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This document discusses the verbs "love", "like", "enjoy", "dislike", "not mind", "can't stand", and "hate" and how they are usually followed by a gerund (-ing form) when expressing general likes and dislikes. Examples are provided such as "I like getting up early in the summer" and "They hate watching horror films". The document also notes that these verbs must follow the tense implied, whether present simple or past simple.

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Like/Love/Hate/Not Mind/Can T Stand + Ing

This document discusses the verbs "love", "like", "enjoy", "dislike", "not mind", "can't stand", and "hate" and how they are usually followed by a gerund (-ing form) when expressing general likes and dislikes. Examples are provided such as "I like getting up early in the summer" and "They hate watching horror films". The document also notes that these verbs must follow the tense implied, whether present simple or past simple.

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Like/Love/Hate/Not Mind/Can´t

stand + ing
The verbs love, like, enjoy, dislike, not mind, can´t stand and hate are verbs which express likes and
dislikes. They are usually followed by a gerund (verb + -ing) when the meaning is general.

Estos verbos se utilizan para expresar cosas que me gustan y no me gustan (o me da lo mismo)

LOVE - LIKE - ENJOY

DISLIKE - HATE - CAN´T STAND

NOT MIND - DON´T MIND (I/you/we/they) or DOESN´T MIND (he/she)


Significado: me da lo mismo o no me importa.

Examples :

I like getting up early in the summer.

My brother Sean loves skydiving.

We enjoy spending our Christmas holidays in the Southern Alps.

They hate watching horror films.

She can´t stand listening to classical music.


She doesn´t mind helping with the house chores.

Question
Answer + Answer -
Do Yes, I love No, I hate
you enjoy learning it. it.
English?
Does he like living Yes, he No, he
in Germany? loves it. hates it.
Did you love the Yes, I loved No, I hated
Beatles in the 60s? them. them.

Do Yes, I hate No, I love


you hate football? it. it.

Remember that all these verbs (like, hate, love, enjoy, can´t
stand) follows the rules of the verbal tense implied: presente simple or
simple past.

Hate, like, love and prefer


de English Grammar Today
We can use hate, like, love and prefer with an -ing form or with a to-infinitive:

I hate to see food being thrown away.

I love going to the cinema.

I prefer listening to the news on radio than watching it on TV.

He prefers not to wear a tie to work.


In American English, the forms with to-infinitive are much more common than the -
ingform.

There is a very small difference in meaning between the two forms. The -ing form
emphasises the action or experience. The to-infinitive gives more emphasis to the
results of the action or event. We often use the -ing form to suggest enjoyment (or
lack of it), and the to-infinitive form to express habits or preferences.

Compare

I like making jam.


emphasis on the
He likes telling jokes.
experience/action
They don’t like sitting for too long.

We have a lot of fruit in the garden. I like to make


jam every year.
I prefer to sort out a problem as soon as I can. a habit or preference
If you prefer not to go camping there are youth
hostels nearby.

The -ing form is more common than the to-infinitive form after hate and love:

I hate decorating. I’d rather pay a professional to do it.

Would + hate, like, love, prefer

When we use would or ’d with hate, like, love, prefer, we use the to-infinitive, not
the -ingform:

We would love to hear you sing.

Not: We would love hearing you sing.

They’d hate to cause a problem.

Not: They’d hate causing a problem.

I’d prefer not to give you my name.


Not: I’d prefer not giving you my name.

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