Level: beginner
Common verbs followed by the -ing form are:
verbs of liking and disliking:
detest | dislike | enjoy | fancy | hate | like | love |
I love swimming but I hate jogging.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
phrases with mind:
wouldn't mind (= would like)
don't mind (= I am willing to)
would you mind (= will you please …?)
I wouldn't mind having some fish and chips.
I don't mind waiting for a few minutes.
Would you mind holding this for me?
verbs of saying and thinking:
admit | consider | deny | imagine | remember | suggest |
Our leader suggested waiting until the storm was over.
Everyone denied seeing the accident.
others:
avoid | begin | finish | keep | miss | practise | risk | start | stop |
I haven't finished writing this letter.
Let's practise speaking English.
verb + noun + -ing form
Some verbs are followed by a noun and the -ing form:
- verbs of the senses:
see hear listen to smell watch etc. We saw everybody running away.
I could hear someone singing.
- others:
catch find imagine leave prevent stop I caught someone trying to break in to my house.
We couldn’t prevent them getting away.
Many of the verbs above are sometimes followed by a passive form of -ing (being + past participle):
I don't like being interrupted.
Our dog loves being stroked under the chin.
"Put your question in the box"
خودآزمایی ها |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
---|---|---|---|
محمد خزایی | 2 | 100/00 % | |
رامین مسعودی | 2 | 100/00 % | |
نیلوفر نیک گفتار | 2 | 100/00 % | |
یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % | |
نیما شیرانی | 2 | 93/75 % | |
رضا صفایی | 2 | 93/75 % | |
بردیا صحبتی | 3 | 87/50 % | |
ایلیا یاوری | 2 | 87/50 % | |
آرین خزیمه | 2 | 56/25 % | |
بهنیا افشاری | 3 | 45/83 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
---|---|---|---|
َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
محمدحسین میرزایی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % | |
zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % | |
یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % | |
Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % | |
yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % | |
مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % | |
محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % | |
Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % | |
Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % | |
aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % | |
یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % | |
عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % | |
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % | |
ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % | |
Matin Azimipour | 30 | 88/17 % |