WARMING-UP

Look at these photos. Where do you think the places are? Check your answers with your teacher.

GRAMMAR COMMENT [1, p.140]

Verb patterns: infinitive/ -ing form

Some verbs can be followed by either a to -infinitive or an –ing form with a little or no difference in meaning:

I started to scream or I started screaming.

Other verbs like this include: begin, not bother, cease, and continue.

! We normally avoid using two-ing forms together.

After the opinion verbs hate, like, love, prefer we can use either a to-infinitive or an –ing form with little difference in meaning.

When I was younger, I used to hate to swim in the sea. (=implies regular swimming)

When I was younger, I used to hate swimming in the sea. (= implies swimming in general)

After would with hate, like, love, prefer, we use a to-infinitive.

I would love to think that it could avoid a huge expansion in visitors.