ENGLISH II CURSO DE INGLÉS COMO

1 M1-T1 “Damian enjoys hiking and LENGUA EXTRANJERA EN LÍNEA

climbing in his spare time.”

Verb + -ing
I adore hiking!

Do you remember the gerund form of a verb? I’m sure

you do, it’s when you add the “-ing” ending to a verb.
Let’s learn how we can use it.

1 Function
We use the -ing form:

• After “go” to talk about hobbies and leisure activities.

My friends and I go clubbing every Saturday.

• After prepositions.
Mike is interested in learning another language.

• As a subject
Camping is the best activity if you like to explore.

• After certain verbs and verb phrases.

My family hates camping when it’s raining.
She doesn’t mind walking every morning to buy the newspaper.

We have to pay attention to the verb we use first. The following verbs are followed by
another verb in -ing.

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 ENGLISH II CURSO DE INGLÉS COMO
2 M1-T1 “Damian enjoys hiking and LENGUA EXTRANJERA EN LÍNEA
climbing in his spare time.”

2 Structure
Look at the example to see the structure of affirmative sentences.

Subject + main verb + verb in -ing + complement.

They suggest going out with the new neighbors.

It is important to mention that the main verb can be in different tenses.

I have considered playing basketball. (Present perfect)
They finished cooking dinner. (Simple past)

For negative sentences we use the auxiliary “do/does”

and “not” as usual between the subject and the main verb.
Remember that the past of “do” is “did”.

Laura and her husband do not enjoy hiking at night.

I didn’t feel like swimming, the water was too cold.
He doesn’t go fishing without his son.

There are times when we cannot use the -ing form.

• When the first verb is already in -ing.

I’m considering working out at home this time.
I’m considering to work out at home this time.

• When the second verb we want to use is a stative verb.

She admits knowing where the bat was.
She admits to know where the bat was.

3 References
• British Council. (n.d.) Past Continuous. Available in https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-
grammar-reference/verbs-followed-by-the-ing-form
• Collins Dictionary. (n.d.) Stative Verb. Available in
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stative
• Seligson, P., Lethaby, C., Gontow, C. (2013) English ID 2. First edition. Richmond Publishing / Santillana