Fill in the blanks with an ing form or a to-infinitive.
1. Do you mind .......................... up early?
Correct!
Wrong!
Mind is always followed by an ing form.
2. I don't like ............................... on the weekends.
Correct!
Wrong!
We can use either an ing form or a to-infinitive to talk about general likes and dislikes.
3. I love .............................
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I like ............................. new people.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. She absolutely enjoys ........................... a mother.
Correct!
Wrong!
Enjoy is always followed by an ing form.
6. It was a bad neighborhood. I hated ............................. there.
Correct!
Wrong!
We are not talking about a general liking here.
7. I hate ............................. to wait for people who are always late.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. I would like ............................... you one of these days.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. She is a dancer. She loves ..............................
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I would like ................................ down for a while.
Correct!
Wrong!
Would like is followed by a to-infinitive.
11. She refused ............................... me in.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. I don't want ................................. him again.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- Do you mind getting up early?
- I don’t like working / to work on the weekends.
- I love cooking / to cook.
- I like meeting / to meet new people.
- She absolutely enjoys being a mother.
- It was a bad neighborhood. I hated living there.
- I hate having / to have to wait for people who are always late.
- I would like to see you one of these days.
- She is a dancer. She loves dancing.
- I would like to lie down for a while.
- She refused to let me in.
- I don’t want to see him again.
