love / like / hate + verbe en -ing
Quand love, like, don't like ou hate sont suivis d'un verbe, ce verbe se met à la forme en -ing.
🥰I love shopping
🙂I like going to the cinema
🙁I don't like doing housework
😠I hate driving at night
📘 Spelling rules for the -ing form
| Infinitif | Règle | Exemple |
|---|---|---|
| terminaison normale | + -ing | study → studying |
| terminaison en -e | - e + ing | dance → dancing |
| une voyelle + une consonne | on double la consonne + ing | shop → shopping |
✏️ Mets ces verbes à la forme -ing
| run | |
| make | |
| sit | |
| play | |
| swim | |
| live | |
| walk | |
| plan |
like + nom
📘 The use of the verb "like" for general preferences
Ici, "like" est suivi d'un nom (pas d'un verbe) pour exprimer une préférence générale : I like chocolate.
| Statement | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| I | like | don't like |
| You | like | don't like |
| He/She | likes | doesn't like |
| We | like | don't like |
| You | like | don't like |
| They | like | don't like |
| Questions | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Do you like...? | Yes, I do. / No, I don't (do not). |
✏️ Conjugue le verbe "to like"
She chocolate.
affirmativeI spiders.
negativeThey football.
affirmativeHe rain.
negativeWe waiting.
negativeSpeaking
🙋 Do you like...?
Compare tes goûts avec ceux d'un(e) camarade.
| Do you like...? | You | Your partner |
|---|---|---|
| Computer games | ||
| Pizza | ||
| Big cities | ||
| Hamburgers | ||
| Homework | ||
| Italian cars | ||
| Tennis | ||
| Mobile phones | ||
| Table tennis | ||
| Expensive restaurants | ||
| American films | ||
| Cats | ||
| Football | ||
| British music | ||
| School |