFill in the gapsUnlock
- Unscramble the letters: verbs with -ingAnagramUnlock
- Drag the -ing forms into the gapsDrag and dropUnlock
- Find the mistake: choose the right wordsQuizUnlock
Chapter 3Enjoy and don't mind
- Sort the sentences: correct or wrong?Sort into columnsUnlock
- Choose the right form after enjoy and don't mindChoose the optionUnlock
- Choose the verb that goes with to + verbChoose the optionUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: enjoy and don't mind + -ingFill in the gapsTry it
- Fill in the gaps: he / she + -s and negativesFill in the gapsUnlock
- Fill in the table: he / she, negative, questionFill in the tableUnlock
- Find the mistake and choose the correctionQuizUnlock
Chapter 4Questions and answers
- Choose the short answerChoose the optionUnlock
- Write the questions: Do you like…? Does she enjoy…?Fill in the gapsUnlock
- Put the questions in the right orderUnjumbleUnlock
- Choose the question for each answerQuizUnlock
- Choose the right word order: very muchChoose the optionUnlock
- Match each question to its answerMatchTry it
- Write the question: What … doing?Fill in the gapsUnlock
Chapter 5Real life: Club sign-up
- Read Aaliyah's sign-up formReal-life documentUnlock
- Read the form again: true or false?True or falseUnlock
- Read Mr. Russo's club flyer and fill in the gapsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Read Mr. Russo's post about the new members and fill in the gapsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Read Aaliyah and Connor's messages and drag the words into the gapsDrag and dropUnlock
- Choose the right replies: Mr. Russo asks youChatTry it
- Test yourself: choose the correct answerQuizUnlock
Chapter 6Homework
- Choose the right form: friends and familyChoose the optionUnlock
- Write the verb + -ing: spelling practiceFill in the gapsUnlock
- Find the pairs: verb and -ing formMemory gameUnlock
- Fill in the gaps: free time at homeFill in the gapsUnlock
- Sort the sentence beginnings: what can come next?Sort into columnsUnlock
- Put the words in the correct order: likes and dislikesUnjumbleUnlock
- Choose the right short answers: a new classmateChoose the optionUnlock
- Write the questions for the answersFill in the gapsUnlock
- Put the words in the right order: questionsUnjumbleUnlock
- Choose the right place for very muchChoose the optionUnlock
- Choose the correct sentence: like, enjoy, don't mindQuizUnlock
- Match the questions and the answers: friends and familyMatchUnlock
- Read Emma's email and fill in the gapsFill in the gapsUnlock
- Read the ad and drag the words into the gapsDrag and dropUnlock
- Read the note for the babysitter and fill in the gapsFill in the gapsUnlock
Grammar: like, love, hate, enjoy and don't mind + -ing
For likes and dislikes, a feeling verb comes before an -ing form: I love dancing. She enjoys cooking. Right after the feeling verb, the base form is wrong: I like reading, not I like read.
Like, love, hate + -ing: I love dancing
Say what you like and don't like doing: like / love / hate / enjoy / don't mind + verb-ing.
From love to hate
The verbs form a scale: love, then like or enjoy, then don't mind, don't like and hate. Don't mind means it's OK for me: I don't mind singing. We don't mind waiting.
like / love / hate / enjoy / don't mind + verb-ing
subjectlike / love / hate / enjoy / don't mindverb + -ing
I love dancing.
She enjoys cooking.
We don't mind waiting.
How much do you like it?
- 😍 love: I love singing.
- 🙂 like / enjoy: I like singing. · I enjoy singing.
- 😐 don't mind (= it's OK for me): I don't mind singing.
- 🙁 don't like: I don't like singing.
- 😖 hate: I hate singing.
-ing or to + verb?
After like, love and hate, both forms are right: I like running = I like to run. Enjoy and don't mind take only -ing: I enjoy swimming, not I enjoy to swim. Like, love and hate also take a thing: I love pizza.
like, love, hate: -ing OR to + verb
- I like running. = I like to run.
- She loves baking. = She loves to bake.
- We hate cleaning. = We hate to clean.
enjoy, don't mind: ONLY -ing
- I enjoy swimming. (Not: I enjoy to swim.)
- Dad doesn't mind helping. (Not: Dad doesn't mind to help.)
like, love, hate + a thing
- I love pizza.
- She likes cats.
- We hate Mondays!
He likes, she doesn't like, Do you like…?
He, she and it add -s: She likes dancing. Negatives and questions use don't, doesn't, do and does: Does she enjoy painting? – No, she doesn't. Answer with do or does, not like: Yes, I do, not Yes, I like.
| Who | Positive (+) | Negative (−) | Question (?) | Short answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | I like swimming. | I don't like swimming. | Do I like swimming? | Yes, you do. · No, you don't. |
| you | You like swimming. | You don't like swimming. | Do you like swimming? | Yes, I do. · No, I don't. |
| he | He likes swimming. | He doesn't like swimming. | Does he like swimming? | Yes, he does. · No, he doesn't. |
| she | She likes swimming. | She doesn't like swimming. | Does she like swimming? | Yes, she does. · No, she doesn't. |
| it (the dog) | It likes swimming. | It doesn't like swimming. | Does it like swimming? | Yes, it does. · No, it doesn't. |
| we | We like swimming. | We don't like swimming. | Do we like swimming? | Yes, we do. · No, we don't. |
| they | They like swimming. | They don't like swimming. | Do they like swimming? | Yes, they do. · No, they don't. |
Spelling the -ing form
Most verbs add -ing: reading, fishing. A final e drops: dance – dancing, hike – hiking. Short verbs double the last consonant after one vowel: swimming, running, but w, x and y never double: fixing.
| The verb | -ing | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| most verbs | + ing | read → reading, fish → fishing, play → playing |
| verb + e | drop the e, + ing | dance → dancing, hike → hiking (not: danceing) |
| short verb (one syllable) with one vowel + one consonant at the end | double the last letter, + ing | swim → swimming, run → running (but not w, x, y: fix → fixing) |
Very much and other mistakes
Very much goes after the activity: I like hiking very much, not I like very much hiking. Like itself takes no -ing: I like dancing, not I'm liking dancing. Also watch She like dancing and We enjoy to go camping.
Common mistakes
We enjoy to go camping.
We enjoy going camping.
enjoy and don't mind + -ing only
She like dancing.
She likes dancing.
he, she, it: likes, loves, hates, enjoys
I like very much hiking.
I like hiking very much.
very much goes at the end
Do you like pizza? Yes, I like.
Yes, I do.
short answers: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
Don't forget
Not the base form: I like reading. (Not: I like read.) No -ing on like: I like dancing. (Not: I'm liking dancing.) Negatives: I don't like running. He doesn't enjoy shopping. (don't = do not, doesn't = does not) Questions: Does he like it? (Not: Does he likes it?)
Examples
- I love pizza, but I hate cooking.a thing and an action
- My brother enjoys playing chess.he / she + -s
- Kids love to play outside. = Kids love playing outside.like, love, hate: both are right
- Does she enjoy painting? No, she doesn't.question and short answer
- What do you like doing on the weekend? I like taking photos.What … doing?
- She likes her new school very much.very much: at the end
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- 40 auto-checked exercises
- 5 games
- 1 real-life document
- 1 grammar scheme
- 1 picture
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- say what people like and don't like doing with -ing: My dad hates washing the car. They don't mind walking to school.
- use only -ing after enjoy and don't mind: I enjoy swimming, not I enjoy to swim; after like, love and hate both work
- add -s for he, she and it and use doesn't in negatives: Oscar enjoys swimming in the ocean. Liam doesn't like doing homework.
- ask and answer about free time: What do you like doing? – I like playing video games. Do you like cooking? – Yes, I do.
- spell the -ing forms and put very much last: dancing, jogging, I like playing tennis very much
- Grammar:
- like / love / hate + -ing · enjoy / don't mind + -ing · -ing spelling · Do you like…?
- Topic:
- grammar practice · hobbies · free time · clubs
Teaching tips
- Run a free-time poll: each student asks five classmates Do you like…? about one activity, then reports back with he likes, she doesn't mind or they hate.
- Build the scale on the board: draw a line from love to hate, add like, don't mind and don't like in between, and let students place their own sentences about chores on it.
- Fill in your own sign-up form: students answer the questions from Aaliyah's form about themselves, then a partner reads the answers and picks a club for them.
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- 1To be: I am, you are, she is
- 2To be negatives and questions: is it your bag?
- 3Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives: I, my, she, her
- 4This, that, these, those: what's this?
- 5Plural nouns: one box, two boxes
- 6A, an, the: a new apartment
- 7There is, there are: what's in the hotel?
- 8Have and has: she has a dog
- 9Present simple: she works, they work
- 10Present simple: don't, doesn't, do you…?
- 11Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, never
- 12In, on, at: times, days and months
- 13Prepositions of place: in, on, under, next to
- 14Can and can't: I can swim
- 15Imperatives: open, don't run, let's go
- 16Object pronouns: me, him, her, them
- 17Possessive 's: whose bag is this?
- 18Present continuous: what's happening now?
- 19Present simple or present continuous: every day or now?
- 20Like, love, hate + -ing: I love dancing
- 21Wh- questions: what, where, when, why?
- 22Countable and uncountable nouns: some, any, how much?
- 23Was and were: where were you yesterday?
- 24Telling the time and dates: what time is it?