Expressing Preferences with Like, Love, and Hate + ING

Lesson 9: Expressing Preferences (Like, Love, Hate + ING).

1. Overview
Learn how to talk about your hobbies, preferences, and things you enjoy or dislike doing by following verbs of preference with a gerund (verb + -ing).

2. Structure
[Subject] + [like / love / enjoy / hate / prefer] + [verb + -ing]
- I love coding websites.
- She enjoys reading philosophy.
- He hates waiting in traffic.

3. Examples & Sentences
- Do you like learning languages?
- We prefer working in a quiet room.

4. Practice Exercise
Complete the sentences using the verb in parentheses with -ing:
1. I love _____ (build) software.
2. She hates _____ (wake) up early on weekends.