Gerunds and infinitives 28 I like swimming: like, don’t like + gerund Do you like learning English? He likes working at home. I don’t like driving, USE © The gerund is like a noun, We use it after the verb like. * Love and hate also take the gerund. love going to the cinema. She hates getting up in the morning. FORM * infinitive + ing: g0 — going drink > drinking Notes # No articles ‘There is no article (the, a, an) before a gerund: 1 lke swimming, NOT Hikeshe-swinamtige * be - being Do not take off the e. ‘+ Spelling: Verbs ending in: come ‘coming consonant + e, take off thee swim swimming vowel + consonant: one-syllable verbs, double the consonant. le > ying ie, ie changes to y. 42 STAGE 1Gerunds ard infitives STAGE 1 ERE Practice 28a Write the gerund of these verbs. be being 1 | play clean | cleaning | | smoke come stay [do study fly swim get (up) teach | give watch listen ~ | | work live 28b Complete the following sentences using a gerund from the exercise above. Use each gerund only once. 1 My father loves ..lisfe/na.. to music. 2 Rosie likes .ceming.. to our house. 3. Peter doesn’t like .. sos the car $0 T usually do it. 4 Do you like .. seuss in the sea? 5 She Loves ..ssoeccsssseevseeens PRESEN, 6 Ihate . ... letters, 7 Jess LOVES «o.sensee a mother. 8 Thate ...... ~ the smell of cigarettes is terrible. 9 Idon't like . 0 I travel everywhere by train or boat. 10 My friends and I love . 11 Joe likes ball games on the beach. - television after a long day at college. 12 Everyone in my family hates .. on Monday mornings. 13 Does Caroline like .......+s0esssssssseees young children? 14 I don’t like the lessons at college but I like ....... the library. 15 Greg always hates . his homework. 16 Trisha doesn’t really like in an office. 17 Anne and I love 18 Felix really likes in the countryside. in good hotels.Gerunds and infritives STAGE 1 29 I'd like to go to the beach: would like + to-infinitive Td like to go to the beach. ] Would you like to meet my boss? * Would like is a polite way of saying want. © After would like we use the to-infinitive (not the gerund) Practice 29a Complete the sentences, using a verb from the box. ask be bay come Rave pay play see sit. stay Would you like to ha¥@., lunch with us tomorrow? 2 Td like to... uy. a new pair of jeans. 3 Would you like to eevee by the window? 4 I'd better leave now. | wouldn’t like to late for the meeting. 5 Do you think Rosa would like to tennis with us? 6 My parents would like to at a new hotel. 7 We'd like to him a few questions. 8 Excuse me, I'd like to the bill now, please, 9 We're having a party on Saturday. Would you like to 2 10 I'd like to .... that new film tonight ‘29b Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the correct form (gerund after like, see exercise 28, or to-infinitive after would like). 1 Do you like . geeking.? (cook) 2 Would you like .£2.92.. for a walk? (go) 3. I'd like you again. (see) 4 My brother likes to the theatre. (go) 5 Does Amber like . with her parents? (live) 6 She'd like the world, (travel) 7 We'd like to the manager, please. (speak) 8 Do you think Francis would like sesoee my bike? (buy) 9. The cat likes mice into the house. (bring) 10 Do you like computer games? (play)