Love/like/hate/enjoy/don't mind + noun/-ing

Feelings

We use love/like/enjoy to say that we feel good about something.

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Examples => I love football =>​ I like cooking => I enjoy reading

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We use hate ​to say that we feel bad about something.

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Examples => I hate going to the dentist => I hate hot days​

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We use don't mind to say that you have no problem with something, it has a neutral meaning​

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Examples => I don't mind going to the beach or the mountains => Sara doesn't mind going by bike to school​

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Feelings, nouns and verbs

​Nouns and -ing

We always use nouns or verbs after love/like/hate/enjoy/don't mind.

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If we use a verb we need to add -ing to the verb​.

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Examples => I love watching movies => Pedro ​hates getting up early => Ester likes going on shopping to Falabella => Marcos doesn't mind walking to work.

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​Take => Taking - Live => Living // Sit => Sitting - Plan => Planning

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Feelings, nouns and verbs

​Spelling rules

> Usually we just add -ing to the end of the verbs. (Playing-Learning-Reading)​

​> When the word ends in a consonant and e, we remove the e and then we add -ing (Take => Taking/Live => Living). However, we don't do that with Be => Being

​> When the word has only one ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the final consonant and then we add -ing. (Sit => Sitting/Plan => Planning)​

> When the word ends with L, we double the L and then we add -ing (Travel => Travelling)

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Feelings, nouns and verbs