Like/Love/Hate/Not Mind/Can´t

stand + ing
The verbs love, like, enjoy, dislike, not mind, can´t stand and hate are verbs which express likes and
dislikes. They are usually followed by a gerund (verb + -ing) when the meaning is general.

Estos verbos se utilizan para expresar cosas que me gustan y no me gustan (o me da lo mismo)

LOVE - LIKE - ENJOY

DISLIKE - HATE - CAN´T STAND

NOT MIND - DON´T MIND (I/you/we/they) or DOESN´T MIND (he/she)

Significado: me da lo mismo o no me importa.

Examples :

I like getting up early in the summer.

My brother Sean loves skydiving.

We enjoy spending our Christmas holidays in the Southern Alps.

They hate watching horror films.

She can´t stand listening to classical music.

 She doesn´t mind helping with the house chores.

Question
Answer + Answer -
Do Yes, I love No, I hate
you enjoy learning it. it.
English?
Does he like living Yes, he No, he
in Germany? loves it. hates it.
Did you love the Yes, I loved No, I hated
Beatles in the 60s? them. them.

Do Yes, I hate No, I love

you hate football? it. it.

Remember that all these verbs (like, hate, love, enjoy, can´t
stand) follows the rules of the verbal tense implied: presente simple or
simple past.

Hate, like, love and prefer

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We can use hate, like, love and prefer with an -ing form or with a to-infinitive:

I hate to see food being thrown away.

I love going to the cinema.

I prefer listening to the news on radio than watching it on TV.

He prefers not to wear a tie to work.

In American English, the forms with to-infinitive are much more common than the -
ingform.

There is a very small difference in meaning between the two forms. The -ing form
emphasises the action or experience. The to-infinitive gives more emphasis to the
results of the action or event. We often use the -ing form to suggest enjoyment (or
lack of it), and the to-infinitive form to express habits or preferences.

Compare

I like making jam.

emphasis on the
He likes telling jokes.
experience/action
They don’t like sitting for too long.

We have a lot of fruit in the garden. I like to make

jam every year.
I prefer to sort out a problem as soon as I can. a habit or preference
If you prefer not to go camping there are youth
hostels nearby.

The -ing form is more common than the to-infinitive form after hate and love:

I hate decorating. I’d rather pay a professional to do it.

Would + hate, like, love, prefer

When we use would or ’d with hate, like, love, prefer, we use the to-infinitive, not
the -ingform:

We would love to hear you sing.

Not: We would love hearing you sing.

They’d hate to cause a problem.

Not: They’d hate causing a problem.

I’d prefer not to give you my name.

Not: I’d prefer not giving you my name.