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Love, like, dislike & hate. Monica Phelps. When to use infinitive/- ing form. When verbs are followed by the - ing form, they tend to refer to a GENERAL activity. BUT When these verbs are followed by the infinitive, they tend to refer to PARTICULAR occasions. Ex: Which sport do you like?
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Love, like, dislike & hate Monica Phelps
When to use infinitive/-ing form • When verbs are followed by the -ing form, they tend to refer to a GENERAL activity. BUT • When these verbs are followed by the infinitive, they tend to refer to PARTICULAR occasions. Ex: Which sport do you like? * I like swimming. (In general) * I like to swim in the mornings. (Particular situation)
Full Forms Negative Don’t = do not Doesn’t = does not I don’t like swimming. I do not like swimming. She doesn’t like swimming. She does not like swimming.
Short responses Yes, I/you/we/they do. / No, I/you/we/they don’t. Yes, he/she does. / No, he/she doesn’t. Do we listen? Yes, we do. OR No, we don’t. Does he listen? Yes, he does. OR No, he doesn’t.