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like and would like

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rb + -ing or verb + to-infinitive;

e and would like Very much is an a d v e r b , so i t c a n n o t go b e t w e e n
Some v e r b s , e.g. enjoy, t a k e a n o t h e r v e r b w i t h -ing. t h e verb and the object.
I enjoy learning English. / like playing tennis very much.
I finished talking. N O T / like very much playing tennis.

2 S o m e v e r b s , e.g. want, t a k e a n o t h e r v e r b w i t h t o -
• See Unit 56 for more information on the word order o f adverbs.
infinitive.
/ want to learn English.
I decided to try the course.
W h e n y o u l e a r n a n e w v e r b , l e a r n w h a t comes
a f t e r it.
3 S o m e can t a k e e i t h e r -ing or t o - i n f i n i t i v e .
/ like helping people.
O R / like to help people. d e c i d e /di'said/
• verb 1 © [I OR T] to choose something, especially after thinking
O n l y -ing Only to-infinitive -ing or t o - i n f i n i t i v e
carefully about several possibilities: They have to decide by next
avoid decide plan begin Friday. O / don't mind which one we have-you decide.
enjoy hope promise continue O [+ to INFINITIVE] In the end, we decided to go to the theatre.
finish intend refuse hate
mind learn wait like Would like (short f o r m : 'd like) is o n e w a y o f saying want
suggest need want love o r might want. T h e n e g a t i v e is would not (short f o r m :
offer prefer wouldn't). Use Would you like + t o - i n f i n i t i v e f o r a polite

start invitation.
/ would like to learn Greek one day.
You wouldn't like to be in a strange town without any mo/|
Would you like to come to the cinema with me?

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Complete t h e s e n t e n c e s u s i n g t h e v e r b s i n b r a c k e t s in watching.' Erica suggests to create/creating
6
a special
the -ing o r t o - i n f i n i t i v e f o r m . channel f o r teenagers. T e e n a g e r s w a n t t o 7
be/being
d i f f e r e n t , so a d i f f e r e n t channel is a g o o d idea. T V is a
1 Do you p r o m i s e to" t i d y your r o o m this weekend
g r e a t w a y o f learning. Teenagers can learn to 8
understand
(tidy)?
/understanding the w o r l d through television.' W h a t do
2 I've always w a n t e d a d o g (have).
t e e n a g e r s t h i n k ? Emily, 1 3 , said,'It's a bad idea. W e have
3 Would you m i n d the window,
e n o u g h channels already. I w o u l d n ' t like to 9
see/seeing
please (open)? It's t o o h o t here.
one more.' Erica s a i d , ' W e are p l a n n i n g to w
show/showing
4 Dogs d o n ' t e n j o y at h o m e all day (be).
t h e f i r s t p r o g r a m m e o n t h i s n e w channel next spring.'
5 Philip refused t o m y advice (listen).
6 Did the h o t e l offer y o u r r o o m (change)?
D C o m p l e t e t h e e m a i l w i t h t h e verbs f r o m t h e box. The
7 Children love t o t h e circus (go).
v e r b s s h o u l d be -ing or t o - i n f i n i t i v e f o r m s .
8 We don't need an u m b r e l l a w i t h us (take).
9 You should avoid t o o many sweet things (eat).
buy complain get hear learn listen spend
10 The workers f i n i s h e d t h e house (paint).
study teach write

Rewrite t h e s e s e n t e n c e s u s i n g t h e c o r r e c t f o r m s o f like
and would like.
To: i.smith@superlingo.net
1 Do you w a n t a banana?
fcfotfUjMt. tike a ba.tuw.aj I want 1
^0 COmpUtn about Super Lingo. My wife and I
decided 2
Super Lingo because we needed
2 I enjoy playing t e n n i s . 3
Arabic very quickly for a business trip. You
promised 4
us Arabic in two weeks. We started
3 My dream is t o be a chef. 5
a month ago and finished
6
to all the CDs last week. And now? We know
4 Do you w a n t t o see m y paintings? nothing! Super Lingo is useless! The course was very difficult and boring.
We certainly didn't enjoy 7
hours translating
poems from Arabic into English.
5 Going t o t h e t h e a t r e is i n t e r e s t i n g f o r us.
I was very angry, so my wife suggested this
6 Can I get y o u a drink? email to you. Please give us back our money immediately; we'd like
it this week. We hope
1 0
from you soon.
C Underline t h e c o r r e c t o p t i o n .
Jane & Peter Stevens
[ Most teenagers like spend/spending
1
t i m e in f r o n t
I of the TV, b u t is t h i s a g o o d t h i n g ? Is T V j u s t a w a y o f
I avoiding to do/doing
2
s o m e t h i n g m o r e useful? S o m e
people think t h a t m o s t T V p r o g r a m m e s are n o t r i g h t
for teenagers. Teenagers need t o have/having 3
better
programmes,' agrees T V p r o d u c e r Erica J o h n s o n . ' O u r ^hi^ouMiot^^ t r u e sentences
TV company promises r o make/making 4
educational a b o u t y o u r s e l f u s i n g t h e v e r b s o n page 9 2 .
programmes w h i c h teenagers w i l l e n j o y to watch/
(want to be a doctor,
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